The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-10
TME G0RgWlAT0WN OF AMY NUTM GA&Ul0NA DAILY
A DIPLOMATIC REVIEW
SOME INTERESTING CHAPTERS
uF RECENT POLITICAL
HISTORY.
THE SacgViLLE-WEST INCIDENT

THE SscRViLLE-WEST INCIDENT
A Remarkable Pamphlet Published in
London by the Former Ministerto the
United States Containing Structures
Upon American Politics and Poiiti.
Biplomacya-M Bayard May
Make Formal Complaint.
NEW YORK, Oct "a special cable
gram to the World from London says
an extraordinary and in many respects
unprecedented publication by British
or other high diplomat has been dis
cussed during the past few days among
the foreign repres 7ntatives to the court
of st. James This is a handsomely
printed pamphlet marked, for private
circulation only" and entitled, My
Mission to the United States, S1-S9, !"
and has just been issued by Lord Sack
vile, who, as Sir Lionel Sackville West,
X. G. NJ G., was the English Minister
TO Washington for the period named.
II viii be remembered that President
Cleveland, almost on the eve OF the elec-
ton OF 1888, sent Sir Lionel his passports,
because of a letter written by him TO an
alleged Englishman in California, com
menting upon the approaching election.
This pamphlet is Lord Sackville's de-
fense and explanation, after seven years
of that incident.
But the unprecedented part of it, and
the part which has aroused very excited
comment is, first, the freedom CT his
structures upon the American people and
American public men; and second, his
own expressed Indignation that the Brit
ish ministry should have accepted Mr..
Bayard as Ambassador to the country,
while, as Secretary OF State Of the United
States, Mr. BayaFd had wantonly in
suited in person its accredited raprcs IN
tatlYa. The pamphlet consists Of fifty
two pages, IS, coo words, is of very ilni
ted issue, pot more than one hundred
copies These have been sent under
seal only to leading foreign diplomats,
the higher English officials and few
personal friends.
Mlaister Bayard May Make Complaint.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-The extracts
from the pamphlet printed By Lord
SaekVille West reviewing his diplomatic
career in this country have attracted
great attention here and il is thought
that perhaps Minister Bayard, who was
severely scored in the publication, may
ask the State Department to make com
plant against Lord Sackvilie Vest. The
latter, although retired, is on the pen
sion list Of the British government. Mr..
j. g. Brancroft Davis, who was First
Assistant Secretary of State under
Frelinghugsen and whose conversations
Lord SackviIe- West repeats, made the
following statement for the Associated
Press to day:
II appear ia the account tEice; once III
connection with an alleg d request made
by Secretary Frelinghuysen for the re-
lease uf Imprisoned Irish suspects, and
once a. receiving information from Lord
Granville Of an alleged irregular Irish
conspiracy to take Lord sackville's lie.
In regard to the frst, what took
place between the two governments was
this: Nr. FreliDghuyeen, by diree-
4ion of the President, instructed
H.. Lowell to ask Lord Granville
to have the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland
Instructed TO exercise the discretion re
posed IN ii n BIZ aw, to order an imme
diata trial Of the prisoners, who had
then been imprisoned without trial
many months This request, when
pressed, brought about the release of all
the Or soners / cannot recall that
had any conversation with the British
Minister on that subject but, as his ac-
count appears to have been contem-
poreneous one, it is possibly substan
TALLY correct.
sin regard to the conspiracy against
Sir Lionel's life, this is the first that |
have heard of it. The telegram which
the account says was sent to The Assis-
tant Secretary perhaps an error for the
Secretary never reached me"
Mr.. Davis added that he never knew
that 8ny representation had been made
that Lord Lionel's life was endangered
and has never heard before that he had
been taken on ten-day's cruise by Gen.
Sherman to avoid possible violence to his
person.
From semi-official sources the follow
ing explanation is given of what took
place at the time OF the passage of the
Grimes act in 1882. The Irish suspects
had been imprisoned under the orders
of Mr. Foster, then Secretary of Ireland,
bat no disposition was made to bring
them to trial, Mr.. Fosters policy being
70 hold them in prison as suspects.
The British parliament endorsed that
policy by the passage of the Crimes ACT
which empowered the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland to hold suspects prisoners
until he chose to place them on trial
There was a great outcry in this
country against the Crimes act. As