Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-27
Shall SackViIIe Go?
A Question Now Current at the
National Capital.
PROBABILITY IS THAT HE SHALL.

The View Abroad That He Would Find 1t
More Comfortable Eisewhere-The Brit
ish Cabinet Considering the Incident
Admiral Porter's Views on National De-
fence-Another Railway Rate Decision
The President Takes His Wife Along.
WASHINGTON CRY, Oct. 27.-The New
York Herald's correspondent here telegraph
cd TO his paper last night that Mr. Phelps, the
minister at London, was instructed by the
president yesterday, through the secretary
of state, to intimate to Lord Salisbury with
out delay that, under the circumstances, the
president is of the opinion that the good IN
derstanding of both countries would be pro-
NOTED if the head of the British legation
here were changed
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct Eft is ru-
mored here that the President has decided
to demand the recall of Lord Sackville, and
that Secretary Bayard has cabled Minister
Phelps at London instructing him to inform
Lord Salisbury that the recall of Sackville
or his immediate transfer to some other post
would confer favor upon ard be gratifying
TO the administration
The representative of The New York Her.
aid has telegraphed TO that paper as follows:
Il am informed by the highest authority that
while the language of the statement of the
secretary of state, especially as addressed to
his own people, is not such a rebuke as would
| compel the withdrawal of Lord Sackville,
the British minister, it must make his posi-
| ton so unpleasant that it would make his
transfer both agreeable to himself and in the
inter st of his government.
"lhe transfer of Lord Sackville would also
| be entirely agreeable to the department Of
state, since in the event of future nsgotia-
tons with Great Britain the relations be-
tween the present secretary and his lordshiE
could not be of friendly and intimate char
acter II is therefore understood that the
result of the action taken by the administra-
| ton will be the immediate recall of Lord
Sackville. He may personally request to be
recalled, or tue British foreign office, in or
der to maintain the respect and dignity OF
its diplomatic relations with the United
States, may assign Lord Sackville TO another
legation
A cable from London says: LAS yet nc
official communications have passed between
the cabinets at Washington and London Oh
the subject of Lord Sackville's letter Lord
Salisbury, however, has sent several direc
dispatches to the British minister at Wash
ington deploring that officials indiscretion
1t is expected here that the Washington gov
eminent will make some demands upon the
foreign office with view to counterfeit the
injury which Lord Sackville's letter is al
legged to have inflicted upon Mr.. Clevelsnd's
prospects of reelection. Minister Phelps ha
already had an interview with Lord Sails
bury on the subject"
The brief meeting of the cabinet yesterday
was devoted to further consideration 0
the Sackvile letter. No additional state
ment was issued and it is not known tina
any official action was taken.
A telegram from San Francisco says ampl
proof has been obtained at Los Angeles tha
the letter to Lord Sackvile was decoy, an
that the writer then turned over both hi
original letter and the ministers reply to Ed
itor Harrison Gray Otis. of the Los Angelo
Times The name signed to the letter wa
Charles F. Murchison There is no man Q
that name in Pomona
On the other hand Mr. Otis, over his ow
signature, says the letter was written by Al
Englishman, and was genuine and sincere
and the name will be forthcoming at th