Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-12
Telegrams to The Star.
HE FELT VERY BADLY USED.
SaekTIles Complaint AgaiRSt Bayad.
SPANISH REv0LUTIONIsTs ACTIVE
More Violations of the Interstate Law.
sACKvILLE CORRESPONDENTS.

His Lordship Complains Bitterly of
Secretary Bayard's Treatment Of Him.
Special Cable Dispstch TO THk EvESISe sTAR
LONDON, Jan. l2.-The important parliamen-
tary paper giving the further correspondence
respecting the demand Of the United States gov
ernment for the recall Of Lord Sackville con-
tains large Photographic fac-simile Of the
front page Of the New York Tribune Of Novem-
Der giving Sackville's letter in his communi-
tions TO Salisbury. sackville confesses to have
been guilty of indiscretion, into which, how
ever, he says he was basely betrayed, but has
nothing to be ashamed Of. as his letter was to
be considered private, and it was not susceptible
OF the Interpretation given il by unscrupulous
political wire-pullers. He repudiates the ac-
count Of the interview with him given in tho
Tribune, and says he had no thought or inten-
ton Of impugning the action Of the United
States executive. He emphatically denies the
language attributed to him by other papers
about clap-trap and trickery, and
COMPLAINS BITTERLY OF SECRETARY BAYABp's
conduct Bayard, he says, accepted his dis
claimer Of having sought to interfere in the
domestic politics of the United States, but the
exigencies Of the campaign and the necessity
Bayard does not hesitate to impute motives
which had formally been repudiated. and TO
make them the cause OF what he ventures to
think Salisbury will consider an almost unpre-
cedented slip on the part of the executive. In
. letter to Salisbury dated December 4. Phelps
sums up the case and points out that MUIR
chisons letter contained very grave insinua-
tions against the integrity and motives Of the
President Of the United States on important
questions of foreign policy. and says these in
sinuations do not appear TO have been regarded
by Sackville as q sufficient reasion for declining
to answer the letters and that the reply marked
private" only distinguished it from official
correspondence IL il was really intended to
make II public. This 10 apparent because that
was the proposed and
ONLY oBJECT OF THE MURcHrsoN LETTER,
and is confirmed by statement of Sackville
himself in his interview with reporter of the
Herald Salisbury, in his reply, says what the
view her majesty's government would have
taken OF Sackvilles action IL the President Of
the United States laid before them the alleged
grave and weighty reasons IL would be super
fuous to consider, as he believed that private
communications made by an ambassador in
good faith have never before been made the
subject OF international complaint He thinks
considerable doubt rests upon the precise pur-
port OF the statements made by sackville TO the
newspaper reporters, but they were fair mat
tiers for discussion, il desired. II is sufficient,
under existing circumstances. to say that there
was nothing in Sackyille's conduct to Justify 80
striking departure from the circumspect and
deliberate procedure by which, in such cases.
it is the usage of friendly states to mark their
consideration for each other. The friends Of
Sackville are certain to make use of Phelps
letter to try to damage the latter, i'm view of
the forthcoming banquets in bis honor The
same publication wherein Phelps contends that
Sackviile's letter was intended for publication.
contains Murchison's letter to Sackville. in
which the phrase occurs, Il apply to you pri-
vately for information. which shall i'm turn be
treated az entirely secret"