Enrique Dupuy de Lôme wrote "... McKinley is: weak and catering to the 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." in his letter. The incident is known as the De Lome Letter and acted as one of the primary triggers of the Spanish-American War.
US President William McKinley
The de Lome letter.
The Delome Letter was a document in 1898 in which the Spanish ambassador criticized President McKinley. It was intercepted and published by American newspapers, leading to a strong anti-Spanish sentiment and contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. The letter played a role in shaping public opinion and rallying support for the conflict.
Enrique Dupuy de Lome was a Spanish diplomat who criticized President William McKinley. He wrote a letter to a Spanish official in Cuba, calling McKinley weak and a low politician. The letter was leaked to the American press and fueled talks for intervention in Cuba against Spain.
The de Lome letter.
It was a letter by Don Enrique Duprey de Lome, the Spanish Ambassador, for the US to the Spainsh foreign minister of Spain. Intercepted by Cuban revolutionaries and given to Hearst newspapers it helped spark the war with Spain over Cuba. McKinley criticized the letter as weak and for gaining favor. It was published Feb. 9, 1898 and McKinley asked Congress to declare war two months later on April 11, 1898. He had public support to go to war because of the letter.
The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 led to the cry "Remember the Maine" and eventually to the Spanish American War.
An Armistice was negotiated by French Ambassador Jules Cambon acting for the Spanish Government and President William McKinley on 13 August 1898.
criticized President Mckinley
The Delome letter was written by Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister with the portfolio of Cuba. It was a letter that criticized the President McKinley of the United States and was leaked to the press which is often referred as the beginning of the Spanish-American War.\ source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_L%C3%B4me_Letter
Enrique Dupuy de Lome.
As of July 2014, Ramon Gil-Casares is the Ambassador of Spain to the United States. He previously served as the Spanish Ambassador to South Africa.