New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-31
WELCOME IN SICILY.
AMERICAN MONEY NOT LESS EAGERLY
TAKEN BECAUSE OF RECENT INCIDENTS

Naples. May II.
The anticipation of the departure of ex-Goyer-
nor Porter the American Minister TO Italy. on
leave of absence. and the failure Of the grand
jury TO find indictments against the New-Orleans
lynchers have caused another ripple of excitement
here only ripple. however and at no time since
the long-suffering people of New-Orleans took the
law into their own hands has there been the
slightest justification for the nervous apprehen-
sion and absurd rumors which have been festered
and msgnifed by the European and American press
to- the serious annoyance of travellers and the
more serious detriment 10 the trade Of this coun-
try. There has been absolutely no ground for
such reports Americans are welcome in South
ern Italy and Sicily with the same obseauious
courtesy as Of old it would require more than the
Staying of few Sicilian bandits to reconcile
Italians 10 the less OF the vast sums
annually squandered by our lavish Nation
in their enticing cities The whole matter
turns upon the pivot upon which the entire world
revolves-money. 1t is not life for a life they
are clamorng for. il is indemnity. generous sum
to distribute among the needy peasantry OF the
Sicilian mountains.
The newspapers have recently given highly
picturesque description Of the want and woe
among the families of the victims-whose saint
like attributes and blameless lives according to
the survivors place them high up the list of
martyrs The too sensitive readers have been
stirred by the picture of the weeping widows and
orphans shrouded in black and subsisting upon
a handful two of raw wheat-and who Will not
be comforter without indemnity. you can sec
how poor we are" sobs old crone. I'VE ask
nothing of the American Government but II they
should give us anything out of charity. we would
be thankful Il admit that he killed
one man here and wounded another whined the
brother of one of the martyrs, "but he was de-
Tending himself they tried to rob himP He
went into another room and returned with por-
trait of the brave fellow: Then he wept and
kissed it until had to cry too. or 90.
All this is heart rending, If one could forget the
published statement of the Superintendent OF New
Orleans police From August. 1886, TO April,
1901. there have been ninety assassinations COM
mittted by Italians in this city,"
Persons who have lived much in Italy know
that these people are innately dramatic and emo
tional They can transform their aughterIovlng
countenances in a moment to portray tragic passion
They can shed real tears and sob real sobs at SO
many centissimi sob. They invent with marvellous
ingenuity the most pathetic tales, and when they
have seduced from you pecuniary consolation
burst incontinently into laughter and dance about
with mocl,ing gibes just out Of reach of your up
lifted cane. The men who are clustering for their
rights under the treaty are only children of
larger growth. Prince Camporeae, the foremost
man in Sicilian politics to-day, stands by the
MARQUIS di Rudini in demanding punishment OF
the ringleaders of the mob and indemnity for tho
families Of the slain.
The PopOlo Romano" has taken on iresh ac-
cess of bitterness in the last few days. After
dissertation on the ncomprehensibe action OF the
United States Government it concludes: Inc
MARQUIS di Rudini is of the opinion that the United
States will not long persist in denying adherence
to the principles Of right and justice which are
scrupuously observed on this side OF the Atlantic,
Has the Marquis forgotten that when the Ameri-
can Government claimed criminal under the
provisions of the treaty, the demand was 1aty
refused on the ground that it was against the
law of the country to extradite citizen"