The herald., 1895-10-09
Nh. MURCH|SON 5 VICTIM
Sir Lionel SackWeII=Sack-
vile West, X. c. M. q.
PRINTS A PRIVATE PAMPHLET
Defending His Course and Ex.
planning His Dis missal
HE THINKS HE WAS INSULTED
He Publishes Hundred Copies Of Fifty.
two Pages Each
Of Very Free Structures Upon America and
the Americans
And Says He scorned an Offer Of $4,000 Per
Week to Become Star Attraction In
PaIatlaI Dime nuselm
Defending His Course and Ex.
planning f1is Dis missal
HE THINKS HE WAS INSULTED
He Publishes Hundred Copies Of Fifty.
two Pages Each
Of Very Free Structures Upon America and
the Americans
And Says He Scorned an Offer Of $4,000 Per
Week to Become Star Attraction In
PaatlaI Dime nuseIm

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, Oct. ga special cable
10 the World from London says:
An extraordinary, and in many respects
unprecedented. publication by British
or other diplomat has been discovered
during the past few days among the for
eign representatives to the court Of st.
james.
This is handsomely printed pamphlet
marked For private circulation and
entitled My Mission to the United States,
$3.50, and has just been ISIS sued by Lord
Sackville, who, az Sir Lionel Sgckweil
Sackville- West, X. G. M. g., was the Eng
lish minister at Washington for tn. per-
iod named.
1t will be remem bered that President
Cleveland, almost on the eve OF the cleo
tion of 1888, sent Sir Lionel his passports.
because of letter written by him 10 an
alleged Englishman in California COM
menting on the approaching election.
This pamphlet is Lord Sackville s de-
tense aud explanation. after several years
have elapsed since that incident. But
the unprecedented part of it, and the
part which has aroused very excited COM
ment, is, first, the freedom of his strict
ures upon the American pt Jple and Amer
lean public men, and seco. d, his own ex.
pressed Indignation that the British
ministry should have accepted Mr.. Bay
ard as am AMBASSADOR to this country. when,
as secretary of state of the United States,
Mr.. Bayard had wantoniy insulted ia
| person its accredited representative
The pamphlet consists of fiity-twd
pages, and is of very limited issue, not
more than ono hundred copies. These
have been sent under seal only to the
leading foreign diplomats and the higher
English officials and few personal
friends.
Chester A. Arthur was pl resident and
James G. Blaine was secretary of state
when Loro Sackville came to New York
in 1884, He says he entered upon bis
duties with great solicivude.
81 was we'll aware of the difficulty |
should have to contend with in com bat
ting the influence the Fenian orgoDi.
zation exercised over the governments,
and which was so powerful in both
houses of the legislature"
4 Lord Sackville deliberately states that
Lord Granville upon representations OF
Ireland and lately in Lord hosebery's
cabinet telegraphed the first assistant
secretary OF state, saying that his (Lord
Sackviiles) life was in danger and asking
protection.
Secretary Freylinghuysen declined to
him to General Sherman. The latter in
ted him on trip in the presidents
yacht. All preparations were made in
secret and they spent ten days cruising in
the James river, after which lit was
deemed that the excitement caused by
the Irish executions lad abated.'
lie says danger again became imminent
when he was instructed to demand the
extradition of Patrick Sheridan for com
plicity In the Phoenix PARK murders. He
felt that such demand would be hops
less and so reported to Lord Granville,
and then the instructions were revoked.
A presidential election was approach
ing and Mr.. Blame was, likely TO be the
epublican.nominee.
1T was at this time that Mr.. Blaine
spoke to me in the most condemnatory
tones of the conduct of her maiesty's
government in dealing with the irish
question. They had created such a hostile
feeling in the United States that he felt
convinced that if the population was