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current business in charge of the Secre-
tary of Legation.
Secretary Blanc's reply is much moro
courteous, but not less determined. Mr..
Blaine is civil enough to state that Baron
Fava's relations with the State Depart
| mcnt for ten years have been marked by
courtesy. But Baron Fava forgot his
| diplomatic manners. His letter read as
| if it were written in d huff and intended
| to be nncivil. Mr.. Blaine directly
| charges Baron Faya with misrcpresenta-
ton in two imEo. tant particulars In
| the first instance. in stating the demands
| of the government of Italy he has chang
| ed the phraseology of the demand of the
| King as it was reported to the Secretary
| of State from the cable message by Faya
| himself. The King Of Italy. according
| to the cable left with the Secretary of
| State. insisted on the right of Italy 10
| demand and obtain punishment of the
| murdcrcrs and the indemnity of the vic
| Tins as unquestionable. Baron Fava
makes tho naked demand without quail
| tcation or assignment of reason. More.
! over, the Secretary Of State shows that
| it would be impossible for the United
| States. or for any government, to acccde
| to the first demand as to the punishment
| of the alleged murdcrerS in advance of q
| trial and a verdict OF guilty. Thereupon
! the Secretary of state gives the Secretary
of Legation lesson i'll, the constitutional
| law of the United States and of the con-
| stitution of Louisiana Mr. Blaine very
| CURLY says he is unable to see how any
| Government can give a guarantee that
| persons ACCUSED of crime shall be pun
| ished in advance of Il jury trial and a
verdict of guilty. The right Of trial by
| jury is granted to the accused both by
| the Constitution of the United States
| and by that of the State of Louisiana,
| and in nearly the same terms. As to the
| statement of Baron Fava that the United
| States has declined to entertain the sec
| ond demand as to indemnity, Mr.. Blaine
| fatty charges Baron Fava with miSrep-
| resentation and raises question of
| veracity. Mr.. Blaine pertinently adds
that he shall regret if Baron Fava has
| communicated such conclusion to
| the Government Of Italy. Mr.. Blaine
| asserts the contrary to be the fact, and
says that the United States so far from
refusing, has distinctly recognized the
! principle of Indemnity to those Italian
| subjects who may have been wronged by
| the violation of the treaty of Feb. >,
| 1871. Mr.. Blaine took occasi to say,
| however, that the United States has re-
| fused to permit herself to be unduIy
hurried and that while Impotence may
be natural it does not always secure sub
stantial justice.
The letter to tho Secretary of the
Italian Legation is of a character which
will force the Government of Italy to as
| certain from its recent Minister here
| whether he will rest under the charge OF
mendacity made against him by the
Secretary of State.
The fact that Secretary Blaine adj
dessed his last letter to the Marquis I'M
perialli, Charge d'Affaires, demonstrates
that the Government does not regard the
rupture of diplomatic relations caused
| by Baron Fava's recall as comp etc.
| Otherwise the communication would
| have been addressed to the Italian Gov
eminent direct, or through the medium
of Minister Porter at Rome How the
matter is viewed by the Italian Govern.
ment will be disclosed by the reply thai
is made to the Secrctary's letter. If the
Charge d'Affaires replies as such it vii
be an acknowledgment that the Italian
Government is still represented in tie
United States by its legation. But if h,
announces that he is without authority
to reply, it may be taken as an evidence
that direct diplomatic relations between
the two countries is at an end.