The Iola register., 1891-04-24
BLAINE and ITALY.
LATE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
SECRETARY OF STATE BLAINE AND
THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. THE
AMERICAN POSITION.
Copy Ofthe Letters.

ing Is the correspondence between Sec
retary Blaine and the italian govern
ment since the secretary's note to Mar
quis Imperiali acknowledging Baron
Faya's departure:
ROYAL LEGATION OF ITALY,
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 2, 1891.
Mr.. Secretary of State:
| hasten to acknowledge the receipt
of the note which your excellency did
me the honor to address to me on the
1st instant, in reply to that whereby
Baron Fava informed you of his depart
ure on leave. l have laid the contents
of your excellency's aforesaid note be-
| fore the government of the king and his
! excellency, the president of the coun-
ell. His majesty's minister of foreign af-
| fairs, has Just directed me to address
the following communication to you:
| The government of the king of 1taly,has
asked nothing beyond the prompt insti-
tuition OF judicial proceedings through
| the regular channels. 1t would have
/ been absurd to demand the punishment
of the guilty parties without the war
rant of regular Judgment. The italian
government repeats the same demand
Not until federal government shall have
explicitly declared that the aforesaid
proceedings shall be promptly begun
can the diplomatic incident be consid-
cred closed. Meanwhile his majesty's
government takes note of the declara-
tion whereby the federal government
recognizes that an indemnity is
due to the families of the vic
Tins in virtue of the treaty
in force between the two countries. |
have, therefore, the honor to bring the
foregoing to the knowledge of your ex-
cellency and | avail myself of this occa-
sion to offer you, Mr.. Secretary of State,
the assurance of my highest and most
respectful consideration.
IMPERIALI.
His Excellency James G. Blaine, Sec
retary of State.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April IA, 1891.
The Marquis Imperiali, Charge d AZ
fairs, etc:
Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of yours of Thursday, April
2, 1891. 1t contains q second telegram
from the Marquis Rudini, a part of
which here quote:
"The government of the king of TIA
ly has asked nothing beyond the prompt
institution of judicial proceedings
through the regular channels. 1t
would have been absurd to claim the
punishment of the guilty parties with
out the warrant of regular judgment.
The Italian government now repeats
the same demand. Not until the fed
eral government shall have explicitly
declared that the aforesaid proceedings
shall be promptly begun can the diplO-
matte incident be considered as
closed"
This government certainly had no de-
sire. whatever, to change the meaning
of Marquis Rudini's telegram of March
24th. II was delivered at the state de-
partment by Baron Fava in person,
written in his own hand and expressed
in the English language. The follow
ing Is the full text of the telegram:
ROME, March "A, 1881.
italian Minister, Washington:
Our requests to the federal govern
ment are very simple. Some Italian |
subjects acquitted by the American |
magistrates have been murdered in |
prison. while under the immediate pro- |
lection of the authorities. OUR RIGHT, |
THEREFORE,, TO DEMAND AND OBTAIN |
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE MURDERERS
AND AN INDEMNITY FOR THE VICTIMS
IS UNDERSTANDABLE. l wish to add |
that the public opinion in Italy |
is justly impatient and if proper pro-
visions were not at once taken | should |
find myself in the painful necessity of |
showing openly our dissatisfaction by
recalling the minister OF his majesty
from a country where he is unable to
obtain justice. [Signedl RUDINI.
The words underscored are precisely
those which l quoted in my former note
and | am directed by the president to
express the satisfaction of this govern
ment with a very material qualification
OF the demand made by the Marquis
Rudini on behalf of the Italian govern
ment. You quote in your note another
part of the Marquis di Rudini's tele-
gram of April I'd, in these words:
Meanwhile his maiesty's govern
ment takes note of the declaration
whereby the federal government recog-
nizes that an indemnity is due to the
families of the victims in virtue of the
treaty in force between the two coun-
tries. If the Marquis di Rudini will care
fully examine my note Of April 1st he
will discover that did not recognize
that an indemnity is 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 Fava's
that the United States
government refused to take this
demand for indemnity into con-
l quote my reply: THE I
United States so far from refusing, has I
distinctly Secognized the principle OF in
1emnity to those Italian subjects who
may have been wronged by a violation
Of the rights secured to them under the
treaty with the United States concluded
February 26, 1891"
The Marquis Rudini may be assured
that the United States would recompen-
safe every Italian subject who might {
''be wrOnged by a violation of treaty" {
10 which the faith Of the United States :
IS pledged. But this assurance leaves
unsettled the important question t
whether the treaty has been violated. \
Upon this point the president with 1
sufficient facts placed before him has {
AIKEN full time for decision. He now {
lirects that certain considerations on |
he general subject be submitted to the i
Judgment of the Italian government.
As precedent OF great value to the ]
,ase under discussion the president re- !
,alls the conclusion maintained by Mr.. t
Webster in 1851. when he was secretary i
II state under President Fillmore. In I
August Of that year mob in New Or C
cans demolished the building in which +
he Office Of the Spanish consul were t
ocated and at the same time attacks t
we're made upon coffee houses and 5
igar shops kept by Spanish sub I
ects. American citizens were C
involved in the losses which in the ag C
-regate were large The supposed
ause of the mob was the intelligence OF t
he execution of fifty young Americans Il
n Havana and the banishment to Span il