The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-10-12
Lord Sackv||e West Says It
Caused Murchison Incident.
IS FREE IN HIS STRUCTURES
The American People and Our Public
Men Denounced in Terms
Most Bitter.

New York, Oct ga special cable
to the World from London says: An ex-
trOrdinary and in mauy respects the
most unprecedented publication by .
British or any other high diplomat has
been discussed during the past few days
among the foreign representatives to
the court of ST. James. This is a hand
somely printed pamphlet marked "For
Private Circulation only and entitled
my Mission TO the United States,
1885," and has just been issued by
Lord Sackville, who as Sir Lionel Sack
vile West, X. G. G., was the English
minister to Washington for the period
named. 1t will be remembered that
President Cleveland. almost on the eve
of his inauguration, sent Lionel West
his passports because of a letter sent to
an alleged Englishman in California,
commenting on the approaching cleo
ton. These pamphlets are Lord Sack
Nille's defense and explanation, after
several years, of that incident. But the
unprecedented part of it, and the part
which has aroused very excited COM
nlent, is first. the freedom of his stric-
lures upon the American people and
American public men, and second, his
own expressed Indignation that the
British ministry should have accepted
Mr.. Bayard as ambassador to this
country, while as secretary of state Of
the United States Mr.. Bayard had wan
tOnly inSulted in person it's accredited
representative.
The pamphlet contains so pages, 49,
600 words and is very limited, not more
than 100 copies having been issued.
These have been sent under seal only
to leading foreign diplomats and the
higher English officials and a few per-
sOnal friends.
Chester A. Arthur was president and
James G. Blaine secretary of state
when Lord Sackville came to New
York in November, 1881 At a recep
ton given him by the ST. Georges So
ciety he says Mr.. Blaine was sent to
greet him by President Arthur and he
made most cordial address Of well
come. In it he referred to '.the loyalty
of the American people, and the ad-
miration for that gracious sovereign,
his royal mistress" Lord Sackville
notes also his very cordial reception by
the president himself, but remarks that
while Mr.. Blaine was using this con-
ciliatory language he was carrying on a
hostile controversy with her majesty's
government respecting the abrogation
Of the ClaytonBulwe treaty"
FEARED THE FENIANS
He says he entered upon his duties
with great solicitude. IT was well
aware Of the difficulties should have to
contend with in combating the influ-
ence Of the Fenian organization, and
which was SO powerful in both houses
Of the legislature"
Lord Sackville quotes a private letter
he wrote to Lord Granville then for
eign minister, in April, 1882, in regard to
by Secretary Frelinghuysen for the i'm
mediate release of certain Irish sus-
poets. In this letter Lord Sackville
distinctly states that Assistant Sec
rotary Davis represented to him that
the president felt embarrassed by the
action OF congress in the matter, and
that he, the president, trusted to the
courtesy of her majestys government
In enabling him to avert it,
He says he told Secretary Davis that
she must remember there was a public
opinion in England as we'll as press,
neither OF which were likely to be con-
vinced Of the necessity Of concession
to the United States on this question
simply because congress was terrorized
by the Irish voters" Davis frankly
admitted this and said that the presi-
dent himself appealed to her majesty's
government in the political case.
PROTECTION ASKED.
Lord Sackville here deliberately
states that Lord Granville, upon the
representations of Lord Spencer, then
lord lieutenant of Ireland and lately in