The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-07

ulscOntenl on the part vi tue ItdllaI
Ministry respecting the New Orleans
Parish Prison affair. Baron Favt
has been on diplomatic duty in Wash
ington for the past 10 years and hi
retirement will be much regretted
officially snd socially. The highly
sensational rumors pointing to &
severance of diplomatic relations and
possible war between the two coun
tries as a result of Baron Fava's re
tirement are not believed to have any
foundation in fact.
VIEWS OF A MAN OF EXPERIENCE,
1t is said by a gentleman who hiss
had large experience in the diplomatic
affairs of our government that MIR.
Porter, the United States minister tC
Italy, will not necessarily retire be-
cause Of the withdrawal of the Italian
minister to this country. Neither viii
the course of the Italian minister nec-
essarily put stop TO communications
between the respective governments
The minister having turned over the
charge OF affairs to his secretary, cor.
respondence with his government can
be carried on through that officer. 1t
is not customary for governments to
address each other directly, but always
through minister or some other rep
resentative. A declaration of war,
the same official said, did not neces.
sarily follow such action as that of the
Italian government. There were
many precedents for it, nearly all of
which, however, were among the
European nations. Through better
understanding of the differences that
may exist, or through the friendly iE-
tercession of a third power, these diff
fculties are often adjusted without
recourse to arms.
SO far as is recalled there have been
only few instances where foreign
ministers to the United States have
been recalled at the request of our
government, or been given their pass
ports, two of which instances be recol-
lected. The first of these was that of
the French Minister, citizen Genet,
who was recalled by the French gov
eminent at the request of the United
States because be was personally of.
fensive to this country. The other
case occurred at the time of the war
of 1912 with Great Britain, when the
Minister from that country was given
his passports. There are no cases re-
called where the United States Min.
lister to foreign countries has been
given his passports, though there may
have been one or more instances of
this kind. 1t is said that there have
been a number of cases where pro-
tests have been made against United
States Consuls and even where the
flag of the United States has been
hauled down.
NO EXTRA SESSION.
Itcan be stated positively that unless
events take an unforeseen and improb.
able turn there will be no call issued
for an extra session of congress, and
one of the most serious ill-efects Of the
incident will be the probable post
ponement for an indefinite time of the
Presidents proposed Southern and
Western trip.
THE FEELING IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, La, April IAN
associated press reported called upon
Attorney General Rogers last night at
his residence on Canal street, and
asked him for an expression of opin-
ion upon the recall of the Italian Min
ister, and also for the status of the
case in 50 far as the legal department
was concerned.
Judge Rogers was disinclined to be-
lieve at first that baron Fava had
been recalled by his government, and
did not apparently attach much i'm
pprtance 80 the early report, but
when shown a late associated press dis
patch he agreed TO explain the posi-
ton of affairs. He said the aspect of
the case was unchanged. He was un-
able to say what the outcome of the
proceedings would be. The matter is
now entirely in the hands of the grand |
Jury. As every one knows the
deliberations of the grand jury |
are secret, and even if they were |
able TO give any information concern
ing what bad been done in the inves-
tigation and secresy OF the deIibera-
ton of the jury would require bis 81
euce. Until the grand jury submit
ted report he could not state what
he line OF the prosecution would b..
He himself could not say who would
De indicted, or whether any one would
be indicted, and he was simply per-