The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-24
ITALY ANSWFRep.


seeeesssy Blsts~'s Reply TO 1taly's pe@ns<
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lsdenastsy Cssn the vsoasfiss % tn
rrrety - Proves.
WASHINGTON, April ld-Following b
the reply of Secretary Blaine 10 thu
Italian government:
The Marquis lnpersali. Charge A0alrcs ese
| DEPAkTnKSr OF sSAfR, Washington. IA q
! April iA-s.s: have she henlr 70 sekrovi-
edge the r~ceips 81 yoxs osss &s3e1 Thsrs-
osy, April z. Issl heontstns a second teie
gram from the Marquis ifadini. e part oi
which I here quote: "The government al
she king u Hsly has asked aoth.bx brJ ond
the promps Institution Of Judicial proc-ct
ings through she regular channels II would
have been absurd 10 claim the punishment
10 tho guilty partis, without the warrant ol
n regular Judgment The Italian xoyernmea'
nov repeats the same demand Not until
the federal government shall have sxplscttls
declared that the aforesaid proceedings -hsi
be- promptly begun can the diplomatic Incl
dent be considered a. rios~d-"
Tsls government certainly had no desire
whasever To change tie meaning of the Mar
gus Rudia's telegram of March "a IL va'
delivered nj the state department by Baron
Fsva la person. written In his owu hand and
oppressed In the English language The fol
Io~ ing q. tIse full text Of the telegram:
Italian Minister. Washington:
ROME. Marrh -. lsyl.-Dur requests to the
federal governments are vrry sfmple soDs
Italian subjects acquitted by the American
magistrates hsve beea mnrd.r-d Ia prison
while under the Immediate protection Of ihs
authorities O1r rghf. a>r,for. g. dszasa
end eJt9is ae yssisL@osf Of IN. asrd,rcrs ana
ar tndems tfg for fe riof,sss Is sa2s.ssioaatI- ]
" lsh To add that the public opinion Ia Italy
10 Justly impatient, and II concrete pruvis.
ions we're not af once taken I should md
myself In the painful necessity Of shos ns
openly our Dissatisfaction by recalling the
minister of his majesty from aSeuntry uh-re
he 70 unable To- obtain just &c. RrDi>L
The word. underscor.d are precisely those
which ] quoted In my former note snd ] am
directed by the president to express the 81;
isfscfion of this government " ga the very
material qualification of the demand msde
by the Marquis kudini on behalf OF the itai-
ian government.
You quote la your note another part Of the
Marquis 81 kudini's telegram 81 April ? In
these words: "Mean~baie his maje>fy'- gov
crnInent takes note Of the declaration - here
by the federal government recognizes that
an Indemnity Is due to the families of the
victims Ina virtue Of the treaty In force be
tween the two countries" n the Marquis
Rudini viii carefully ami my note OF
n W ~ y nv ~ th8 u Nv hot ~
ognize that an indemnify IL due 10 Tn. FAINT
lies Of the victims In virtue of the treaty IN
In force between the two countries" What
] did was In answer to Baron Faya's asser
ton fhnt tue United states government re-
fused to take thus dcmaDd for indemnify into
consideration. quot. my reply THE
United States so tar from refusing has dis
tinctiy recognized the princlpieo of indemnity
to those Italian subjects SnAo ray kar~ been
rronyed by a rsssaAos Of rae rigLfs .ec~red ts
them under the sreafy sifs the ra,fed States
concluded february "a. 1871"
The Marquis Hudini may be assured that
the United States would every
italian subject Who might bo wronged by n
violation OF n treaty to which the faith of the
United states rs pledged. But this assurance
leaves unsettled fine important question
whether the treaty has been violated
Mr.. Blaine then refers To the Spanish
riot case under President Fillmore,
which Wa handled by Mr.. Webster, a.
secretary of state, and concludes:
A. soon as possible after tn. laID-ntablc
occurrence at New Orleans the president d.
