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: the Minister to resume the functions of his

ofice.
All these suggestions are strongly supported oy
the following details which have come 70 the
knowledge of the correspondent Of The Tribune
to-day II will be remembered that the authority
70 present his letter Of recall was placed in the
hands OF Baron Fava some ten or twelve days ago.
IJpon receiving such authority Baron Fava In
formed his Government that he would exercise his
discretion as to the time when he would present
those letters In his opinion. he informed his
Government. the time had not come yet to resort
to such a step and. in q number OF communications
transmitted by the cable. set forth the diherent
reasons upon which his conclusions were based
II may at once be admitted that In doing So Baron
Tava urged with great clearness upon the Marquis
al Rudini the Constitutional difficulties in the way
Of the Federal Government taking steps TO CON-
pei action on the part Of the New-orleans au-
thorities It may also be admitted that he ex-
pressed his belief in the perfect good faith OF the
SECRETARY of State and the Administration which
had already signifed its readiness TO secure an
indemnity to the relatives of the victims
At the same time. it requires no great stretch OF
the Imagination to believe that he felt and ex-
pressed some surprise at the simple transmittai
nv the State Department., without comment or ex-
planation of Governor Nichollss letter. rs II that
document ended the matter, SO far as the Federal
Baron Fava did not so regard it himself but
whether he did or not it is pretty plain now that
the Marquis di Rudini looked upon the bare trans
initial as little short of indignity. That 1t was
not intended as such "goes without saying" OF
course At worst il was oversight on the part
of the State Department but il was regarded In
different light by the Italian Government
When the contents of the Nichols letter reached
the Italian Government the Marquis di Rudini
immediately urged upon Baron Fava the neces-
sity of presenting his letters Of recall STILL the
Minister-who saw clearer than did his superior and
could better appreciate the difficulties In the way
--counselled caution. Wait said he, in effect; the
time has not come yet to take this step
In the exchange Of cable messages, on the one
hand urging immediate presentation OF the
letters of recall, and the other
deprecating undue haste, almost an entire week
passed away. What finally induced the Marquis di
Rudini to reach the decision he did is not known.
II NAV have been, as was already suggested, the
desire to strengthen his administration at home
and abroad by display of little lingo
policy and the inability to resist the temptation
Of playing to the galleries. Whatever the reason
Il is not material to proper understanding
OF the situation as 1t was developed subsequently
and IL has little or no interest TO an American
nuh,ic The fact remains that the Marquis
chafed-if such term is permissible in charae-
,erization Of the relations existing between two
officials, one of whom is the superior OF the other
under the repeated requests of Baron fava 10 use
no undue or unseemly haste. His feehngs' rnoeco'
are said to have overcome his Judgment 20 such
an extent that, in one Of his messages 10 Daion
Fava, he clearly intimated that the latter was
acting more In the interest of the unlteo o'a'es
than in that Of his own country.
After the lapse Of about twelve days ne eVi'
IDENTIFY could contain himself no longer, and sent
70 Baron Fava peremptory orders to present his
letters of recall This settled the matter Nothing
was left to the Minister to do but to obey. The
order was received by him on Tuesday morning.
and on that same day he waited upon Secretary
Blaine and informed him Of the instructions winch
comneled him to sever his official relations with
the State Department
Leaving the State Department., Baron Fava i'm
mediately returned to the offices Of the Italian
Legation in LIST, not a stones throw distant
Imagine his surprise when a cable dispatch was
handed to him, signed by the Marquis oil Kudini'
instructing him TO delay the presentation OF the
letters of recall. But those letters had then been
In the formal possession, automatically speaking
of the State Department for more than nan ah
hour; at any rate, 1t too late TO undo what had
already been done. =,
The sudden change of heart experienced by
Premier Rudini which found formal expression IN
the dispatch that reached Baron Fava too. late 70
be of any effect. is said to have been que 10 Tne
representations of Minister Porter in Rome. The
Judgment of his own agent and the repeated sug-
gestions to act with caution had been contemptu-
ously flung aside by the Marquis oil R9dlnl: Mil
lister Porter succeeded, apparently, where baron
Fava failed. and he would have succeeded sui
better and prevented perhaps the unfortunate turn
affairs have now taken II ne had oeen 1ortunas
enough to secure an interview with the ltallan
Premier before Tuesday. SUNDAY and Monday
however. were holidays and official communca-
tons probably difficult If indeed not am
possible on those days Moreover. as the press dis-
patches from Rome announced. the Mar
auis di Rudni was temporarily absent,
spending. the holidays in the county mtrS
dav was the earliest time at which Minister Porter
was enabled TO secure an interview: IL was not
early enough. however. to prevent the sendlng OF
Fava To present his letters Of recall. After that
interview and the direct result Of it, was the
dispatch countermanding the perepp'ory oroer' ano
That this latter dispatch arrived TOO late may
be cause of regret: certainly 1T must be SO 10
Baron Faya. whose Judgment 1t pracncally vindl,
Gated Whether the conviction which caused IT
TO be send Is reflected in the message which the
Marquis Imperial is said to have received tonight
is another question. To an unprecedented observer
il looks very much rs il IL were.
Secretary Blaine was at the Department OF state
this morning traDsacting routine business and re-
eeiving his usual Thursday diplomatic visitors
Baron Fava has not yet made an application foI
passport nor has the Marquis lmperlaii acknowi'
edged the receipt of the Secretarys letter which
was sent him yesterday evening. =,
Among the callers on the Secretary were the
British Minister Sir Julian Pauncefote, and Sil
Charles Topper, Of Canada, who talked with the
Secretary for an r6ur, presumably about the sea
fisheries reciprocity and other matters now fore
most in the minds Of Canadians
ARRANGING FOR THE PRESIDENTS TRIP
STATES HE WILL VISIT IN CASE HE is ABLE
TO LEAVE THE CAPITAL.
washington April 2.-That the President does no
believe the italian trouble will take serious turn
evidenced by the fact that he is making arrangement
fnr N trim 10 the South and West during the presen