Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02
The Italian Minister at Wash
ington Demands His
Passports.
EIGHTEEN AMERICANS HELD AS HOS
TAGEs AT FLORENCE.
King Humbert Dissatisfied With the Ae'
ton of the United States in Regard
to the New Orleans Lynch
ing.

ARLINGTON, ~. ", MaIcu Oh
The Baron Fava has presented to
the State Department his recall by
the Italian Government and has
demanded his passports.
The department. is greatly sur
prised because 1t was wholly unex-
pected and because the investiga-
ton into the New Orleans matter
is not completed. The reason for
recall is stated to be: 1.-THE King
of Italy is said to be dissatisfied
with the progress of adjustment be.
tween the two countries in regard
to the New Orleans massacre"
This action can be construed in
no other way than an act OF open
hostility on the part of the Ital-
ian Government to the United
States, with which it has hitherto
been on friendly terms.
The affairs of the Italian lega-
tion are now temporarily in charge
af Marquis Imperial, who has au-
thority to transact current business
only.
HELD AS HOSTAGES.
1t rs reported that eighteen
| American citizens have been seized
and imprisoned in Rome to be
held as hostages.
Secretary Blaine has just been
seen by an Associated Press re-
porter, and absolutely refuses to
say one word.
IMPRISONED AT FLORENCE.
1t Is now reported around the
State Department. that it was a,
Florence that the eighteen Ameri
cans were thrown into prison, in.
stead of at Rome as at first report.
ed. 1t is also said that others have
suffered the same fate in Italy and
in all cases the Italian officials re.
fused to give the imprisoned per
sons any reasons for their arrest.
ITALY's NAVAL STRENGTH.
Italy is the fifth naval Power in
the world in point of the number
of vessels, and fourth in ths
armed force. She has ships tina
are superior in armament anc
weight to those of any other power
except England, and two of these
monsters carry 100 ton guns. Italy
has twenty-five heavily-armoree
vessels, their displacement ranging
from 1890 to IA, 900 tons, unarmor
ed vessels from 74O tons to 3,7O(
tons 4; four gunboats of from 25(
tons to 500 tons ; six smaller gun
boats ; 100 frst-class torpedo boats
and an ample force of transports
and dispatch boats. In addition tt
this great array there are at leas'
nine merchant steamers of NOR.
than 5000 tons on the auxiliar,
list, and of these three have beer
fitted tor torpedo launching. Re
garding the defenseless condition
of TIE United States sea-coast mucl
has been said and written, with ths
result of partially waking Congress
to the situation, but at the presen
time an ordinary Power could pu'
our principal coast cities undel
tribute OR reduce them to ashes a
will.
THE NEWS IN NEW YORK.
New YoRK, March 31.-The re
port that Baron Fava has beer
recalled creates much common
here. The act calls to mind the
telegram sent by the Italian press
of this city to Rome the day aftel
the New Orleans lynching, urging
the Italian Government to take
action. That dispatch and the
reply of Minister Rudini we're al
follows:
New YORK, March IA. 1891
Rudini, Minister of ForeignAffairs
Rome Italian press of New York
unanimous in representing the
colony, notify you of the massacre
at New Orleans of eleven Italians
already acquitted by an American
jury, and demand Intervention by
home Government.
[Signedl ITALIAN PRESS.
The answer was as follows
ROME, March 10, 1891.-Carlo
Barsollt, editor of the "Progresso
Italo Americana" New York
Your telegram received. l have
already demanded from the FEEDER.
al Government energetic and
prompt measures. RUDINI.
Baron Fava sent the following
dispatch to New York on the same
day:
Learn from the papers hat ex-
element is prevailing in the Ital.
ian colony on account of the New
Orleans events. / have resort 10
your influence and authority to
urge upon the Italians of New
York that they should, by dignifed,
calm and strictly legal behavior,
show themselves IN these circum-
stances worthy of their civilized
country. Relying upon your in.
contestible authority, as we'll as
on the patriotic feeling of the
colony, / am sanguine that the
advice will be followed.
(Signed) FAvA, Italian Minister.
PHIL REsMAN, while in quaran.
tine, has everything his own way.
He threatened yesterday, unless
he got oysters on the half shell, to
on down town waving tho va11ou