Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-03 | Page 2 | His Career in America

HIS CAREER IN AMERICA. Marked by One of Most Sensational Incidents in History of American Ameri-can Diplomacy. WASHINGTON, July 2. Reaching through a period of several years during dur-ing which a popular agitation In this country for intermediary action In behalf be-half of the Cubans was more or less acute, Minister de Lome's career In the United States was marked by one of the most sensational Incidents in the history of American diplomacy. This was the famous de Lome letter episode of February, 1508, in the heat of tho Cuban excitement and barely two months before the outbreak of the Spanish war. The letter was a personal one to Senor Don Jose Cannlejas, containing very deprecatory utterances about President McKInley. Canalejes was a prominent editor and old friend of the Minister. De Lome in this letter, which was intercepted in-tercepted by the Cuban Junta and published pub-lished broadcast throughout the country, coun-try, said "Besides the natural and Inevitable In-evitable coarseness with which he repeats re-peats all that the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler it shows onco more what MoKlnloy is weak and catering to tho rabble, and besides, a low politician, who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the Jingoes of his party." This letter was published in a fac simile of tho original and Secretary ot-State ot-State Day confronted the diplomat with' the- letter. Do Lome admitted Its authenticity. au-thenticity. De Lomo executed a very clever diplomatic coup by cabling his resignation to Madrid instantly so -as to precede this Government's demand for hla recall. The Madrid cabinet complied. The neareBt parallel of the de Lomo letter incident was the case of Lord Sackville-West who almost a decade before had written to a man named Murchlson, a naturalized Englishman In Pomona. Cal., giving advice respecting respect-ing the latter's vote in the next election. elec-tion. Sackvllle-West had to quit this country Immediately on notice from his Government.