The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-23

EARL DUNRAv Ms SPEECH ON
THE SACKVILLB INCIDENT.

Lord Salisbury Urged to FIJI the Va
cancy at Washington without Delay
The Possibility of American Retail
alton Pointed Out-The Desraoility
of Friendly Relations Emphasized.
LONDON, Dec. 22.-In the House of Lords
last night the Earl of Dunraven, speaking
on the Sackville incident said: 81 do not
propose to go into details; the sooner the
episode is buried, to my mind, the better,
but must express regret that the papers
have not been presented to Parliament.
trust that this will be done before Parliament
is prorogued. Whether the circu Instance
is correctly described by the prime minister
as an episo 10 in e ectiouet ring, whether our
minister was entirely to blame, whether he
technically or unintentionally committed
blunder, whether the United States govern
ment was fully justified under any circum-
stances or by peculir circumstances of the
moment, are all matters outside of my
point, which is, that whoever is to blame,
or whether any one is to blame, surely it
would have been more dignitied on our part,
and more worthy of our position, to have
taken no notice of the matter, which, as
The prime minister early remarked, is no
matter affecting the two nations.
PECULIAR RELATIONS.
In the case of some foreign powers diff
ferent considerations woul affect US, but
our relations with the United States are
peculiar. We use the word foreign toward
them because there is no other suitable ex-
preston, but am 10th to use the term to-
ward the eat republic. The United
States is, automatically speaking, foreign
power, but she can never be foreign land
to us. Her citizens are mainly men of the
same race and lineage as ourselves,
having the same names, speaking
the same tongue, worshipping under
the same form of religion and living under
the same common law. Their institutions,
though differing, are very similar in their
integral respects to our own, and are
founded on love of liberty and law a {
capacity for self-government. 1t is i'm
possible TO look upon such people as for
eigners, though one is obliged to speak of
their country as foreign power.
CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
''Of all the civilized nations, we alone
can understand the United States, and she
alone can urderstand us in respect to the
difficulties inseparable from the system of
party government ANY misunderstanding
arising between us would be held deplora-
BILE by agreat majority of all thinking men
on both sides of the Atlantic. 1 fear that
speaking of the circumstances as belonging
TO the history of electioneering, may have
had an irritating effect upon public opinion
in America. Be that as it may, it is GER
tain that any longer delay in filling up Lord
Sackvilles place is liable to be m1sunder-
stood br the American people.
ENGLAND's TWO DUTIES.
81 hold it to be our first duty to avoid
the possibility of anything that may lead to
want of sincere friendship between the
mother country and the colonies, and after
that i consider it our second
duty to avoid any such pos
slbiity between the United States
and ourselves. Before long another min
ister will be accredited % the court of st.
James All who know Mr.. Phelps person.
ally and all who recognize the dignity aud
courtesy With which he has discharged his
duties will anticipate it with regret.
POSSIBLE RETALIATION.
''If we delay TO accredit a minister at
Washington the United States may retail
late by delaying to accredit minister 20
US. Two great international questions are
awaiting solution--the fishery and extradi-
tion-and these we cannot hope to settle
except under conditions of real friendship
between the two countries. Therefore ask
the prime minister whether the government
intends to appoint a minister to succeed
Lord Sackville at Washington"