Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-08

Correspondence Between Salisbury and
West.


LONDON, Nov. THE papers in reference
10 the Sackville incident have been issued
from the foreign Office They contain the
correspondence between Lord Salisbury and
Lord Saczville concerning the latter's dis
missal from Washington. On the 9th OF
October Lord Salisbury cabled to Lord
Saekville as follows: "Mr. Phelps who Is
staying at my house, informs me that Mr..
Bayard's request to recall you is not based
upon the Murchison letter, but upsn the in
terview which you granted newspaper cor
respondent replied 1 was glad that the
report was untrue that your recall was due
to the letter which was made public only by
betrayal of confidence, and that it was
hardly practicable to lay down as a principle
that a diplomatic representative should be
prohibited from expressing, even priv ately,
any opinion regarding the events passing in
the country to which he was accredited The
language of an interview is different, and
you must be taken as intending it for publi-
cation. However before admitting the
necessity for your recall / am bound, in
justice to you, to know the alleged objection
able language. l have asked Mr.. Phelps for
a copy of the interview in order to ascertain
ported. Then wiGhy the matter before my
colleagues.
''Mr. Phelps replied that he had not received
a copy, but would take steps to procure one.
Consequently it is understood that until the
copy is received / will not answer Mr.
Bayards request for your recall"
Lord Sackville replied ON Oct. % as follows:
''The letter which | answered was a political
Republican plot. / have mailed full ex-
PLANTATION of it to you. II my recall is de-
manded it is due to the elections here. beg
to express my deep regrets for what has oc.
Cured" On the 30th Lord Sackville cabled
that he had received his passports On the
31st Mr. Phelps informed Lord Salisbury Of
the same fact, and added that Mr. Cleveland
hoped that another minister would be ac-
credited
On Nov Lord Salisbury received letter
mailed by Lord Sackville on Oct rs, enclos-
ing letters, etc. Lord Sackville said: II
have certain information that the Murchison
letter was fictitious and was concocted by
well known firm in conjunction with the Re-
publican national committee at New York
1t was sent from Southern California to pre-
vent suspicion. Mr.. Bayard, whom saw to-
day, said that he regretted the incident very
much. He accepted my disclaimer that it
was neither my thought or intention to in
terfere in the domestic policy of the country
1t was campaign trap, but he frankly told
me that had been indiscreet. / expressed
my deep regret for the incident and Mr..
Bayard assured me that he bore me no i'll
will"
On Oct. 81 Lord Sackville cabled Lord
Salisbury: ~ must beg to repudiate Mr..
Bayard's statement of the reasons for my
dismissal as an unjust attack upon my in
tegrity."
Lord Salisbury, on the same day, cabled to
Lord Sackville to place Mr.. Herbert, as
senior secretary on the spot, in charge of the
legation. On Nov. l Lord Salisbury COM
municated with Minister Phelps He re-
ferred to the latter's promise to procure 8
copy of the obnoxious interview made by the
British minister at Washington, and said
that, having no further information as to
what Lord Sackvilles speeches contained, or
to whom they were made, he was unable to
form any judgment upon the considerations
which dictated the request for his recall or
the forwarding of passports to HIM.
! Mr. Phelps replied to the note on tia next
day. He said: my recollection of what
passed in our conversation on Saturday diff
! fers slightly from yours in one particular.
/ 1t was not intended to be understood that
the letter written by Lori Sackyilic formed
! no part of the reasons for the request for
his recall. did say in my remarks that the
/ newspaper interview was the principal rea-
son. l am still without copy of the inter-
view / sent to Mr.. Bayard a copy of your
/ lordship's note, requesting the fulbdetails of
the language and circumstances OF tho inter-
view.n
The impression prevails here that Lord
Salisbury is reserving any intended reference
! to the Sackville incident for the ministerial
banquet, which takes place at Guildnall on
Friday next Thus far he has resolutely de-
clined to make any statement regarding the
matter for publication. He viii then doubt
less feel it necessary to say something about
it, as what he feels and the course he intends
to pursue concerning the incident is awaited
with a good deal of interest. The official
papers containing the correspondence between
| the dismissed minister and the premier afford
conclusive evidence of what was suspected
all along, that the middle was largely due to
the neglect on both sides to use the cable
freely and have proper understanding Of
the matter immediately after the occurrences.
| It seems that misunderstanding was the re-
suit of this neglect. The combined cable bill
would not have exceeded &l0.