The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-07
|SACKVIILE PAPERS
The Administration in a
Bad Light


Loxpcx. Nov. 1.-THE papers IN the
Sackyilie case were made public To-
|s1av. First is letter from Lord Sails
bury to Lord Sackyille, dated October
q. 1t is as follows:
Mr.. Phellss. who ID staying al my house,
informs me that Mr.. bsysrts request ici
rol-v recall Is not based upon the letter e
Mnrchisoa, but upon newsrzper iuter.
view. replied that Was glad II was no
true that the request was cue y tne W.
ing Of q letter vhfcA was maoc puga.
ossiy hy A BETRAYAL OF confidence. ana II
vsS hardly practicable to lay down the
prfDcipie tbat diplomatic rcpresentziits
should be prohibited from expressing even
privxtefy an optimism on events passing ~
the country to v hich he is accredited Tnt
langraguags ~ an interview - dsnerens
ard IL must be taken - having oeeh
inreus,ed for publication. Before aulnlftlns
she need for recall, was bound Ia Justice
70 wa to know exactly what the alleged
objectionable language was. ! tntselv.s
asked Mr.. Phelps for a copy OF The inter
view SO as TO ascertain from yon whether
you had been accurately reported toia
him would then bring the matter before
my colleagues
Phelps replied that he had not received
the text Of tine interview, bat would saxe
steps to secure it. IL Was consequently
understood that until the copy was NJ
eeiyed there should be no answer 10 the
request for your recall
Phelps reported that he had not received
the texr % the interview, but would TAXI
steps 10 secure IT, II was consequently an.
terstood that until the copy was received
there should be no answer to the request
tor your recall
On October % Lord Sackyille sent
the following communication to Sails
bury:
s.fhe letter was politically Republican
plot was Que 10 the approaching election
Ii my recall Is demanded Deg 10 express
deep regret at what has occurred"
On the 30th Lord Sackyille cabled
that he had received his passports.
On the 3lst Mr.. Phelps informed
Salisbury that the United States gov
ernmefk had given Lord Sackville his
passports. and added that President
Cleveland hoped another minister
would be sent TO Washington. On the
same day Sackville sent the following
dispatch to Lord Salisbury:
II beg to repudiate Mr.. Bayard's state
ment OF the reasons for nay dismissal, as an
unjust attack upon nay integrity.
Salisbury at once sent reply;
II.
the spot in charge Of the legation.
On November Lord Salisbury sent
communication to Mr.. Phelps re-
ferring TO his promise to furnish him
a copy of the Sackville interview. and
informed him, as he had no further
Information as to what Lord Sack
vilie's statements contained or to
whom they were made, he was unable
to form any Judgment upon the con-
siderations which dictated the request
for recall or forwarding OF a passport.
To this inquiry Mr.. Phelps replied
as follows:
s.our recoiiections OF what passed In the
conversation we had on Saturday differ
slightly in one particular. II was not in
In the reasons for the request for the re-
call OF Lord Sackville. did say that
the minister's remarks in the published in
feryiew were the principal reason. l am
still without copy of the interview. /
have sent TO Mr.. Baysrd copy. OF your
note requesting full details OF
the language and circumstances"
The letter written by Lord Sack
vile on October 26 WIS received by
Lord Salisbury on the Ate inst. 1t in
closed the Murchison letter and his
reply TO it, He says:
II have certain information that the
Murchison letter was conceived by a we'll
known firm in conjunction with the Re-
publican committee in New York. II was
sent from Southern California to prevent
suspicion. Mr. Bayard. whom saw to-day.
said he regretted the incident very much.
He accepted my disclaimer OF any thought
OF intention TO Interfere with the domestic
policy of the country. He said ii was a
campaign trap. but he frankly told me
my regret, and Mr. Bayard assured me he
bore me no i'll will"