Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-12
BAYARDS RECENT NEGCTIA-
TONS
Official Correspondence in the Case OF
My Lord Sackville.

| The papers in the Lord Sackville case
letter from Lord Salisbury to Lord Sackville
and is dated October ~. 1t is as follow:
Mr.. Phelps, who is staying at my home
| informs me that Mr.. Bqyard's request fol
| your recall is not based upon the letter &c
| Murchisnn, but upon newspaper interview
| | replied that | was glad it was not true that
| the request was due to the writing of the let
| ter, which was made pubic only by "a be-
| trayal cf confidence, and it was hardly pra,-
| ticable TO lay down the principle that a
| diplomatic representative should be prohibited
! from eS, ressing, even privately, any opinion
| upon events passing in the country to which
he is accredite /. The language of an inter
view ia different You must be taken as
having intended it for publication. Before
admitting the need for a recall | was bound
! in justice TO you to know exactly what the
alleged Objectionable language was | there
fore asked Mr.. Phelps for a copy of the in
terview in order to ascertain from YOU
whether you hal been accurately reported
aud told him that | would then bring the
matter before my colleagues. Mr.. Phelps
| replied that he had not received the text of
| the interview but would take steps to pro-
| cure it, 1t was consequently understood that
until the copy was received there should be
no answer to the request for your recall.
On October IS, Lord Sackville sent the
following communication to Lord Salisbury /:
The letter was political Republican plot
have mailed an explanation. If my re-
call is demanded, beg to express deep re-
greet at what has occurred.
On October 80 Lord Sackyille sent dis
patch that he had received passport.
On October 81 Mr.. Phelps informed Lord
Salisbury that the United States gov
eminent had given Lord Sackvillc pass
port, and added that President Cleveland
hoped that another minister would be sent to
Washington.
On the same day Lord Sackville sent the
following dispatch to Lord Salisbury;
beg to repudiate Mr. Baysrd's statement
of the reasons for my dismissal as an I'M
Just attack on my integrity,
Lord Salisbury an once sent the following
reply:
Place Mr.. Herbert, as senior secretary on
the spot, in charge of the Legation.
On November /, Lord Salisbury, in
communication TO Mr. Phelps. referred to
his promise to furnish him with a copy of
the Sackville interview. and informed him
that, as he had no further information as to
what Lork Sackville's statements contained,
or to whom they were made, he was unable
to form any Judgment upon the considera-
tons which dictated the request for the re-
call, or the forwarding of passport.
To this, on the next day, Mr.. Phelps made
reply as follows:
Our recollection of what passed in the con-
versstion we had on Saturday differs slightly
in one particular. 1t was not intended that
the letter should have no part in the reasons
for the request for the recall of Lord Sack
vile. l did say that the minister's remarks
in the published interview were the principal
reason. am still without copy of the in
terview. have sent TO Mr.. Bayard copy
of your Lordship's note requesting full de.
tails of the language and circumstances.
A letter written by Lord Sackvilie on
October 26th was received by Lord Sails