Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-04-18

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 14.-Frank
McGrath. president of the Kansas al
lance, has address sed a letter to the
southern alliances urging them to at
tend the Cincinnati cunvan lion and be
prepared TO act with 5Ee thi.;i in
dependent party. In the letter 1s in
Inmates tn 1t unless the s. ithern branch
of the order takes this sep the north
ern states will go back t. the repu blican
party.
! WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE following
! is the CORES pondence between Secretary
Blaine and the Italian government since
the secretary's note TO Marquis Imperial,
/ acknowledging the notice of Baron
Fava's departure from the royal leg tion
of Italy at Washington on April 2, 1891.
/ The first letter lis from Marquis Imperial
at the legation in Washington, in which
! he says:
"His majesty, the minister of foreign
affairs, has just directed me- to address
| the following communication to you:
! The government of the king of Italy
i has asked nothing but prompt nstitu-
! ton OF judicial proceedings Through
tie regular channels. 1t would have
been absurd to claim the punishment of
the guilty parties without the warrant
of the regular judgment. The
Italian government now repeats the
same demand. Not until the federal
government shall have explicitly de-
clarrd that the aforesaid proceedings
shall be promptly begun, can diplomatic
relations be considered as closed, while
his maiesty's government takes note o,
the declaration whereby the federal gov
eminent recognizes that indemnity is
due TO the families of the victims in
virtue Of the tr atty between the two
countries"
Secretary Blaine replied on April 18th
After referring to the change in the
Italian demands from the first demands,
he refers to the question of indemnity
and says: "If Marquis Rudini will ex-
anime my note of April 1st he will dis
cover that did not recognize that indem-
nifty is due to the families of the victims,
in virtue of treaty IN force between
the two countries. What I did say was
that as recognized principle, indemnity
to those Italian subjects who may have
been wronged by violation of any treaty,
would secure their rights"
Blaine then refers to case happening
in 1851, when Webster was secretary of
state. Fifty Americans were shot and
200 imprisoned for invading Cuba. A
mob IN New Orleans wrecked the Spanish
consulate in revenge, and destroyed the
property of many Spanish residents
there. Webster agreed to pay or honor
the consul on his return TO New Or
by firing salute, but refused to pay
any indemnity. Afterwards, it is only
fair to stafe, in recognition OF the gener-
osIty Ct the queen in pardonIng the 200
Americans imprisoned, congress passed
a bill indemnifying the Spanish losses.
The relatives of the Italians injured
or killed at New Orleans have some pri-
vilege. IL possible, the case will be con-
sidered by the national federal grand
jury, but if the United States courts
have no Jurisdiction the state of Louis.
lana should be urged to bring the often
ders to justice. IL the state does not do
so the question of indemnity should be
considered. If, therefore, it should appear
that among those killed by the mob at
New Orleans there were some italian
subjects who were residents in the city
agreeably to our treaty with Italy and
in violation of our laws and who were
abiding in the peace of the United
States and obeying the laws thereof and
of the state law and that if the public
officers charged with the duty of protect
ing condemned property of that city
were convinced of the work Of the mob
upon proper notice or information OF
the threatened danger, failed to take
any steps for the preservation of public
peace and afterwards to bring the guilty
totrial, the president would. under such
circumstances, feel that the case was es
tab,ished and that it should be submit
ted to the consideration of congress with
a view 10 the relief of the families of the
Italian subjects who had lost their lives
by lawiess violence. Accept assurance
of my high consideration.
JAMES G. BLAINE"
| THE ANSWER RECEIVED.