The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15

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LONDON, Nov. 6.--The papers in the Sack
| vile case were made public this evening. The
| FIRST IL a letter from Lord Salisbury to Lord
| Sackville, and is dated Oct. 81. 1t is Of
| follows:
Mr.. Phelps, who 10 staying at my house, in.
forms me that Mr.. Bayard's request for your
recall Is not based upon the letter to Murchi.
son, but upon newspaper interview. ! re-
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 be-
trayal OF confidence, and it was hardly prac-
ticable to lay down the principle that a
| diplomatic representative should be
| prohibited from expressing. even privately,
any opinion upon events passing in
the country to which he il accredited. The
language of an interview in different. You
must be taken us having intended it for pub
| lication. Before admitting the need for a
| recall, was bound in justice to you to know
exactly what the objectional language was.
l therefore asked Mr.. Phelps for copy of
| the interview in 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 re-
| piled that he had not received the text of the
| interview, but would take steps to procure
| it. 1t was consequently understood that I'M
til the copy was received there should be no
answer to the request for the recall.
On Oct. 2S Lord Sackviile sent the follow
ing communication to Lord Salisbury:
The letter was n political Republican plot.
have mailed an explanation. The plot was
due to the approaching election. If my re-
call is demanded, beg to express deep regret
at what has occurred.
On the Both Lord Sackville cab. that he
had received a passport. On the 31st Mr..
Phelps informed Lord Salisbury that the
United States government had given Lord
Sackvil)a a passport, and added that Presi-
Il 4.
would be sent to Washington. On the same
day Lord Sackvile sent the following dis
patch to Lord Salisbury:
beg to repudiate Mr.. Bayard's statement
of the reasons for my dismissal as fan unjust
attack on my integrity.
Lord Salisbury at once sent the following
reply: :,
Place Mr.. Herbert, as senior secretary on
the spot in charge of the legation.
On Nov. Lord Salisbury, in a communi-
cation to Mr.. Phelps, referred to his promise
to furnish him with u copy of the Sackville
interview and informed him that as he had
no further information as to what Lord Sack
viles 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 a passport. To this, on the
next day, Mr. Phelps made reply as follows;
Our recollection OF what passed in the con-
versation we had on Sunday differs slightly
in one particular. 1t intended that the letter
should have no part in the reasons for the
request for the recall of Lord Sackville. l
did say that the minister's remarks on the
published interview were the principal rea-
son. am still without copy OF the inter
view. have sent to Mr.. Bayard copy of
your lordship's note requesting full details
of the language and circumstances.
A letter written by Lord Sackville Oct. 20,
was received by Lord Salisbury on the 4th
inst. 1t encloses the Murchison letter and
his reply to it. He says:
have certain information that the Muir
Gibson letter was concerted by well known
firm in conjunction with the Republican CON-
mittee in New York. 1t was sent from South
ern California to prevent suspicion. Mr. Bay
ard, whom saw to-day. said he regretted the
incident very much. He accepted my dis
clainer Of any thought or intention to inter-
fere with the domestic policy of the country.
He saidit was campaign trap, but he frank
ly told me that had been indiscreet. ex-
pressed my deep regret, and Mr.. Bayard as
sured me he bore me no ill will.
The impression prevails in London that
Lord Salisbury is reserving any in
tended reference to the Sackville
incident for the ministerial banquet, which
takes place at Guild Hall on Friday next.
Thus far he has declined to make any state
ment regarding the matter for publication.
He will then doubtless feel it necessary to say
something about it, as what he
feels and the course he intends to pursue
concerning the incident is awaited with a
good deal of interest The official pa
pers, which were published containing the
correspondence between the dismissed
minister and the premier afford conclusive
evidence of what was suspected all along,
that the middle was largely due to the
neglect OF both sides to use the cable freely,
and have proper understanding Immediately
after the occurrence. 1t seems that a misun-
Outstanding was the result of this neglect.
The combined cable bill would not have
exceeded G1O.