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March 18, 1898
Hot Springs Weekly Star
Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota
What is this article about?
Spanish minister Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe arrives in New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, expresses gladness to return to America, and declines to discuss political questions, mimicking Gen. Woodford's silence in Spain.
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KEEPS HIS MOUTH SHUT.
New Spanish Minister Declines to Discuss Political Questions.
Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe, Spanish minister to the United States, who arrived in New York on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II., did not have much to say for publication, but declared that he was glad to return to America, where he has many friends. "I had a pleasant voyage, and if my stay in this country is as pleasant," said he. "I shall be satisfied. For the present I must follow the example of your minister in Spain, Gen. Woodford." When asked what Gen. Woodford was doing in Spain the minister placed the index finger of his right hand over his lips and said nothing.
New Spanish Minister Declines to Discuss Political Questions.
Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe, Spanish minister to the United States, who arrived in New York on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II., did not have much to say for publication, but declared that he was glad to return to America, where he has many friends. "I had a pleasant voyage, and if my stay in this country is as pleasant," said he. "I shall be satisfied. For the present I must follow the example of your minister in Spain, Gen. Woodford." When asked what Gen. Woodford was doing in Spain the minister placed the index finger of his right hand over his lips and said nothing.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Spanish Minister
Diplomatic Arrival
Political Reticence
New York
Gen Woodford
What entities or persons were involved?
Senor Luis Polo Y Bernabe
Gen. Woodford
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Senor Luis Polo Y Bernabe
Gen. Woodford
Location
New York
Story Details
Upon arriving in New York, Spanish minister Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe expresses pleasure at returning to America and declines to discuss politics, symbolically keeping silent like U.S. minister Gen. Woodford in Spain.