The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-04-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IFrom our regular correspondent

stampeded by bluster, whether the blus-
terer be a loud. mouthed Democratic ed.
itor indulging in threats OF personal or
political exposures, or the ding Of a
bankrupt European country who hopes
by arousing the national pride Of his
subjects to make them willingly submit
to further taxation. Had this fact been
rs well known to the King Of Italy and
his advisers several days ago as it is now
it might have prevented the government
of that country making itself the laugh
ing stock of the civilized world, as it has
done by instructing its minister to the
United States to ask for his passports,
because the United States Government
declined to interfere with the State au-
thorities Of Louisiana, now engaged in
Investigating matters connected with
the recent lynching of eleven members
of the infamous "Mafia" society at New
Orleans.
When Baron Fava, the late Italian
minister, called on Mr.. Blaine to present
his letter of recall, he, after protesting
the greatest admiration and personal
friendship for the Secretary, began an
audacious and abusive harangue about
the neglect of this government to take
proper steps to satisfy the demands of
Italy. He was quickly interrupted by
Mr.. Blaine and informed in polite but
unmistakable language that he could not
proceed further. He then very quietly
withdrew and is still in Washington,
though no longer minister.
The attitude of the President and the
Cabinet in dealing with this bit of Ital.
ian bulldozing is condemned on all sides;
they have just gone quietly about their
duties just as if nothing had occurred.
1t was decided as soon as the matter was
laid before the Cabinet that our minister
TO Italy should not be recalled, unless
there was something more tangible to
base such action upon than the silly re-
call of the Italian minister to this coun.
try.
Nobody for moment thinks that
Italy wants to fight the United States
Bhe couldn't if she was ever 30 anxious,
for the best of reasons-she hasn't the
money or credit necessary to make her
really powerful navy effective on this
side of the Atlantic. At first it was be.
ieved that the Italian, government was
only adopting this sensational method
of getting rid of its minister here, and
many well informed people are still of
that opinion, but Baron Fava told
personal friend, an Americanized Italian,
that such was not the case, and that his
government was only desirous OF empha.
sizing its dissatisfaction with the United
States government because it would not
promise to pay an idemnity to the fam
lilies of the Italians lynched and to guar.
antee that the lynchers should be prop.
erly punished-two impossibilities, even
II the evidence were ever 80 plain that
any of the lynched men were Italian SUBJ
jects.
This childish action Of the Italian gov
ornment will not change by a hairs
breadth the status of the question OF
the responsibility of this government.
Ar. Blaine has been investigating ever
since the lynching, and he will continue,
without regard to anything that Italy
may see fit to do. until he is in possess
ION of all the facts. Then he will decide.
The importance of this question is not
overlooked, but there Is no occasion for
my undue haste, and if any serious com.
paications were expected the President
would certainly not have announced the
date of his departure for his Pacific
coast trip, as he has done since the re-
oall of the italian minister.
The President and party, which it is
mot thought will include any ladies', will
Leave here Wednesday, April 10. It is
not yet certain how many of the Cabinet
will be in the party, but Secretary Tracy
will 90, as he is anxious to inspect the
More Island Navy Yard, the Union Iron
Works at San Francisco, which is build
ing several vessels for the Navy, and the
new Navy Yard on Puget Sound. Sec.
retary Rusk will also 60; the rest are in |
doubt.
Secretary Foster has shown his good |
sense by declining to be drawn into
quarrel existing between members of
zival labor organizations-the Knights
of Labor and the Federation of Labor
in the Bureau of Engraving
md Engraving. He also declined to or
der any investigation upon charges that
have already been investigated without
result under his predecessor.
Young ]. H. Martin, Senator Vance's
step-son, who, while in drunken frenzy
attempted to break into the windows Of
the White House with the declared Dur.
pose of "doing" the President, was by
of the President allowed to for
lett $25 collateral in the police court on
: charge of assault upon the officer who