Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
ANGRY WITH UNCLE SAM
ITALY's GOVERNMENT SHOWS
ITS GREAT DISPLEASURE.

This Move Does NOT, however, mean tnht
HostlIties VIII Speedily Follow, but
Available Naval Forces Are 20 he
Massed at the North Atlantic stations
Indications that Baron Fava Is Not In
Favor with Premier Rudini.
The Government of Italy has commit.
ted an exceedingly 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'affaires.
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 countries touching the
New Orleans massacre" IL may mean,
also that the italian Government
is not satisfied with the conduct
of Baron Fava in general, as we'll
as in this particular instance, and that
advantage has been taken of the present
situation TO retire him from the post 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
ington a long time, and that his home
political affiliations were in great meas
ure with cabinet which has recently
been displaced. But il is straining dip
lomatic etiquette to go through the min
atory process of Withdrawing an ambas-
sadors passports In order to secure q
change IN e9y mission: That is not the
,1aH ~ a. w l..
may have been the design of Italy, the
action of Baron Fava, under instructions
from his government, was a 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, it has been shown that they were
registered as citizens of Louisiana, and
had voted. If they had registered false
ly they had committed crime against
the suffrage Of the United States as
well as against the lives OF some of
its citizens. The question of citizen
ship is still under investigation. The
State Department has not concluded its
official inquiry, of which fact the gov
ernment of Italy has been well advised.
Yet, pending this inquiry, and in the
absence of official information, the gov
ernment OF Italy appears to have as
sumed that some of its subjects have
been massacred, and that the govern
ment of the United States is accountable
for it. Accordingly the government of
Italy has done that which in like circum-
II,,. A. AZ.
of war; 1t has withdrawn its ambas-
The information tnaJ burOH raVa nau
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
| lantic station all ships of the American
| navy in Eastern waters anywhere be-
| tween the Gulf of Mexico and the Maine
coast
The following is list Of the ships and
their present stations: Atlanta, lamp,
Fla; Baltimore, left Montevideo March
%: Boston, Tampa; Chicago, Tampa;
Dolphin, Tampa; Philadelphia, Port-au-
Prince, Hayti; Vesuvius, New York;
Yorktown, Tampa. These ships are all
new ironclads.
are these: Concord, New York; Cush-
ing, Washington; Enterprise, Port-au-
Prince: Essex, Montevideo; jamestown,
Port Royal; Lancaster, Portsmouth, n
H.; Kearsarge. cruising in West Indies
Minnesota, New York; Monongahela,
Portsmouth, n. II {: Newark, Philadel
phia: Petrol, Santiago de Cuba: Ports
mouth, Barbadoes; Richmond, Newport
Saratoga, Kingston, Jamaica; Tallac
poosa. Buenos Ayres; at last accounts u
had been condemned and ordered sold
Yantic, Port Royal.
The United States Government, II
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
ton of the Federal authority for th'
punishment of the leaders in the citizens
movement against the assassins.