Arizona republican., 1900-10-03
Lord SackVilIe and
 His Children


 Minister at Washington. has been hay ing no end of trouble in connection with his children. who, owing to his alto gether unpardonable conduct in neg lecting to legalize his union Wi:h thelr mother a lady of the corps de Ea!let at Paris. do not figure on any of those pages of the ''peerages" that are de voted to his name and family. His daughters will be remembered in this country, for they were with him at Washington, where the eldest did the honors at the English Legation. But their brother never came over during his fathers stay here. Lord Sackville. approaching the difficulties of the posi- tion, undertook to provide for him only so long as he would remain in South Africa, to which part of the world he had been dispatched when quite a lad. About a year ago this son. who had meanwhile grown into a man, moved by the description of the glory and splendor of his fathers magnificent country seat at Knole Park. which con- stitutes a favorlte theme of illustrated newspapers, came to the conclusion that he was being unjustly treated by being kept in South Africa on a mere pittance. Accordingly he came to Eng land for the purpose of securing what he was pleased to call his rights being under the impression that the act oG recognition which Lord SackVille had made in France of his daughter Vic toria as being his child applied also to the other children, and legalized their position in England. Of course it d.d nothing of the kind. Indeed. his own birth certificate. like that of his sisters. excepting Victoria. bears the name of the danseuse mother. but adds the cruel words, "pere inconnu' (father un- known).
 Only in the case of Victoria has Lord Sackville given his name as father, although he might just as well have done so with his other children since there were no matrimonial entangle- ments on the part of either himself ur of the mother.
 Young West (for that is the nama he bears) on reaching England proceeded to Knole Park, announced himself as Lord Sackville's only son, and asked to see his father. Lord Sackville de- clined to see him or to recognize him, and when the young man insisted. he had him forcibly elected by the serv- dulS- 4lt SOIl. Nllll Ills ClpIutS snow ing signs of rough treatment. thereupon betook himself to the principal inn of the little town or village of Seven Oaks, which is situated at the gates so to speak. of KnoIe Park. and told his story. finding ready sympathy on the part of the villagers, by whom Lord Sackvile has succeeded in getting him. self quite as strongly disIiked as in this aYnla in hot ha penniless. one of them. d carpenter offered him employment. and for sev- eral months afterward Lord Sackvilla was unsb ble 10 drive oJt of his pa TX gates without meeting his son arrayed in the gsrb of a working man. and without feeling that the sympathy ,f not only the people of the village but of the entire country side was with the young man.
 Finally, when the unrecognized sis ters of the young man. notably the one who had married MT. Salanson, of the French Legation at Washington. but who is now separated from him. had announced their intentions of CO., operating with him in pressing ther claims upon their father, the situation became so intolerable that some sort of compromise was arranged. the negotiations being carried on through the recognized sister Victoria who married her cousin. Lionel Sackville West nephew and heir to Lord Sack Wille's peerage and estates. and who will herself become in course of time Lady Sackville. and chatelaine of Knole Park. of which she now does the honors for her father.
 The entire story is a very distressing one. and reflects the utmost discredt upon Lord Sackville. who clearly owes his chilcTen a financial reparation for the perfectly useless and cruel neglect to legaliZe their situation.
 Of Lord Sackville's conduct in intro ducing his daughters at Washington in investing one of them with the role of an ambassadress, and then refusing to recognize them as his offspring in Europe. it is impossible to speak too strongly. Lord Sackville. however. who is heir presumptive to his neph- ew's earldom of De La War. is. how ever. man who has throughout his life been forever doing the wrong thing. and who is. on this account, probably the most unpopular member of the House of Lords. When he succeeded to his brothers title and estates h. re-
 
 quest of certain articles of bric- a-brac and art to the queens maids-Of honor, with whom the late lord had been brought into constant contact during a long term of service as a member of the queens household. Of course Her Majesty and the entire royal family took the part of the ladies-in-w waiting. and it was only when forced to do so by the courts of law that Lord Sackville finally surrendered the articles bequeathed to them.
 Then, too, he achieved unenvable fame by attempting to screw a small rent out of the people of StratfOrd-on- Avon for the ground on which stands the Shakespeare fountain, presented to the town by the late George w. Childs, of Philadelphia.
 His squabbles with the people of Seven Oaks in connection with his en- deavor to prevent them from availing