Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-11-07
Lord sackville's Dismissal.

10 papers in The Sackville case were
ma public yesterday evening. The first
is t. letter from Lord Salisbury to Lord
Sackvile. and is dated October 81. 1t is as
follows; "Mr. Phelps, who is staying at
my house, informs me that Mr. Bayards re.
quest for your recall is not based upon the
letter to Murchison, but upon newspaper
Interview. replied that was glad it wac
not true that the request Was due to the
writing OF the letter. which was made pub
lie only by betrayal of confidence, and was
hardly practicable to lay down the princi
pie that diplomatic representative should
be prohibited from expressing, even pri.
vately, any opinion upon events passing in
the country to which he is accredited. The
language of an interview is different. You
must be taken as having intended it for
publication. Before admitting the need for
recall! | wss bound in justice 10 you to
know exactly what the alleged objection
able language was. | therefore asked
'Mr. Phelps for copy of the inter.
view in order 10 ascertain from you
whether you had been accurately re-
ported, and told him that I would then
bring the matter before my colleagues. MIR.
Phelps replied that he had not received the
text Of the interview, but would take s,ep5
TO procure it, Ii was consequently under.
stood that until the copy WAS received there
should be no answer to the request for your
recall.r
On October 2S Lord Sackvlle sent the fol-
lowing communication to Lord Salisbury
The letter was political republican plot.
have mailed An explanation. The plot
was due TO the approaching election. If my
4, 4 Aad I hoo, 10
regret at what has occurred"
Ga the so Lord Sackville cablel that he
had received passport.
On the 3lst Mr.. Phelps informed Lo,d
Salisbury that the United States govern
ment had given Lord Sackylie passport,
aud added that President Cleveland hoped
that another minister would be sent to
Washington.
On the same day Lord Sackvile sent the
following dispatch 10 Lord Salisbury az beg
to repudiate Mr.. Bayard's statement of the
reasons for my dismissal as an unjust attack
on my integrity
L0:6 Salisbury at once sent the following
reply: place Mr.. Herbert, as senior secre.
tary on the spot, in charge OF the legation"
On November Lord Salisbury. in COM
municaton to MIR. Phelps, referred to his
promise to furnish him with copy of the
Sackville interview, and informed him that
az he had no further information as to what
Lord SackVille's statements contained or to
whom they were made, be was unable 10
form any judgment npcn the considerations
which dictated the request for the recall or
the forwarding Of passport.
To this on the next day Mr. Phelps made
reply as follows: "Our recollection of what
passed in the conversation We bad on SatUr
day differs slightly in one particular 1t was
DOT intended that the letter should have no
part in the reasons for the request for the re-
cali Of Lord Sackville. did say that the
minister's remarks in the published inter
view were The principal reason. | am still |
without copy of The interview. | have |
sent to Mr.. Bayatda copy of your lordship's |
note requesting full details Of the language |
aud circumstances"
A letter written by Lord Sackville on Oc-
tober &c was received by Lord Salisbury on
the An inst. 1t incloses the Murchison lot.
ter and his reply to it, lie says II have
certain information that the Murchison let
ter was fictitious, ana was concocted by a
well known firm 10 opjuuction with the re.
publican committee 10 New York. IL was
SEPT from Southern California to prevent
suspicion Mr. Bnyard whom l saw to.
day. said he regretted the incident very
much II accepted my disclaimer of any
thought or Intention to interfere with the
domestic policy of the country. He said it
was campaign trap, but he frankly told
me that had been indiscreet. | expressed
nv deep regret, aud Mr.. Bayard assured me
he bore me no iil-will"
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