The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-15
The Papsrsfn IL ssskyills Cas,.

Ahs rAPsrslA 60 Ss0Avlaie Issss
LONDON, Nov. 8.-The papers in the Sack
vile case were made pubic this evening. Tbs
first ID q letter from Lord Salisbury to Lord
4 follows:
Nj. Phelps, who IL staying at "a yhouse.s H.
forms me that Mr.. Bay0rd's request for YOUR
recall ls NOT based upon the letter to Murchi-t
son, but upon q newspaper interview. / res
piled that was glad it was not true that
the request was due to the writing Of The
letter, which was made public only BY d be-
travail az confidence. and IL was hardly Drac-
ticable to lay down the principle that 81
| diplomatic representative should be
prohibited from expressing. even privately
any opinion upon events passing I'LL
the country to which he il accredited. The
must be taken as having intended d. it for pub
LEGATION. Before admitting the need for al
recall, / was bound in Justice to you to know
exactly what the objectional language was
i therefore asked Mr.. Phelps for q copy or.
the interview ii order to ascertain from You
whether you had been accurately reported,
and / told him that / would then bring the
matter before my colleagues. Mr.. Phelps res
piled that he had not received the text of the
interview, but would take steps to procure
it. 1t was consequently understood that un-s
til the copy was received there should be no
answer to the request for the recall.
On Oct. % Lord Sackville sent the follow
ing communication to Lord Salisbury:
The letter was q political Republican plot
I have mailed an explanation. The plot was
due to,the approaching election. IT my re-
call is demanded, beg to express deep regret
ct what has occurred.
On the Both Lord Sackville cabled that he
had received q passport. On the 31st Mr..
Phelps informed Lord Salisbury that the
United States government had given Lord
Sackville q passport, and added that Presi-
Hnuf flnvnlQnd @hnnnd that nnnfhor nniuidfnr
would be sent to Washington. On the same
day Lord Sackyllle sent the following dis.
patch to Lord Salisbury:
1 beg to repudiats Mr.. Bayard's statement
OF the reasons for my dismissal as fan unjust
attack on my integrity.
reply:
Place Mr.. Herbert, az senior secretary on
the spot, in charge OF the legation.
On Noy.l Lord Salisbury. in q communi-
cation to Mr.. Phelps, referred to his promise
to furnish. him with o copy OF the Sackyille
interview and informed him that as he had
no further rs to hat Lore Sack
yilie1s statements contained, or to WHOM they
were made, he was unable to form any
judgement upon the considerations which die
tated the request for the recall, or the for.
warding OF q passport. To this, on the
Our recollection of what passed / in the con-
versation we had on Sunday differs slightly
in one particular. 1t intended that the1ettert
should have no part in the easons1 the
request for the recall of Lord Sad vile. Il
did say that the ministers remarks on the
published interview were the principal rea-
son. am still without a copy Of the inter-!
view. l have sent to MIR. Bayard q copy of
your lordship's note requesting full details
of the language and circumstances.
A letter written by Lord Sackville Oct. co.
was received by Lord Salisbury on the 4th
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his reply to it. He says:
I have certain information that the MUIR