| Show WIAT nn LoMESL1TTEII SAID I Clle1 rluty Is L 110111101 WI I Calered to tit nbhl New York Feb 9The Preis this morning oas that representatives or the Cuban Junta Yesterday gave out copies of the letter signed Nnrlquo Du pity de Iom who Is minister of Spain at Washington and addressed to Jose Cnnnlejas who went to Cubit last 51 tombor liS Premier Sagtas Personal representative In this letter the Span Ish minister refer to President McKinley McKin-ley I as weak and catering to the rabble rab-ble and an It low pollllcln who do sire s to stand well with the jingoes of him party The Washington corropondent the Press onyx that when a copy of the letter let-ter was shown toMlnlster de Lome he promptly pronounced It n forgery lie also says that an omelal uf the state department discussing the matter exclaimed ex-claimed Do Lome dlil not write the letter The Cuban Jutlta has been 1m1 pos1 upon by Somebody On the other hand 1I0mtlo L Rubens Ru-bens Muns1 for the Cuban junta SAYS We know absolutely that this letter Is I genuine A man risked his life to obtain It We do not hesitate to ac howlNlge that It was stolen from nalejas It Is written on the paper of tho legation The handwriting Is I De i Lomcn and the signature Is its lie may deny It until he Is I MncV In the face 1m It is I genuine and everybody every-body who line con the letter known that I It IL I The lOon who stole It ah ptraetd It from the envelope and left the letter If he i had attempted to bleat tile envelope or hail otojoll the envelope ho never would have got way with tho letter Mr Huh en WAH a ked about the Iransllloll and It there was not some danger that It was wrong He replied No the trnslallo I wa mad h men ho thoroughly untnd both languages and It Ie as near correct asa as-a translation can Ile Where Is I the letter now ho was asked That I decline to answer Ile Jn Does Not Deny Washington Feb 9Senor de Lome received II number of callers during the day and to those sustaining a close relation to him he did not question the authenticity of the published letter making It clear that he would scorn he subterfuge ota denial for purposes of expedience The only question nilnei wn us to the accumey ot the trans lotion for the published translation gave II severity to some of the expressions expres-sions concerning the Irebldent which were regaided as designed to magnify the actual statements Among the minister friends tho net of stealing a ronfldentlal letter and making It public was considered as more reprehensible than the writing of the letter Itself It was the general expression among the minister associates of the diplomatic diplo-matic I corps that while the publication I disclosed I a grave Improprlet yet It wn one that might happen to nny one of them In the rOllree of their nil dpnll1 common cations In which the greatest freedom of expression IS I used In order to convey n full Understanding ut the International questI014 III UlgUo Tied < < o it Philadelphia Teh 0 Special ills patches from Washlnirton received In his city state that Minister de Lome allied his resignation to the Spanish government once yesterday and twice today but up 10 II late ratio bad received no reply from MadrId |
