Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-16
BLAINE AND ITALY.
FulI Text Of the Correspondence on
the Question at Issue.
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WHAT THE KING ASKS.
n, Serrfiary Did Not Recognize that an
Indemnity Was Due,
TREATY VIOLATION.
Precedent During Daniel ..Webstefs
Tenn Of Office.
TREATY VIOLATION.
TWO RIOTS COMPARED.
.,,o New Orleans In 1851 and that OF
,soi-Ihe United states Not likely
TO Prosecute.

Maine aud tne llblHn boNtihuloub bihCo
-, secre,ary's note TO Marquis Imperiali
..t,ouledcing the notice Of Baron Fava's
o'F"'' RoYAL LEGATION OF ITALY,l
WASHINGTON, April Q, 1891.
y, Serrt1yy Of STATE:
It.stsn 10 acknowledge the receipt of
A. ,oie which your EXcellency did methe
u, m address to me on the let instant,
!, rspIy 20 that whereby Baron fava IN
iul,,-aj you If his departure on leave.
l'II 80 laid the contents of your Excel
- aforesaid note before the Govern
IT, If the King and his Excellency tho
u 5cnt of the Council. His Majesty's
70 ,t.,.,er for Foreign Affairs has Just direct
~ mo 10 address the following communi-
s'.iGp 10 YOU: The Government of tho
yirro' Italy has asked nothing beyond
H. rromut institution OF judicial pro-
,ssiue. through the regular channels"
ITS DEMAND REPEATED.
Il. would have been absurd to claim the
,rrishmont of the guilty parties without
tarrsnt Of a regular judgment. The
r.ri4r Government now repeats the same
s~spd Not until the Federal Govern
...rt Shall have explicitly declared that the
.i,rassid proceedings shall be promptly
isrgr can the diplomatic incident he
c.rsiiered as closed.
Meanwhile his Maiesty's Government
..tcs note of the declaration whereby the
T|leral Government recognizes that an in-
ismriiy is due to the families of the vic
t,ns IN virtue Of the treaty in force be-
tween the TWO countries.
Tbsve therefore the honor TO bring the
s,rero.ug 20 the knowledge Of your Excel
lsrrg. and | avail myself of this occasion
,1cFer you, Mr.. Secretary of State, the as
sg,ance, Of my highest and mostrespectful
consideration. lMPLhlALI
CfSdC
THE sLCBETARB's RESPONSE.
DEPARTMENT OF SrATE,l
WASHINGTON, April IA, 1891.
Tlf Marquis ImpTidR. Charge dAtdireS,
&C.:
Sri have the honor 70 acknowledge
,bo recent OF your note dated Thursday, |
Anil 2. 1891. II contains second tele-
r-am from the Marquis Rudini, part of
which here quote;
"Tbe Government of the King of Italy
h,sAsked nothing beyond the prompt in
,tutlon Of judicial proceedings through |
tho regular channels. IL would have been |
absurd to claim the punishment of the |
guilty parties without the warrant OF q |
regular Judgment The Italian Govern |
mgnt now repeats tho same demand. Not |
gntil the Federal Government shall have |
erplicitly declared that the aforesaid pro- |
recdines shall be promptly begun can the |
diplomatic incident be considered as |
closed
Tli, Government certainly had no de- |
sire whatever TO change the meaning of |
The Marquis Rudini's telegram of March |
2ph IL was delivered at the State Depart |
meut by Baron Fava in person, written in |
hs own hand and expressed in the English |
huguage. The following is the full text OF |
the telegram:
RUDINI's TELEGRAM.
Rome, March "a, 1891.
"F05dn Minister, Washington:
"Our requests TO the Federal Govern |
neut are very simple. Some Italian sub |
.e,ts ACQUITTED by the American magis- |
irates have been murdered in prison while 1
under the immediate protection OF the au- |
thoritics. Our right, therefore, 10 demand |
0ai Diam he punishment Of me UurdeTers |
ald an indemnify for the uictimS IS undueStion-
alG wish 10 add that the public opinion |
70 Italy is Justly impatient, and II con- |
crete provisions were not at once taken l |
should find myself in the painful necessity |
of showing openly our dissatisfaction by /
recalling the Minister of his Majesty from |
scountry where he is unable to obtain JUS
ucs
Sgnell "RUDN1."
