Show SPAINS HAND IN i FRIENDLY CLASP Diplomatic Relations Between Two Countries Restored > + BUG dARCOS CALLS I r AT TH WHITE HOUSE + r Presents Credentials and Is Received Re-ceived By the President t Reference Was Made I Speeches tote to-te late War and a Hope Expressed Expres-sed That the Best of Peeling Will Hereafter Prevail Between the Two nations Ceremony Was Ext Ex-t ceedingly mple and Was Witnessed Wit-nessed By But Pew Washington June 3 Diplomatic relations I re-lations with Spain broken off April 1 1SSS were formally resumed a 1 i oclock today when President McKinley McKin-ley greeted Due dArcos the newlyac credited minister to the United States Cd in the blue parlor of the White House f Simultaneously in Madrid I the pro gramme arranged was carried out grame age wa ce Bellamy Storer the new United States minister to Spain was being presented to Christiana the queen regent daring the legal minority of his Catholic majesty esty Alphonso XIII I was a notable occasion in the worlds history the resumption re-sumption of friendly relations between two nations which had been at war and in the brief struggle had changed the map of the world t The speeches of today were especially notable They wee plainspoken and devoid of the usual hazy diplomatic phraseology The ceremony was exceedingly simple Promptly at U oclock the hour set the two carriages containing the Due dArcos Secretary Hay and the secretaries of the new Spanish minister min-ister Senors RIano and Pastor reached the White House Quite a crowd had collected to catch a glimpse of the new minister The party was Immediately ushered Into the blue parlor The due was attired in his resplendent diplomatic diplo-matic uniform Across his coat he wore a scarlet sash and on his breast sparkled the insignia of half a dozen orders the dazzling cross of the order of the Catholic being the most conspicuous conspic-uous He carried his plumed capeau in his left hand and the copy of his address ad-dress in his right The secretaries were likewise attired in their gorgeous diplomatic diplo-matic uniforms matc resented to President On reaching the blue parlor they were presented by Secretary Hay to Colonel Bingham who remained with them i while the secretary of state retfred for a moment He immediately reappeared with President McKinley to whom he presented the Due dArcos and Senors Rlano and Pastor The president was cordial but dignified digni-fied in his greeting Due dArcos then read his address in Spanish He stotfd a little in advance of his aides facing the president while a little to the rear and right of the president stood Secretary Secre-tary Hay Colonel Bingham and Assistant As-sistant Secretary Cortelyon stood upon the left The minister said Mr President have the honor to place In your excellencys hands the royal letter by which her majesty the queen regent of Spain in the name of her august son King Alfonso XIH accredits ac-credits me near this government in the capacity of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary I have come to renew the relations of friendship which have existed from of old between Spain and the United I States and which were interrupted by I the war of last year The treaty of i peace which Spain has signified put an end to that war and now looking only to the future Spain desires that her relations with this republic may be as friendly a they were in times past and from the days in which this country I coun-try was struggling to gain Its independence inde-pendence I is my task to contribute to the renewal of these relations to strengthen them and to draw them closer and In the discharge of I I hope to be aided by the kindness and 9 cooperation of your excellency and of your government The Presidents Reply The president responded as follows Mr Minister receive with the greatest gratification the letter by which her majesty the queen regent of Spain In the name of her august son King Alfonso XIII has accredited you near this government a eniroy extraordinary ordinary and minister plenipotentiary You will find Mr Minister a cordial welcome in this country not only from those whose friendship you acquired during your former residence but from all our people who rejoice a I do at the renewal of the ancient bonds of amity which with a brief interruption have united our nations for more than 100 years That these friendly relations rela-tions may b confirmed and strengthen strngen e to the advantage of both peoples Is my earnest wish and I can assure you that even member a this government govern-ment will heartily Kith wI herl cooperate out ou-t that desirable end I was noticeable that Due dArcos in referring to the gratification with which Spain resumed the friendly re lations with th United States that had existed for over 100 ears plainly said that these relations ha been broken by war while the president spoke only of th relations interrupted for a short time At the conclusion of the address the president stepped forward forwar and shook hands cordially with the new minister and they engaged in conversation in a low tone for a minute or two The president gracefully inquired after the heath of the queen regent and the Courteous to the Due He courteously referred to the Dues former residence In this country and his many friends here and repeated th assurance of the concluding words of his formal greeting that every one here would unite In making the ministers stay in this country pleasant and satisfactory an sisfatory I The pat then retired and was driven to th Arlington hotel The ceremony today was in striking contrast with the meeting that occurred oc-curred In the same room April 7 183S two weeks before diplomatic negotia tions were broken off when the wete of representatives repre-sentatives of the six great powers of Europe Great Britain France 3er i many Russia Austria and Italy made final effort to a fnl efort avert the Impending war by presenting Joint note of the powers In the interest of a peaceful solution of the Cuban soluton problem The president upon that occasion still clung to the hope that peace would reign but he distinctly impressed the representatives of the powers that Spain must afford the necessary guarantees gar antees for the reestablishment of peace on the Island The presidents words showing his genuine desire to avoid a cbnflict at arms but his llrm resolve that order must come out of the chaos then reigning In Cuba are well worthy of recalling now Before the War The government of the United States he said recognizes the good l c < f r will which ba prompted the friendly communication of the representatives of Germany Austria France Great Britain Italy and Russia a set forth in the address of your excellencies and share the hope therein expressed that the outcome of the situation in Cuba may be the maintenance of peace between be-tween the United States and Spain by affording the necessary guarantees for island the reestablishment of order In the land so terminating the chronic conditions con-ditions of disturbance there which so deeply Injured the interests and menaces men-aces the tranquility of the American nation by the character and consequences conse-quences of the struggle thus kept up at our doors The government of the United States appreciates the humanitarian and disinterested character of the communication now made in behalf cf the powers named and for Its part is confident that equal appreciation will be shown for its own earnest and unselfish un-selfish endeavors to fulfill a duty to humanity by ending a situation the indefinite prolongation of which has become Insufferable |