The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-01
CANADIAN COMMENTS.
The Globe Admits the Mistake Q
Spunky about Retaliation.

The Globe Admits the Mistake
Spunky about Retaliation.
Toronto, Oct. 31.-The Globe to-day in
an article headed Breakers Close Ahead, ;"
says:
Though Lord Sackville is the victim of a des-
picabe trick, he is also the victim of his own
folly. He stuck his nose into American home
affairs by counselling an elector about how he
should vote and influence others to vote. The
United States Secretary of State argues with
great force that the British ambassador thus
transgressed the amenities and necessary rules
of diplomacy in such degree as to warrant
Washington in demanding his recall. Accord
ingly Lord Sackvile has been inforped that he
is no longer acceptable to the President and ad-
ministration.
THE RETALIATION THREAT.
Referring to the report that the retalia-
ton act is to be enforced against Canada,
the Globe says:
This will be a deplorable event. and one too,
likely to breed very serious difficulties. Canada
may be injured, but cannot be disgraced by the
Presidents resort to so aggressive a policy. No
true Canadian will say that our government
should crawl In terror for the sake of averting
the blow. In other circumstances perhaps
something more than Canada has conceded
already might be honorably yielded for good
neghborhood's sake, but our dominion would
present a most ignominious figure in hurrying
60 surrender now to Washington's threats. AL
most anything would be better than that. The
Globe has always sincerely endeaVOred 10 pro
mote friendship between Canada and the United
States The Globe does not believe that Cana
dians should grovel on their bellies for friend
ships sake.
RETENTION IMPOSSIBLE.
MONTREAL, Oct 31.-Referring to Lord
Sackville's dismissal, the Herald says:
The action OF the President appears to he
extreme and unusual 10 would seem TO indi-
cate that communication between the govern
ments, through Minister Phelps, had not re-
suited satisfactorily to the Washington admin
istraton. However il does not necessarily fol-
low that the incident will cause any i'll
feeling between the two countries 1t is
admitted on all hands that the British minis
ters answer to the Pomona letter not only
indiscreet. but blunder that could not have
been overlooked, and his recall voluntary
withdrawal was generally looked Tor The
somewhat prompt action of the President in
anticipating such a move on the part OF
Lord Sackville and the British government in
dicates pretty clearly that he has no intention
of allowing the republicans to profit by what is
now very generally regarded as a political trap
laid for the British ambassador. and deliberately
Intended by those who laid it 10 prejudice the
interests of the Democratic party.
HE SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED.
The Gazette, the government organ, says:
The exigencies of the Presidential election
have preciptated President Cleveland's action
and compelled him. in order TO save his chances
with the anti British voters 20 take step
that for harshness has few prece-
dents IN QlplOm0tlc usage. IL WOulu
have been better had Lord Sackvlle voluntarily
resigned the moment he saw the evil his blunder
was likely to cause one OF the parties
in the political struggle now on the
eve OF decision IL would have been
better even If Lord Salisbury had re-
called at once the minister whose usefulness
had ceased AS it is, Lord Sackville VIII depart
under a sense of personal humiliation made
more intense by the unrestiained criticism 10
which he has been subjected by the press OF
Great Britain and the United States Am
bassador Sackvile will find no mtators
iu such free letter writing and hencsforth
diplomats ia the United States will be more
than usually careful IN their c0rrespondencs
knowing that whea H. serves political party pur-
poses neither the obligations that rest upon
claimants TO the title of gentlemen nor the
sacredness OF private letters will avail TO pre-
serve their confidence from the public eye or
their persons from the attack OF worrying
demagogues