LANGUAGE QUALFILD.
Tho words underscored are precisely |
those which quoted in my former note,
sud am directed by the President TO ex-
vress tho satisfaction of this Government /
With the very material qualification of the
demands made by the Marquis Rudlni on
behalf uf the Italian Government. You
quote IN your note another part OF the
Marquis Budinis telegram OF April "a, IN
these words:
Meanwhile his Majesty's Government
asr' note Of the declaration tohere6y NE FED
rl Joranmeni recognizes that an indemnity
p De 70 Ne families Of he utotims in Utrtle Of
as treaty IA force betloeen gie t1oo countries"
INDEMNITY NOT DUE.
Il The Marquis Rudini will carefully ex-
anime my note of April 1st he will dis
cover that did not recognize that an In
lsmlity was due TO the families OF the
victims In virtue Of the treaty in force
between the two countries"
What did say was In answer TO Baron
taya'S assertion that the United States
Government refused 10 take this demand
iwmdamnlty into consideration. j quote
Eyreply
The United States. so far from re-
mSrr, has distinctly recognized the
Wnrpe Of indemnity 20 those Italian
nWecis ,sto may hare been Soronged oy a
tDd.tr " ne rights secured TO th7n under me
''l's rA he United SldteS concluded February
&.l.7l"
uAs THE TREATY BEEN VIOLATED!
Inc Marquis Rudni may be assured that
Le United States would recompenSe every
IAisn subject who might be wronged by
sno.atlOn Of a treaty" TO which the faith
O 'de United States is pledged. But this
assurance leaves unsettled the important
y.slon whether the treaty has been Yio-
h'sd Upon this point the President, with
seNGent facts placed before him, has
1tn iull time for decision. He now
ei'eis that certain considerations on the
le4s'ol subject be submitted TO the
'~-sment OF the Italian Government.
APErcEDESr OF VALUE.
A precedent Of great value to the case
OA-gr discussion the President recalls the
,Sst'.l.on maintained by Mr.. Webster in
~; when he was Secretary OF State un-
y" "fieNdeDt Fillmore. In August OF that
!,I mob in New Orleans demolished
s-e building IN which the Office OF the
opaArh Consul was located, and AZ tho
5.., uine attacks were made upon coffee
s-ses kept by spanish subjects. Ameri-
Su cuzegs were involved in the losses,
sl1n m the aggregate were large. The
,ssltosed cause OF the mob was the intelli-
ta,e oi the execution OF fifty young
,S-ssucans IN Havana and the Punishment
spanish mines Of nearly two hundred
S.uens OF the United States. The victims
w., 80 oil members Of the abortiyo Lopez
uIedtlOn.
40 Consequence OF these depredations Of
~ MOB upon the property of the Spanish
o.sai, a. well as against the spanish sub
- Don Calderon de 10 Barca, the Min
60 o! Spain, demanded indemnification
~. al her losses. both official and PSF
=, AR. wKBSrER ouoTED.
ar. Webster admitted that the Spanish
S,,.1 n.s1l was entitled 20 indemnity and as
me- ,sq me Spanish Minister that II the in
taed Consul, SIR. Labord, shall return 10
~ raor any otasT consul for Neg Orleans
60. dppo.Eted By her Cdaiolic Maiestgs !
49, ,,s's,'I@leAi ne oelovs Of D,ls Gor@Rme,a
st's N pdt ctty ,ctR Be Instructed 70 veoiUe
fag.R hlIa tel4 courtesy and ,cih natSoanl
Ss Q as Jidq Of Ais ship II he shall orr1ve IN
~, f'1Esss Cesse, a degaonsirdfion Qf respec ,
-, a. may signify 70 ht,a and % his Gocfrf.
b. J.s,. ss ss,sse e'irtained bg tse togursaent