Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-04-11
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I de affairs. In regard to Baron Fava'
r recall the Secretary says: Il beg to ex
l press my sincere regret with which tn
8 government of the United States re
ceives the intelligence of Baron Fava'
speedy departure from the capitol
though ne has more than once intim
ated this purpose, the government o
the United States has: been unable Il
: see any adequate reasons for .uch ;
: step.
The Baron's service here for tie pas
ten years has been distinguished at al
times by most agreeable relations with
the Executive department of this gov
ernment.
The regret at his leaving is unchapg
ed when the president believes he ha:
been recalled under misapprehensior
of facts by the government of Italy. The
cause OF his surrenderlng diplomatic
relations with this government is given
in Baron Fava's note.
The reparation demanded by the gov
ernment of Italy, as had the honor to
inform ou, in our interview here dur
Ing the last few days, were to consist of
the following points:
| L. Official assurances by the federal
government that the guilty parties
should be brought to justice. .. The
recognition in principle that an in
demnity is due to the relations of the vic
Tins first demand, thus stated by
Baron Fava in slightly changed phrase
from that employed by him in his many
verbal requests based on a telegram
from Marquis Rudini, which he left
| with me.
Marquis Rudini acceded that Italy's
right to demand and obtain punishment
for murderers and indemnity for the VIC
Tins is unquestioned and it is inferred
from this, that Baron Fava,s change of
phrase ment change of demand. | a-e
endeavored to impress pon him D.,v-
eral personal interviews with which lie
has hohored me, that the government
OF the United States is unable to give
assurances which Marquis Rudini has
demanded.
Even if the National government has
entire jurisdiction over the alleged MUIR
derers it could not give assurance TO any
foreign power that they should be pun
ished. The president is unable to see
how any government could positively
give assurance of this character in ad
vance of the trial and the We: dict of
guilty. In the constitution of the
United States it is declared that .all
criminal prosecutions accused shall en-
Joy the right to a speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury of the state
and district, wherein the crime was
committed" 1t needs no argument to
prove that the jury could not be Impair
tial if it were in any sense or to any de-
gree governed before trial OF accused by
the assurance which the president of
the United States had yentured to give
foreign power. In the constitution of |
the state of Louisiana, under whose i'm
mediate jurisdiction the crime, were
committed II, is substantially the same.
Provision is bound, so the governor of |
that state would be as unable to give a |
pledge in advance for the result of trial |
under the state law as the president |
would be were il practical to try leaders |
of the mob under the law of the United |
States.
In Baron Fava's second point he de
mands recognition in principle that the |
Indemnity - due families of sections. |
He is assurediy under the gravest error
when he declares that the United States
government declined to take this |
demand into consideration and l shall |
regret if he has conveyed such conclu-
sions to your government. The United |
States so far from refusing, has distinct |
ly recognized the principal of indemnity |
to those Italian subjects who may be
wronged b. the relation of the rights |
secured to them under the treaty with |
the United States Of February 26tb, II. |
l have repeatedly given to Baron Fava |
assurance that under the directions of |
the president all the facts and incidents |
connected with that tragedy at New
Orleans on the 14th of March last. |
should he most thoroughly Investigated. |
i have also informed him that IN a mat.
ter OF such gravity the government of |
the United States would not permit it. |
self to be undulv hurried nor will it |
make an answer to any demand until |
until every fact essential TO correct |
judgement shall be fully ascertained, |
through legal authority. The impa :ience
of the aggrieved may be natural, but its |
indulgence does not always secure the |
most substantial justice"
ANOTHER MESSAGE
ROME, April 3.-The Marquis di Ru |
DIM, Italian premier, today sent another |
cable message on the subject of the !
New Orleans matter, addressed to Mar |
quis lmperiali di Francavill, secretary |
OF the Italian legation at Washington, |
to be handed to Secretary Blaine.
The message is reply to Blaine's last |
note. Di Rudini says that Italy has
asked nothing but prompt continuance
OF proceedings against the guilty par
ties at New Orleans. He says 1T would |
have been absurd to claim punishment
for offenders without the guarantees af- |
forded by regular trial. The diplomat
&c incident, the marquis says. can only |
be consid red closed when the federal |
government has declared the precise
terms upon which prosecution will be /
commenced. In the meantime the Ital-
ian government takes the continuance |
of the federal government acknowledge !
ing compensation to he due tie families /
of the deceased by yir'u he of a treaty |
existing between the two countries.
REPLY.