The Portland daily press., 1888-11-08
A DIPLOMATS GREAT WORK.
The Progress iof Secretary Bayard's
Recent Negotiations.
How Her MaIesty's Minister Was
summarlly Sacked.
official Correspondence In the Case
OF MY Lord sackvIlIe.

LONDON. Nov. 6.-The papers In the Sack.
vile case were made public this evening.
The first is letter from Lord Salisbury to
Lord Sackville, and Is dated October "a. Il
is as follows:
Mr.. Phelps, who Is staying at my home informs
me that Mr.. Bayard's request for your recall Is
not based upon the letter 70 Murehlson, but upon
glad II wasnot true that the request was due 10
the writing Of the letter, which was made public
oniy Dy betrayal OF confidence, and i was hard
X pfaetlcaole 70 lay down the principle that a
avplonatlc representative should be prohibited
from ~. expressing even privately, any opinion up
accredited. The language of an interview is dif-
teren,. You must be taken as having intended 10
ior puDllcation. Before admitting the need for a
Iecal was pound In justice TO you 10 know ex-
actly what the alleged Objectionable Language
was. therefore asked Mr.. Phelps for a copy of
Whether Won had N ssss 70 ascertain from you
told him that would then bring the matter be
Tore my colleagues. Mr.. Phelps replied that he
sps s q ae but
quently understood that until the copy was re-
seIysa vit there should be no answerto the request
On October %, Lord Saekyille sent the
following communication to Lord Sails
bury:
The letter was a political Republican plot.
have mailed an explanation. II my recall Is de-
manded, beg to express deep regret al what has
occurred.
On October 30 Lord SackyiIle sent dis.
patch that he had received a passport.
On October 81 Mr.. Phelps informed Lord
Salisbury that the United States government
had given Lord Sackville a passport, and
added mat President Cleveland hoped that
another minister would be sent to Washing
ton.
On the same day Lord Sackville sent the
following dispatch to Lord Salisbury:
:, beg 70 repudlate Mr.. Bayard's statement Of
on my integrity.
Lord Salisbury at once sent the following
reply:
Place Mr.. Herbert, as senior secretary on the
spot, In charge Of the Legation.
On November j, Lord Salisbury, In a CON-
municatiOn TO Mr.. Phelps referred TO his
promise TO furnish him with copy Of the
Sackville interview. and informed him that,
as he had no further information as to what
Lord Sackville's statements contained, or to
whom they were made, he was unable to
form any Judgment upon the considerations
which dictated the request for the recall. or
the forwarding OF passport.
10 this, on the next day, Mr.. Phelps made
reply as follows:
Our recollection Of what passed I'm the conyer-
saton we had on Saturday differs slightly In one
particular. IL was not Intended that the letter
should have no part in the reasons for the request
for the recall OF Lord Sackville. did say that
the minister's remarks In the published interview
copy Of the Interview. have sent 20 Mr.. Bayard
a copy OF your Lordship's note requesting full de
tails OF the language and circumstances.
A letter written by Lord Sackville on 0c-
t0ber 26th was received by Lord Salisbury
on November 4th. IL enclOses the Murchf-
son letter and his reply TO II. He says:
have certain information that the Mnrchlson
letter was hctitious and was concoeted by well
known firm In conjunction with the Republican
committee In New York IL was sent from south
ern Califoi MA 70 prevent suspicion. Mr.. Bayard,
whom saw to-day, said he regretted the incident
very much He accepted my disclaimer OF any
Thought or intention 10 interfere with the domestic
policy Of this country. He said 1t was a campaign
trap, but he frankly told me that had been indls-
Greet. lexpressed my deep regret, and Mr.. Bay
ord assured me he bore me no il-win.
Parliament re-assembled yesterday. In the
House Of Lords, Lord Salisbury stated, In
response to an inquiry, that papers relating
to the Sackville affair would be Issued by the
Government tomorrow. In the meantime
he would reserve his statementin regard to
the affair. ,.