The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-11-01
PITY THE PRESIDENT
The English on their Ear Over the
Treatment of Lord SackviIls.
The Request for His Resignation
Taken as a Deliberate 0fFenss.
EIectioueering Prospects Saved at
the Cost of American Honor.
Pity for the Presidents Position Will
Save National Resentment.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-A London spe-
cial to the Herald says the action of
President Cleveland towards Minister
Sackville was known here only late
last evening, but at the leading clubs
it was the one topic of conversation
and was bitterly condemned by all the
Englishmen present. The general OK
preston of opinion, is of the tone as
sumed by the Standard, the only paper
that treats of the matter. In a semi
official editorial this morning it speaks
of the action as not only brusque, but
brutal, and refers to the action of the
president as deliberately offensive"
and says; ''If the intelligence we pub
lish this morning from Washington be
substantially accurate in its verbal de-
tails, the American government have
taken summary action Of deliberately
offensive kind in relation to Lord Sack
vile.
Mr. Bayard has informed the British
ambassador that or reasons already
known to the English government his
continuance is no longer acceptable
and would consequently be detrimen-
tai to the relations between the two
countries. 1t must be hoped that q
more precise account of the terms or
the communication will take from 1t
the brusqueness-we are temped TO
saw brutality-of the message. APP
parrently it has been thought neceS-
sary to assert American dignity Dy
| insisting on some open rebuke OF LORD
! SackyiIie. The inference seems
to be that Lord Salisbury saw nothing
| in his conduct to justify severe dlscip-
linary measures, consequently the
necessary to take punishment into its
own hands. In any case, Lord sal
isbury will be we'll advised If he
proceeds with all despatch to acquaint
his countrymen with the nature
of his communication TO MI;
Phelps. The attitude assumed
by the president may then be
Ineligible, though it can hardly be
reconciled with regard to English sus-
capabilities. He may be quite sure.
however, that opinion on this side OF
the Atlantic will distinguish between
what he has done as candidate, and
what. had he been free from the deS.
potism of electioneering, would have
Thought it his duty to do as chief mag
istrate. Pity for the statesman whom
the complexion of his cOuntry's politics
forces to disregard. not only internR-
tional courtesies, but the plainest die
tates of right feeling will blend with
, and neutralize any passing emotion OF
, national resentment. The stand
. ard concludes by referring to
that part of the American
press which can afford to keep its head
) and obey its conscience during preSl-
Dental campaign, and observes that
Mr.. Cleveland has saved his election.
eering prospects at the expense OF
the homer of American public
life Lord Salisbury came In
: to town and returned late tC
) his country seat. He spent much OF
\ the time at the foreign Office, where
. Mr.. Phelps came also. Nothing could
8 be obtained from either Downing street
E or the American legation. A carefully
h worded dispatch, dated Washington
2 appears in all the morning newspapers
:. simply to the effect that the president
had informed the British minister thai
his continuance in Office was distaste
full to the Washington government.