The herald., 1895-10-13
On Lcrd SackviIIe-WeSt'S Little
Private Pamphlet
A STORM IN A SLOP BASIN
A Many. Column Assertion that Bayard
Will Resign
The Diplomat Was, However, Taken on Board
aWarshIp to Avoid Real or
Fancied Danger
Associated Press Special Wire.

| nave mad TO say on LORD Sackville'S at
! tack upon Am bassador Bayard. Prob
ably they would have said more had they
not been compelled to rely on the very
meager extracts from the pamphlet cabled
| back from New York by their correspond
| ents.
| Mr.. Smalley cables among other satiri-
cal comments upon Lord Sackvile's IN
| iudicious publication, that it sufficiently
proves the wisdom Of President Cleveland
and Secretary BayHrd in sending his
passports to so indiscreet diplomat.
The Times editorially speaks of the
pamphlet as giving by no means flatter-
ing picture of the expedients to which
American politicians sometimes have re-
course on the eve uf closely contested
election.
The St. James Gazette says the ex-u,in-
lister has raised storm in a siop basin.
"We can only hope" says the Tele-
| graph"that the common sense and prac-
tIcal Judgment of the English and Amer
lean public will treat this uncalied for
attack in the only way in which it de-
serves to be trsated-by contemptuous
disdain. Those who take any interest in
diplomatic history will be the first to as
uure Mr.. Bayard that no effect whatever
is likely to be produced by such series
of charges so utterly unworthy in every
way in attentive consideration.
| During his sojourn in this country
che American representative has earned,
rs everyone knows, golden opinions for
his urbanity, his keen and practiced Judg
ment on affairs and his eloquence above
all. He has made studious attempts to
cultivate kindly and amicable feelings
between England and America, never
emitting. any opportunity of showing us
that he has sincerely at heart the inter-
ests of English-speaklng communities on
both sides of the Atlantic.
1.-The consideration and respect of every
thoughtful Englshman are assuredly en-
| listed on his sIde.i And if we are not very
much mistaken there is also among us
all a warmer sentiment toward Mr.
Bayard, one not only of esteem but of
| countrymen his friends, and through
/ him we have learned q fuller apprecia-
ton and admiration for the great repub-
lie which he so admirably represents"
An outside ne wspaper records in sew
eral columns the absurd report that Min
lister Bavard will resign. He is visiting
the west of England and declines at pres
ent to make anv statement In regard to
the Sackville pamphlet
WASHINGTON, Oct 12.-That portion
of Lord Sackville-West's pamphlet in
| which he asserts that Lord Granville, at
the time OF the Irish executions in 1883,
had, upon the representation of Lord
| Spencer, cabled the assistant secretary of
state that he believed Lord Sackville's
life was in danger, owing to the heated
Irish agitation in this country and that
| as a result Lord Lionel was taken on
board the presidents yach. for three.
days cruiss by General Sherman. was
confirmed from an unexpected quarter
| today.
When the publication was first made it
was received with lncred1lity here, as no
one at the state war or navy departments
to be found could give any information.
Today Mr.. Davis, who was for tims as
sistant secretary of state under Secretary
Fieylinghuysen, but who retired before
this incident occurred. received the fol-
lowing from Brig. .-Gen. John G. Tipbell
| (retired, OF the United States army de.
failing, circumstances heretofore not
| mado public.
122 Montague street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
| Dear Sir:-I have not seen Lord Sack
ville's pamphlet and do not know in
what connection he brings forward the
circumstances referred to in the cruise
on tho Chesapeake, but I do know as a
matter of fact that it did occur. 1t was
in the first part of May, 1SS3 General
s herman took Lord Sackville- West and
| family on navy vessel Che Tallapoosa),
I perhaps down the Chesapeake, ostensi-
| bly, on junketins tour. They were gone
week or ten days. NJ eanwhile, as aide.
de-camp to General Sherman. l took care
| of the British legation IN Washington.
So far as knew no one knew the reason
| for this action except President Arthur,
Secretary OF War Lincoln, General Sher-
man and myself. But I presume there
were those in the state department who
were aware OF it. OF course the British
Minister was in the secret, but | do not
think it was known to his secretaries at
the time.
General Ayrss, commanding the
troops at Washington barracks, and the
chief of police. Colonel Dye. were to a
degree aware of what was going on. The
secret was so we'll kept that it never got
into the papers, but, as Lord Sackville
has now divulged it, | have no hesitation
in in mentioning m ,0hM Thst knew T12, about it,
Brevet Brigadie., u. S. A."
General Tibbell is now on the reirted
list.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-The Worlds
London correspondentscabl bles
1t is the gossip OF the clubs that Lord
Sackvilles publication was as much due
to anger against Lord Salisbury as against
Minister Bayard. Ever since Lord Sack
ville's return from Washington he has
sought another appointment as vlndica-
tion and lately made a strenuous but
futile application for one of the vacant
colonial governorships.
This interesting fact, never hitherto
published, in which it is made known
that q demand for Lord Sackvilles recall
was mooted IN Washington some months
before the Murchison incident, has come
to light.
When Phil Sheridan was buried, in the
summer of 1888, it was stated that while
every other legation was represented in
full uniform at the funeral, not a single
her If the British legation was pres
ent. although invitations were issued by
the state department and the ceremony
was therefore national absence from
which on the part OF foreign representa-
tives could only be regarded as discour-
tesy.
The fact that the famous soldier and
commanding officer of the American
army was OF Irish birth made the absence
of any representative of the British le-
cation even offensiveIv discourteovs. In
quiry showed that while Lord Sackvile