Enrique Dupuy de Lôme y Paulín (August 23, 1851 – July 1, 1904) was a Spanish ambassador to the United States . In the De Lôme Letter , he mocked U.S. President William McKinley , attacked McKinley's policies, and regarded McKinley as a weak president. Cuban rebels intercepted the letter, and on February 9, 1898, the letter was published in U.S. newspapers. That contributed to the Spanish–American War , which started on April 25, 1898.
5-791: The De Lôme Letter , a note written by Señor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lôme , the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, to Don José Canalejas y Méndez , the Foreign Minister of Spain, reveals de Lôme’s opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinley ’s diplomacy. Cuban revolutionaries intercepted the letter from the mail and released it to the Hearst press, which published it on February 9, 1898, in
10-615: A war message to Congress suggesting "forcible intervention" by the United States to establish peace in Cuba. Enrique Dupuy de L%C3%B4me Dupuy de Lôme was born in Valencia , the eldest son of Santiago Luis Dupuy de Lôme Guillemain and Isidra Paulín de la Pana de Belmonte. His father's family had moved to Spain from France after the French Revolution to work in the silk industry. His father settled in Valencia, where he
15-654: The New York Journal , in an article titled "Worst Insult to the United States in its History." Much of the press in New York began to demand De Lôme's resignation, and Hearst's New York Journal began a "Go Home De Lôme" campaign. These campaigns did, ultimately, lead to De Lôme's resignation. De Lôme’s unflattering remarks about McKinley helped stoke the flames that would become the Spanish–American War . Two months later, on April 11, 1898, McKinley delivered
20-510: Was a politician, and silk and wine magnate. His brother Carlos (1853–1921) was a silk industrialist and politician who was the Spanish consul in Paraguay and Bolivia. His brother Federico (1855–1924) was a military officer and politician. French naval engineer Henri Dupuy de Lôme was a cousin. Dupuy de Lôme was appointed Minister from Spain to the United States for the second time in May 1885. He
25-683: Was also Commissioner to the Columbian Exposition. His wife and the Duchess of Veragua represented the Queen Regent of Spain at this exposition. Dupuy de Lôme had large diplomatic experience, having represented his country in London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. At all the legations, he was accompanied by his wife. He married Adela Vidiella y Andreu of Cádiz when she was seventeen years of age, and most of her life from that point on
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