Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Day to Mr. Woodford.

[Telegram.]

Department of State, Washington, February 9, 1898.

There has appeared in the public prints a letter, addressed early in December last by the Spanish minister to Mr. Canalejas, and which the minister admits was written by him. It contains expressions concerning the President of the United States of such character as to end the minister’s utility as a medium for frank and sincere intercourse between this country and Spain. You are, therefore, instructed to at once say to the minister of state that the immediate recall of the minister is expected by the President.

Day, Acting.