rcctcd the attorney general to eau 81 through
his department "a full inquiry to- be made In
to all the facts connected there~ Ith. and
solicited his opinion whether any criminal
proceedings would lie under the federal laws
I'm the federal courts against persons charged
with the killing of Italian subjects. He has
not yet received the OFFICIAL report. II 10 be
found that "a prosecution eau b. maintained
under the statutes Of the United states
the case VIII bc presented tn the next
grand 1ury. according tn the usual methods
OF criminal administration. hut II 10 should
be found. n Seems probable. that criminal
proceedings Gun on'y b- taken In the COURT
Of Louisiana. the president can In this dir.c-
tlon do no more than tn urge upon the state
officers the duty of promptly bringing the
offenders to- trial. This was done In his tile
gram In the governor Of Louisiana "a early
"a, Marrh Is. II 10 shall result that the case
can he prosecuted only In the stat. courts oi
Louisiana. and the usual judicial invc-tiga
ton and procedure under THE criminal Law
In not rcsortcd Ia, u will then h. the duty ot
the United States To consider whether some
other form of redress may be asked. IL u
understood that the state grand jury II nov
investigating the aff air and. while 70 H. pos
siblc that the jury may fail to present In
dIctmcnts. the United states cannot assume
that such will Ice the case.
The United States did not by the treaty
with Italy become the insurer OF the lives or
property of Italian subjects resident within
our territory. M Y 'y.rnmcnt II able, how
ever high is ciyiliz alton. however yigilant
Its police supervision. however severe it,
criminal code and however prompt and In
tuTt Y tbtt US fFfutinbl hiHltnt-tt AlipF, io &c
cure is own citizens against violence pro
NOTED by individual NAL &c or by suddcu
popular fumult Tho fore gn resident must
be content in such case to share the saInt
redress that u offered by the law To- the ctti
zen. and has no Just cause of complaint 81
right to ask the interpretation of hls country
IL The courts are equally open To him for :hs
redress of his Injuries.
The treaty In the first. second. Thrill and
ns :. 4 Ia sh..f 49, - fN.srf vfH.lA. .laarlx
limits the rights guaranteed to the citizens
of the contracting powers In the territory OF
each TO equal treatment and to free sccc-r O.
the courts q: justice Foreign residents ar,
not a favored class IL ~ not bell, ved that
Italy would dcs re a more stringent con-truc
tion OF her duty under the treaty. Where
tho injury inflicted upon a foreign resident
IL not the act OF the government or OF it
officers. but of an individual or 81 a mob. u IL
believed that claim for indemnity can
justly he made unless u shall bc made to sp-
pear that the public authorities charged with
th. peace of the community have connived
AZ the unlawful act or having timely notice
Of the threatened danger have been Kuiltysoi
such gross negligence in the taking az the
necessary precautions n e. amount To con
niyance II. therefore, 10 should appear that
among those killed by the mob nc New or
there we're some Italian subj cts - he
we're res dent or domiciic.l I'm that city,
- W u kNfaAh = ~ ala wv u " 4
violation a! our Immigration LAWS. and who
were abiding In the peace of the United
and oOcying the laws Thereof. and OF
The state a: Louisiana. and that the pub |
lie officers charged with the duty Of pro- 1
life and property IN that city ron
nivcd AT the work 81 the mob, or upon proper |
or Information Of the threatened dan
ger. failed to take any steps for the pr.ssr-
sRtiun of the public peace and afiersard to
bring the guilty tn trial. the president would. /
under such circumstances. feel that q case
q n rain hi shs.fi that ShnuHh 10 xuAtaftfstf q. 1
The eoneid.r ratio cf congress with a view to
he relief IT the families oil 1.-THE Italian -uhi-cfs I
D no had lest their 1--we. by lsvi-ss violence |
AoreJst. sir. the eneuel assurance of mr.
high consideration JANIS g. BLAINE
Len T. smith Dead
LEAvESwoRTn- Kan, April i6-Hoa.
7. Smith, of this city, died i'm
he City of Mexico Of heart disease and
be remains left for hnmr last night |