Document g: enrique dupuy de lôme was the spanish diplomat in charge of cuban affairs at the
spanish embassy in washington, d. c. in 1898, de lôme wrote a letter to a spanish
official in havana that was intended to be private. the letter was intercepted by cuban
rebels, and released to william randolph hearst's newspaper, the new york journal. in
the letter, de lôme was critical of u. s. president, william mckinley. the letter was
published just 6 days before the explosion of the u. s.s. maine. below are excerpts from
this letter.
the natural and inevitable roughness with which he repeats all that the press and public of spain has
said of weyler (spanish governor general of the philippines and cuba), it shows once more what 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 (super patriotism) of his
1. according to this excerpt, why does de lome think mckinley is a poor leader?