The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-16
BLAINE TO RUDINl
The Case Of the United States
Fully Set Forth in
a DECIDEDLY ABLE DOCUMENT
The Authority Of Webster Cited-The Question
- of Damages to the Families Of the
Victims Fully Discussed.

Victims Fully discussed.
WASHINGTON, April 15-The following i
the correspondence between Secretar
Blaine and the Italian government sine
the secretary's note to Marquis Imperial
acknowledging the notice of Baron Fava'
departure:
ROYAL LEGATION OF ITALY,
Washington, April2, 1891.
Secretary of State:
81 hasten to acknowledge the receipt o
the note which your excellency did me the
honor to address to me on the 1sJ, in reply
10 that in which Baron Fava informed vol
OF his departure on leave. Ihave laid tn.
contents of your excellency's aforesaid notC
before the government Of the King, and hi!
excellency the president of the council
OF his malesty's minister of foreign affairs
hiss Just directed me to address the follow.
ing communication to you:
The government of the King of Italy
has asked nothing beyond the prompt insti.
tuition of judicial proceedings through the
regular channels. 1t would be absurd tc
claim the punishment Of the guilty parties
without warrant of regular judg-
ment- The Italian government now
repeats this same demand NOT
until the federal government shall
have explicitly declared that the aforesaid
proceedings shall be promptly begun can
the diplomatic incident be considered as
closed. Meanwhile his majesty's govern
ment taxes note OF the declaration whereby
the federal government recognizes that in
demnity is due to the families of the vic
inns IN virtue OF the treaty in force be-
tween the two countries | have. there
lore, the honor to bring the foregoing to
the knowledge of your excellency. and /
avail myself of this occasion to offer YOU.
the secretary of state, the assurance of nv
highest and most respectful consideration.
{Signed) nPERTATTn
His Excellency Blaine, secretary of
state.''
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON,
April IA, 1891
The Marquis Imperial, Charge d'Affaires, ETC..
etc: 'o''
SIR have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt OF your note dated Thursday
April 2. 1t contains second telegram
from Marquis Rudini, part Of which | here
quote: The government of the King of
Italy has asked nothing beyond the prompt
institution OF judicial proceedings through
the regular channels. 1t would have been
absurd to claim the punishment of the
guilty parties without the warrant of req
ular judgment. The italian goverrnent
now repeats the same demand. Not until
the federal government shall have expli-
city declared that the aforesaid proceed
ings shaLl be promptly begun, can the dip
lomauc incident be considered as closed. !,
This government certainly had no de-
sire Whatever to change the meaning of
Marquis Rudini's telegram Of March "a
II was delivered at the state department
by Baron Fava in person, written in his
own hand, and expressed in the English
language. The following is the full text
OF the telegram:
"RoME, March "a, 1891,
italian Minister, Washington:
Our requests to the federal government
are very simple. Some Italian subjects
acquitted by American magistrates have
been murdered in prison while under the
immediate protection of the AUTHORITIES.
our right, therefore, to demand and obtain the
punishment Of the nrderers and an i,lde1n,it;,
JoT the UictinS' families is unquestionable I
wish to add that public opinion in ItaIv is
justly impatient, and if proceedings were
not at orce taken l should find myself in
the painful necessity of showing openlv
our dissatisfaction by recalling the minister
OF MS majesty from country where he is
uudDlS 10 OBTAIN 1uSGce.'
The words underscored are precisely
those which quoted in my former note
and am directed by the President to ex'
pres the satisfaction of this governments
with the material qualification Of the de-
mand mace by Marquis Rudini on behalf
of the Italian government.
GU quote IN your note another part of
Marquis RudinTs telegram OF April 3 in
these words:
Meanwhile his maiesty's government
lakes note Of the declaration whereby the
federal government recognizes that indem-
nifty is due to the families of the victims
IN virtue OF the treaty in force between
the two countries.'n
eff Marquis Rudini will carefully exam
Inc my note of April L, he will discover
that did not recognize that indemnity is
due to the families of the victims in virtue
of the treaty in force between the two
countries What l did say was in answer
70 Baron Fava's assertion that the United
States government refused to take
this demand for indemnity into consid
Grafton. quote my reply: The United
States so far from refusing, has distinctly
recognized the principle of indemnity to
those Italian subjects who may have been
wronged by violation of the rights secured
TO them under the treaty with the United
States, concluded February 26. 1917
Marquis Rudini may be assured that the
United States would recompense every |
Italian subject who might be wronged by |
OF the treaty to which the faith |
OF the United States is pledged. But this |
assurance leaves unsettled the important |
question whether the treaty has been VIC |
waited. On this point the President with |
sufficient facts placed before him has taken |
full time for decision He now directs
that certain considerations in the |
general subject be submitted ~
the Judgment of the Italian govern ment |
AS precedent of great value to the case
under discussion, the President recalls the
conclusion maintained by Webster as secre-
Lary of state IN 1851. In August of that
year a mob in New Orleans demolished the
building in which the Office of the Spanish
,onsul was located and at the same time 1
attacks were made upon coffee houses and
cigar shops kept by Spanish subjects.
American citizens were involved in the
osses, which in the aggregate were large.
The supposed cause of the mob was the in
Of the executing of fifty younp
Americans in Havana and the banishment
% Spanish mines of nearly two hundred
citizens of the United States. The victims
we're all members of the aborative Lopez
expedition. In consequence of these depre-
latlons the mob wrecked its vengeance unon
he property of the Spanish consul
IS well as against Spanish subjects. Don
talderon La Parca, minister of Spain. de-
handed indemnitication for all losses, both
,fhclal and personal. Webster admitted
he Spanish consul was entitled to indem-
Ilty and assured the Spanish minister that
the Spanish consul, Labourde shall re-
urn to his post or any other consul at New ,
orleans shall be appointed by her Catholic ,
nalesty's government, the officers of this
government resident in this CITY will he in