The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-04
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING ?
The Italian Minister Ordered Home from
Washington - Italy Dissatisfied with
the Action of the United states on the
Malta Lynching-Humbert with Chip
on His Shoulder.

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to the secretary Of state that the niteG
/ states government not having given the
assurances that the murdertrs OF the
Italian subjects, acquitted by the Amer
lean magistrates and murdered in prison
while under the immediate protection
OF the authorities Of New Orleans
would be brought to justice, the Italian
/ government has found itself under the
/ very painful necessity Of showing open
ly its dissatisfaction by recalling the
minister Of Ills Majesty from IA country
where the Italian representative is un-
able 10 obtain justice. The Baron will
! soon leave the nited States, leaving
the secretary Of legation III charge only
OF the current affairs.
Thus action by the Italian government
caused the deepest surprise i'll official
/ circles here when tie fact became
known, 1t had been generally sup
! posed that the Italian government
| would at least await the action of the
| New Orleans grand jury which Is
charged with an investigation of the
I bloody episode at the New Orleans iaii
/ II appears, however, that the nforma-
! ton received from its representative es
must have led that government to
! the conclusion that the grand Jury in
vestigation would fail TO result in the
/ punishment or even Indictment Of any
/ person connected with the killing of the
Italians. The letter of COY. Nichols
/ IN reply t. Secretary Blaine was
also, il Is thought, regarded as oyasiyc
al the real point at paratiun for
an alleged wrong-ana the Governor s
assurances that further bloodshel would
lot follow, unaccpmpanled by any rX-
4 cu=c for the failure of the state or mu-
n.@ipal authorities to take precaution to
. prevent the killing was, il j. said, re-
1 garded by the Italian government with
extreme dissatisfaction. 1t appeared
! 10 it that the nited States govern
ment had exhausted its resources.
! The relations between the ma
tiomal governments and the gov
! crnments OF the states we've SO
1 fixed tN the American constitution that
when the Italian minister, obcylng the
! commands of his government, sought tor
! some assurance that the persons CON
/ cerncd in tile killing ofitS subjects would
! he punished, il wasn't possible
for tie general government to
give any definite assurances Of the
/ kind. 1t could and did point to the
fact that the grand jury was the
| American provision for calling before
the bar Of justice the persons who had
4 Aioidtct ti!t law ol iiIc ldittl. but TINS
| particular grand Jury was called to-
sovereign state Of Louisiana, and
whether or not it would punish,
according to the Italian idea of justice,
| was something that no national
official from the President down could
guarantee. The italian government
I was not satisfied with such views
! With the relations between the state
| and national governments and the pc
/ culiaritics oi our constitutional system
| Of government it had nothing to DO.
/ But 1t was necessary, according to its
1 views, that Italian citizens in foreign
1 countries should he accorded the full
/ protection fixed by these countries
! Here was case where, according To the
! statement III the minister. the Italian
i subjects had been arrested on 4 charge
! Of crime and acquitted by an
/ AmcriraM jury. according to the
/ forms Of American law. These
men declared innocent by a judicial tri-
/ bunal lad been slain by an angry peo-
! PIE. The Italian government could not
/ O behind the verdict ot the American
| court, and notwithstanding it was stated
! lin some quarters that the men were
really guilty af foul assassination and
! had been acquitted by means of
/ bribery, in the eye Of the italian
! government they We're innocent ltai-
/ ian -uhicSts. In their violent killing
4 the Italian people had been outraged
and inSultcd. The national government
/ Of the [ nitca states had. as stated
/ failed Ia give any definite assurance
7 that rrparatlon would be made. There
/ was Int one recourse: and that was
/ taken to-day when the Italian minister
1 notified Secretary Blaine that he had