The farmers' union., 1891-04-09
WILL HUMBERT FIGHT?
ITALY RECALLS HER MINISTER
AT WASHINGTON.

Many Persons Believe that This Stop Is
Preliminary to a Declaration of War
Government Oncials Startled by This
Sudden and Unexpected Move OF tho
Powers at Rome.
The Government of Italy has commit.
ted an excee iingly unfriendly act
Under certain conditions, the recall Of
an ambassador would be equivalent to a
declaration of war. But in the present
instance it definitely appears that the
Italian legation here is to be continued
and left in control Of charge d'affaircs.
That indicates that Italy is not yet ready
to sever diplomatic relations. The with
drawal of Baron Fava, so far as the Off
cial declaration goes. is to be interpreted
as meaning that "Italy is not satisfied
with the progress of adjustments te-
tween the two counties touching th3
New Orleans massacre" 1t NAV mean,
also, that the Italian Government
is not satisfied with the conduct
OF Baron Fava in general, as well
as in this particular Instance, and that
a1vantage has been taken of the present
situation to retire him from the most to
which he has SO long been accredited. and
to replace him with an ambassador who
holds closer relations to the new Cabinet
in Italy. 1t is not to be forgotten that
the Italian Minister has been at WASH
lngtOn long time. and that his home
political Affiliations We're in great meas
ure with cabinet which has recently
been displaced. But it is straining dip
lomatic etiquette to go through the min
atory process of withdrawing an ambas-
sadors passports in order to secure a
change in any mission. That is not the
modern diplomatic usage Whatever
| may have been the design OF Italy, the
action of Baron Fava, under instructions
from his government, was sur prise to the
administration, as it will undoubtedly
be to the civilized world. Italy has vent
ured upon dangerous ground upon an as
sumption, There is no official proof
that any of the Italians who were killed
in the New Orleans Jail by the mob were
subjects of the King of Italy. That
claim is only made aS 10 three. As to the
rest. il has been shown that they were
registered as citizens of Louisiana, and
mad voted. If they had registered false
ly they had committed a crime AGAINST
| the suffrage of the United states as
well as against the lives OF some of
| its citizens. The question of citi-en-
| ship is still under investigation. The
| State Department has not concluded its
| Official inquiry. of which fact the gov
| ernment of Italy has been wei advised
Yet. pending this inquiry, and in the
| abScnct of official information. the gov
! ernment Of Italy appears to have as
sumed that some of its sui, ,ects have
been massacred. and that the govern
| ment OF the United States is accountable
| for it, Accordingly the government of
| If, .,fv has ippn fb w birh i,,l Ia NJ
| stances generally precedeS declaration
of war. 1t has withdrawn its ambas-
| Sador
The information that Baron Fava had
been recalled was at once communicated
| TO the President by the Secretary of
State The President and Secretary
Blaine have been in conference.
| The President directed the Secretary
| of the Navy to order to the North At
| .antic station all ships of the American
navy in Eastern waters anywhere be-
tween the Gulf of Mexico and tie Maine
toast.
The following is list of the ships and
their present station: Atlanta, lamp,
Fla: Baltimore. left Montcvideo Marth
90: Boston, Tampa: Chicago, Tamra;
Dolphin, Tampa; Philadelphia. Port-au-
Prince. Hayti: Nesuyius. New York:
| Yorktown, Tampa. These ships are all
new ironclads.
| OF the older vessels in Atlantic waters
are these: Concord, New York: Cush-
| ing. Washington: Enterprise, Port-au-
| Prince: Essex, Montevideo; Jamestown,
| Fort Royal: Lancaster, Portsmouth. n.
| IL: kearsarge. cruising in West Indies;
| Minnesota, New York: Monongahela,
| Portsmouth. n. II: Newark, Philadel-
| phia: Petrol, Santiago dc Cuba: Ports
! mouth, Barbados; Richmond, Newport;
| Saratoga, Kingston. Jamaica: Talla-
| poosa, Buenos Ayres: at last accounts it
had been condemned and ordered sold;
| Yantic, Port Royal.
The United Sta-cs Government, to
satisfy Italy, is called upon to apologize
in formal manner for the New Orleans
| occurrences and indemnify the relatives
of the sufferers or to promise the exer-
tion of the Federal authority for the
| punishment of the leaders in the citizens
| movement against the assassins.