Show LORD DEFENSE tabei hil lordship conff tim to becom thoroughly aroused new york oct 8 A special cable to the world from london says an extraordinary tra ordinary aej in many respects unprecedented publication by a british or other high diplomat has been discussed during the past few days among the foreign representatives to the court 0 st james this is a handsomely printed pamphlet marked for private circulation only and entitled mv mission to the states 1881 and hag jaet been issued by lord sackville who as sir lionel backwell sackville west K 0 sl G was the english minister to for the period 11 ill be remembered that president cleveland almost on the eve of the election of 1883 sent sir lionel his passports pas because ot a letter written by him to an alleged englishman in call fornia on the approaching election this pamphlet is lord Sackville a defence and explanation after several years of that incident but the unprecedented ce part of U and ibe part which has aroused very excited comment is first the freedom of bis strictures upon the american people and American pub lie men and second hia own expressed indignation that the British ministry should hare accepted air bayard as ambassador bas to this country as tary of state ot the united stales sir bayard had wantonly insulted in person ita accredited representative the pamphlet consists of fifty two panes word sand is of very limited issue not more than copies these leave been bent under seal onla to lead ina foreign diplomats and the liitt her english official and a tew personal friends cheater A arthur was president and james 0 blaine secretary of state when lord came to new york in november 1881 he says he entered upon his duties with areat 1 I was well aware 01 tho difficulties I 1 should have to contend with in combating the influence of the fenian organization organized over the government and was so powerful in both houses of the legislature lord sackville quotes a private letter he wrote to lord gonville then foreign minister in april 1882 in regard apparently toa to a request or demand made by secretary for the immediate of certain irish suspects in this letter lord sackville distinctly states that Assifi tant secretary bancroft davis represented to him that the ident iek embarrassed by the action of aa ilie matter and that he the president trusted to the courtesy of hie majesty government in enabling him to avert it he bays lie told secretary davis that he roust remember there was a public opinion in england as well aa a press neither of which ere likely to be convinced of the of a concession to the unite flatea government on this question simply because congress was terrorized by tho voters bavis admitted thia and said that the president himself appealed to her government in the political case me ury lord sackville acre deliberately states that lord branville dranville dr anville upon representations of lord cabinet telegraphed the first assistant secretary of state saying that hia lord sack villes lile was in danger and asking for protection A presidential election was approaching nd mr blaine wa likely to be the republican candidate monvel it was at thi time that mr blaine spoke to me iu the most condemnatory tones of abo conduct of her majesty government in dealing with the irish question they had created such hostile feeling in the united states that lie felt convinced it the population was polled the result would be an almost unanimous expression tf hatred toward england this language clearly indicated his intention to trade upon thia hostility to england to ain the irish for his election lie notes mr blainer Bla inea defeat without repressed exultation and eaje he looked hopefully to the new democratic administration and mr bayard the latter he say deprecated to hini the influence which the irish party had obtained n tho and express himself ae determined not to allow hie actions to bo dictated by it lord sackville quoted a conversation with mr bayard of which he made a minute at the time in which the latter said the irish vote had now become a great factor in american politics aud be might tell me that the word british affixed to any political or commercial question was to create enmity toward england TUB LITTER lord sackville treats of eventa prior to mr in 1888 it was necee earv tor him to show himself anti english than hia opponents lie then quotes the bison letter and hia reply which be refers to as incautious both of which to his amazement were published in the new york tribune tho organ of the republican party on october he learned from private sources that no such person as existed the excitement over the yack villo incident as it was called 1 farcical lie was caricatured lie saw mr bayard four days before the election and the secretary cordially accepted my expression of regret at had oo 00 cured when ewari bayard jk following day he aid the matter had become serious great interests depended upon the reelection 0 mr cleveland he could not ignore the in jarious effect which my letter had upon a certain faction the vote of which was necessary for the of the democratic candidate he saw a cop ot telegram from tho elate department to minister accusing hin of political cowardice he took this offensive telegram to mr bayard saying he considered it a personal insult mr bayard was embarrassed and confused and al last aard that he knew nothing of any such telegram tel epram having been sent BID THE ibish TOTE lie was furnished with a copy of the following telegram received by member of the cabinet from the national committee in new york does the president know that the irish vote ie lipping out of our hand because of the diplomatic shally ing lamont the presidents pres identa secretary and chief wire puller at once something ought to be done today accordingly be received his passports that afternoon lord saukville Sae kville quotes a statement ho made to lord salisbury accusing secretary bayard of flagrant misstatements misstate menta of fact and duplicity lie refers to president cleveland in bitter terms and adds there ie no base action which an american politician will not resort to in order to gain an election he quotes another dispatch from mr herbert to lord salisbury in which the author of the murchison letter one Os coldly was recommended to president in a letter from two california one bearing the historic name of gray oils and the oilier judge W F fitzgerald telling till etory of fraud and claiming for him the and recognition which were fairly due him for his remarkable lord sackville gives credit tor the publication to one quay a senator and chief of the republican wire bullers pullers to whom hie biord Sack villes letter was sent by the california politicians then lord sackville adds mr bayard remained in obscurity for four years antii the reelection of mr cleveland when he was appointed ambassador to london as recognition it may be presumed of bia remarkable achieve ment the perpetrator of these degrading acts of political trickery emerges from the political mire of a social success and meets those upon whom he so mercilessly t ambled with a miling countenance lord sackville that two justices of the supreme court since dead in terms of the strongest condemnation ot president cleveland action towards liim 1 ue quote a letter in tall from neer of a dime museum in kew york offering him 2000 per week and expense for himmell and suite if he would head two daily of two hours in my palatial museum it is unnecessary adds lord back ville for me to comment further upon the political degradation which avowedly exists in the united states nor upon the difficulties a british minister has to contend with in maintaining amicable relations with government influenced solely by the necessity of the moment art whose action ia controlled by faction hostile to bis own country |