New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-31
SACKVILLE TOLD TO 60.
HIS PASSPORTS READY FOR HIM.
HIS RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT COMPLETELY SEVERED.

HIS RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT COMPLETELY SEVERED
SECRETARY BAYARD MAKES " STATEMENT"
TO THE PRESIDENT IN REFERENCE TO THE
MURcHIsoN LETTER AND THE BRITISH 1
MINISTER'S ACTIoN-BAYARD DID NOT
DEMAND A RECALL, AND ENGLAND
REFUSED TO TAKE ACTIoN-LoRD
sACKvILLE HEARS THE NEWS.
AND is INDIFEERENT-THE
CLEVELAND BAYARD DE-
VICE TIC CATCH IRISH
VOTES.
TsY TELEGRAPH THE rRIBUSEl
Washington, Oct. 30 - The Administrator
seems to have lost its head completely over the
SaclSville matter Its conduct for the last few
days reminds one of the unpleasant predcament in
which the frog found himself who had fallen into
O deep we'll In his frantic efforts to gain the top
he jumped two feet only TO find himself falling
back three each time At that rate ii is to be
presumed that the frog is still contemplating his
chances for escape from the bottom of the WELL
and that the Administration is similarly occupied
in solving the cOnundrum as to how it shall con-
vince the country that its policy is not that of
Great Britain and that Lord Sackvlle did not at
tempt to act as sort of electioneering agent for
Mr. Cleveland
First came Mr. Bayard, with his opinion so
glibly expressed to a correspondent Of " The Her
ald7 that Lord Saclkvilles letter private
communication merely, and as such could not be
noticed by the Government of the United States.
This was Jump number one, and the echoes Of
the fall which followed that Jump have
not died out yet. Then came, after an
interval Of fortyeight hours, the nsinuation art
fully conveyed in the talks with 81 high officials
in the State Department. and disseminated by
Government organs, that the recall of Lord Sack
vile had promptly been demanded by this Gov
erment, and, following this second jump came
the discouraging admission. wrung after three
Intellectual attempts to get at the truth OF the
matter from Secretary Bayard himself, that such
a demand had not yet been made This was the
most serious fall, but, nerving itself for third
attempt the Administration came forward in the
person Of the President who rushed into print
and assured the country that he was not lacking
in courage, and intimaied in the same breath that
he would jump fourth time il it was found nee
essary to save himself from an ignoble death.
Well, the dull thud" which marked the tumble
following that statement was positively slckcn-
ing and it required another forty eight hours FOR
the Administration to recover from its disappClnt-
ment.
Tonight It boldly puts forward the following
statement which is given herewith in full, intro
ducton and ali, as prepared by the State Depart
ment under the direct supervision Of Secretary
Bayard:
SECRETARY BAYARDS STATEMENT.
BY direction of the President the Secretary
of State to-day informed Lord Sackvllle that
for causes heretofore made known to Her MaIestys
Government his continuance in bis present Of
fetal position in the United States is no longer
acceptable to this Government and would con-
scquenty be detrimental 10 the relations between
the two countries.
The grounds of this action on the part Of the
United States are stated in report OF the Sec
retary of State to the President, dated October
90 which is as follows:
Department of State,
Washington, Oct 20, 1885,
To the President: The undersigned has the
honor to submit for your consideration the follow
ing statement, with view to receive your direc-
ton thereon:
ing to be written by one Charles F. Nurchison,
dated at Pomona, Cal, sent from that place to
the British Minister at this capital, in which the
writer solicited expression of his views in re-
gard to certain unsettled diplomatic questions be-
tween the United States and Great Britain, stat
ing at the same time that such an expression was
vote at the approaching Presidential election. lie
stated that he was naturalized citizen OF the
United States of English birth, but that he still
considered England the mother country. and this
fact led him to seek advice from the British repre-
sentative in this country. He further stated that
the information he sought was not for himself
alone. but to enaDe MIN 10 give ceEtdlH
to many other persons in the same situation as
himself, for the purpose OF influencing ana de-
tcrmining their political action as citizens Of the
United States of English birth, but who still re-
earded their original obligations Of allegiance as
paramount. The letter also contained gross refec-
tons upon the conduct of this Government in re-
spect to questions now IN controversy ah1 unt
Britain, and both directly and indirectly imputed
insincerity in such conduct
To this letter the British Minister at once repnea
,,..IAv Anfa NJ fhn ~
September last. In this reply he stated that any
political party which openly favors the mother
country at the present moment would lose popu-
larity" and that the party in power is fuzzy aware
of that fact; and that in respect to the questions
with Canada, which have been unfortunately re-
opened since the rejection of the tlsherles treaty
by the Republican majority in the Senate and by
the Presidents message; 10 which you aiiudc;
all allowances must therefore, be made for the
political situation regards the Presidential cleo
tom The Minister thus gave his assent and
sanction to the aspersons and imputatons above
referred TO.
Thus, under his correspondents assurance of
secrecy, in which the Minister concurred by
marking his answer private he undertook TO
advise a citizen Of the United States how TO
exercise the franchise Of suffrage in an election
close at hand for the sng hpa sm as
the letter suggested, to influence the votes OF
Upon this correspondence being made public
the Minister received the representatives OF the
public press, and in frequent interviews with
them, intended for publication, added TO the
impugnmcnts which he had already made OF the
good faith of this Government in its public
action and international dealings Although
ample time and opportunity have been afforded
him for the dsavowa modification or correction
Of his statements, to of which his atten-
ton was called personally by the undersigned.
yet no such disavowal or modification has been
made by him through the channels in which his
statements first found publicity.
The question is thus presented whether 1t is
compatible with the dignity, security and inde-
tfa TTnsf fAI StnfnG m
permit the representative of foreign Govern
ment in this country not. only to receive and
answer without disapproval, and confirm by his
but also TO interfere in its domestic affairs by
advising persons formerly his countrymen as to
their political course as citizens OF the United
States.
As between this country and Great Britain,
there can be no ccntros ersy as to the complete