Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-14
SPICY MR.. SHIPHERD.

SPICY Mr.. SHIPHERD.
MR.. BLAINE,s IDEA OF INSTRUCTION.
Having Related Whist tho Duke of York
Once Did, Mr. Blaine Then Wrote Upon
the Margin Of . Letter 70 Hurlbut,
"Go 1t, Stephen"
In tho course Of yesterdays examina-
tion Shipherd came to some fresh and en-
tertaining points. At an interview with
Blaine in November Blaine rubbed his
hands smiled very cordially, and, after a
moments hesitation, said Gentlemen,
there are various ways to give diplomatic
instructions. We not only write on the
lines, but trained diplomat will read
between the lines, and sometimes he
will read on the margin. will
give you, said he, an illustration of
that. In the time of George w. the
Duke of York had charge of the diplomatic
dispatches. He was the brother of the
King. There was an admiral somebody
Che stated the name) in command of g
large feet at a distance from home and
most critically situated. The turning of a
copper (illustrating) might represent the
very slight force necessary to precipitate
war. 1t was absolutely necessary that the
British government should not be COM
PEELED to any declaration of war, but it did
want a fight. Now the dispatches were
prepared with great care, and in such
form that they would read remarkably
well when published, and they instructed
tho admiral with no end of cautions that
he was not to do this and that, he was to
do that, and that he was not to do the
other thing, and they tied him up so that
in fact he could not have fought battle.
After they were all finished tho Duke of
York took pencil and wrote on the mar
gin:
"'This is all right. Bill but God damn
them, give them hell
"The committee will excuse me, but
am giving the secrerary's words verbatim.
"'No,' said Mr.. Blaine, within twenty
four hours after the admiral received that
dispatch with that marginal note one of
the greatest battles was fought, contrary
to his official dispatches, but exactly as
his government wanted him to do
"' Not many weeks later than that, in
conversation with William H. Hurlbut,
editor of the New York World, he was
complaining to me most bitterly that Sec
retary Blaine had ruined General Hurlbut
by leading him to do exactly what Mr..
Blaine. wanted done, but then publicly
disavowing the responsibility for it. The
complaint was made by such person and
under such circumstances that felt war
ranted in repeating this conversation.
He was surprised and startled look came
into his face as he said {:
"' Did Blaine say that? Then 1 have
him. I have in my possession dispatch
on the margin of which, in Mr.. Blaine's
hand writing, is written, Go it, Ste
phen.' These facts, say, made pro
found impression on my mind after
received the latter of December 3. l
thought I saw how Secretary Blaine could
deem it proper to lead minister, to lead
such man as myself on certain line, up
to a certain point and then drop him.
"On the 18th of November he wrote to
General Hurlbut: Il have received all
those letters. You need not pay any
further attention to that man Shipherd or
his Claims On tho Sd of December the
time had come when the secretary, as
was advised, found he could not stay in
the cabinet any longer. The time had
come when it was clear to him that neither
he nor General Hurlbut could really be
useful in carrying out this scheme in any
way, and he said to himself: Now if
what passed between Blair and Shipherd
and me ever comes out it will be too late
for me then to undertake to explain it.
I will finish him beforehand. I Will put
in the records of the state department a
paper which will show that never took
any interest in the thing at all; that l
always knew Shiphcrd was lOOney that
always knew he was fraud, and that
always knew he was trying to corrupt my
ambassador. That is, know it now, and
I was always satisfied about it, Then he
went to work and wrote that letter Of
December 3, which was just as deliberate
an attempt to assassinate mans character
and great interest as has ever been re-
corded in history. It was an attempt to
assassinate, and nothing else, for the pur.
pose Of washing his hands (indicating the
action) in the premises in tho public esti-
mation.''
What W. H. Hurlbut says.
TO-day's New York World.
AS matter of fact the editor of the
Now York World never saw or spoke with
Shipherd in his life save on the occasion
of a single visit which Shipherd requested
permission through two or three inferno
diaries to pay to him, nor did the editor
of the World ever inform Shipherd that he
had in his possession any dispatch what
ever sent or intended to be sent by ex-
Secretary Blaine to the United States min
lister in Peru.
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