The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-04-23

ARGUMEET.
Secretary Biaine's long expected and
anxiousiy awaited reply to Premier Ru,
DIM has been given to the press. 1t is
not only All important but an able state
| paper. It is weighty and well consid
cred. III fact it is almost cruel in the
completeness with which it covers the
case, leaving no ioophoie for the l,asty
| Premier to return an answer. The Lon
| den Times, which is neither friendly to
Mr.. Blaine nor to Americans, speaks oil
that statesman s easy and logical victo-
ry.'' The London Stu7stIaad declares
"Mr Rlaine's reply is a very able paper, :
and adds: cit is difficult to see how sup
/ porters of the Malta Society can slip
| through the inesl1es OF the net thus
carefully spread for them
Mr. Biaine's letter is addressed to Mar
quis Imperial. Charge d'Affaires, thus
showing that diplomatic relations with
Italy, though strained are not broken.
Nor is there the slightest evidence to be
found In the letter to confirm the report
that Italy has made excited threats or
proposes to take any unusual action.
Secretary Biaine's letter follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON, April IA, 1891.
The M0r1ftas IDape3idii, charge dAf-
jfudres, etc.
SIR: | have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt OF your note, dated Thurs
day, April 2, 1894. 1t contains a second
telegram from the Marquis Rudini, a
part.of which here quote:
'sThe Government of the King Of Ita>
~ has asked nothing beyond the
prompt institution Of judicial proceed
ings through the regular channels It
| Il H., 81, I'd 10 ls,,
punishment Of the guilty parties with
out the warrant of a regular judgment
The Italian Government now repeats
the sd ne demand. Not until the Fede--
raj Government shall have explicitly de-
elared that tins aforesaid proceedings
shall be promptly begun. Gun the diplo-
matte incident be considered as closed. :"
This Government certainly had no de-
sire whatever to change the meaning of
the Marquis Rudini's telegram Of March
"a 1t was deliver. 4 at the State De
nsH,inant hy Baron EaYa in person.
written in his own hand. and expressed
III the English language. The following
is the full text of the telegram:
ROME, March "a, 1897
A0zi01a 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. Ou5 right
therefore, TO demand and Obtain the
punishment Of the aaz5sge2c2a S9ad an
indemnity for the s5ntdms as aqgues
toned. l wish to add that the public
opinion in Italyis justly impatient, and if
concrete provisions were not at once
taken. should find myself in the pains
full necessity of showing openly our dis
satisfaction by recalling the minister Of
his majesty from q country where he is
unable to obtain justice.
(Signed) RUDINIn
The words undescored Iitalieisedl are
precisely those Witch | quoted in my
former note, and | am directed by the
President to express the satisfaction of
this Government with the very material
qualification of fine demands made by
| the Marquis Rudiui on behalf of the
Italian Government. Yon quote in your
note another part OF the Marquis Ri,di-
mis- telegram Of April 2, in these words:
meanwhile, his majesty s Government
takes note of the declaration whereby
the Federal Government recognizes that
an indemnity is due to the families of
the victims, in virtue of the treaty in
| force between the two countries"
If the Marquis Rndini will carefully
examine my note OF April he will dis
cover that did not recognize that an
| indemnity 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
| Favas assertion that the United States
| Government refused to take this demand
| for indemnity into consideration.
| quote my reply:
tThe United States, so far from refus-
ing, has distinctly recognized the prin-
ciple of indemnity to those Italian subs
| jects who may have heen wronged by a
violation Of the rights secured to them
under the treaty with the United States
concluded February IS, 1871
The Marquis Rudini may be assured
| that the United States would recom-
pense every Italian subject who might
'sbe Wronged by a violation of a treaty.
to which the faith of the United States
is pledged. But this assurance leaves
unsettled the important question wheth-
er the treaty has been violated. Upon
| this point the President, with sufficient
facts placed before him, has taken full
time for decision.
/ He now directs that certain considera.
/ tions on the general subject be submit
ted to the Judgment of the Italian Gov
eminent
AS a precedent OF great value to the
case under discussion the President re-
calls the conclusion maintained by Mr.
Webster in 1851, when he was Secretary
of State under President Fillmore. In
/ August of that year a mob in New Or
leans demolished the building in which
the Office CT the Spanish Consul was 10
Gated, and, at the same time, attacks
| were made upon coffee-houses kept by
Spanish subjects American citizens
were involved in the losses, which, iL
the aggregate, were large The supposed
cause of the mob was the intelligence Of
the execution of fifty young Americans
in Havana and the Punishment tx
Spanish mines of nearly 200 citizens o.
the United States The victims were al
members of the abortive Lopez expedi-
ton,
In consequence OF these depredation'
of the mob upon the property of thu
Spanish consul, as well as against TIE
Spanish subjects, Don Calderon de Ii
Barca, the minister of Spain, demanded
decentralization for all her losses hotl
! official and personal,
Mr.. Webster admitted that the Span
ish consul was entitled to indemnity
and assured the Spanish minister tina
if the injured consul, Mr.. Labord, 'shal
return to his post or any other cOnsu
1 for New Orleans shall be appointed by
her Catholic Majesty's Government, til,
officers of the Government resident il
that city will be Instructed to receive ant
treat him With courtesy, and with a ma
tional salute TO the flag of his ship. i
he shall arrive in a Spanish vessel,
demonstration of respect such az ma.
signify to him and his Government TIL
(, sense entertained by the Government o
The United States of the gross injustice