Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-24
sACKvILLE's SUCCESSOR.
The Earl Of Dunraven Makes . Speech
Very Friendly to the United States.


In the house Of lords Saturday night the
Earl OF Dunraven, speaking ON the Sackvilie
incident, said: II do not propose to 60 into de-
tails. The sooner the episode ID buried, to my
mind. the better, but must express regret
that the papers have not been presented 10
parliament. trust that this will be done be-
fore Parliament is prorogued.
whether the circumstance is correctly de-
scribed BY the prime minister as an episode in
electioneering, whether our minister was en-
tirely to blame, whether he technically or unin-
tentionally committed blunder; whether the
United States government was fully justified
under any circumstances or BY the pecu-
liar circumstances of the moment, are all
matters beside my point, which is whoever
is 70 blame or whether any one is to blame,
surely 1t would have been more dignified 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 mat
Yer anectang the two nations. In the case Of
some foreign powers different considerations
would affect us: but our relations with the
United States are peculiar. We use the word
foreign toward them because there is no other
suitable expression, but am loath to use the
term toward the great republic. The United
States is, automatically speaking, q foreign
power. but she can never be q 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, worshiping
under the same form Of religion. and living
under the same common law. Their institu-
tons, though differing, are very similar in
their integral respects to our own, and are
founded on the same love of liberty and law
and capacity for self-government.
1T Is impossible to look upon such a people
as foreigners. though one is obliged to speak
of their country as foreign power. OF all the
md tam thn
United States, and she alone can understand us
In respect to the difficulties inseparable from
the system OF party government. Any misun-
Outstanding arising between us would be held
to be most deplorable by a vast majority of all
thinking men on both sides of the Atlantic.
fear that speaking of the circumstance as be-
longing to the history of electioneering may
have had an irritating effect upon public opin-
ion in America. Be that as it may. it is certain
that any longer delay in filling Lord Sack
villes place ls liable to be misunderstood by
the American people. I hold it to be our first
duty to avoid the possibility of anything that
may lead to want of sincere friendship be-
tween the mother country and the colonies.
and after that I consider it our second
duty to avoid any such possibility between the
other minister will be accredited to the court of
st. James. All who know Mr.. Phelps person
ally and all who recognize the dignity and
courtesy with which he has discharged his du-
ties will anticipate it with regret. II we hest
tate and delay to accredit a minister at Wash
ington the United States may retaliate by de-
laying to accredit minister to us. Two great
international questions are awaiting solution
fishery and extradition-and these we cannot
hope to settle except under conditions of real
friendship between the two countries There
fore ask the prime minister whether the gov
eminent intends to appoint a minister to sue
coed Lord Sackville at Washington"
The marquis of Salisbury replied in effect that
as the correspondence was incomplete no state
ment could be made.