New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-16

italian subjects who were resident domiced In that
CITY, agreeabIy to our treaty with Italy ana not IN
violation Of our immigration laws, and who were aoia
ing In the peace of the United states and ooeSng te
laws, thereof and Of the state ofLouisana ana that
he public officers charged with the duty OF protect
nc LIE and property In that eity connived al tie
work OF the mob upon proper notice or iniormaoh
NJ the threatened danger failed to take any steps LOT
The preservation of the public peace, and afterwaru
10 bring the guilty TO trial, the President would uoei
such circumstances feel that a case was estiphsheu
that should DO SUBMITTED to the consideration ..
Congress with view to the relief OF the innhnes oi
the italian subjects who had lost their vos o'
violence -
Accent, sr the renewed assurance Of my high con-
'ue'a'0A' JAMES G. BLAINE.
Il gill he noticed that Mr.. Blaine at the outset
rxposes completely the pretenee contained In the
MARQUIS di Rudini's second telegram, that the
Italian Governments demands had been misunder-
stood at Washington. The Rudim telegram oi
March "a to Baron Fava has only to be puohsheo
alongside the telegram Of April TO the MARQUIS
Imperiali to show the untenability OF any such
conteftion. The suggestion was made in diplomatic
circles here at the time OF Baron favas recaii
that the original Rudini telegram was mlstrahs-
lated. But Mr. Blaine points out that Baron faNa
vrote out the demand himself in English, ana IL
sny mistake was made the responsibility Tor IL
mnst fall on the italian Legation in this city.
The two Rudini cable dispatches are in fact IRE
concilable and they only show how vacfllating
and shifting has been the policy Of the Govern
ment at Rome since the present difficulty began
The fact that Mr. Blaine did not recognize I'M
qualiiedly that indemnity was due 10 tne
families of the victims of the riot VINO were
Italian subjects, as the Marquis di Rudini In
plies has been pointed out repeatedly IN these
dspatches-Mr. Blaine's real position being that
only those Italian subjects who suffered in actual
violation of the terms of the treaty had claim
for naturalization. AS he demonstrates at length
now. it is extremely doubtful whether any of
the Italian subects-if such there were-killed
AT New-Orleans have any just claim upon this
Government. except for trial for damages either
in the State Courts of Louisiana or IN the united
States Courts The Acknowledgement has not yet
completed his investigation into the circumstances
of the lynching, nor reported upon the actual
nationality of the men who were lynched' buC ae
the most Mr.. Blaine simply commits the Govern
ment to assisting far as possible, IN the regular
judicial proceedings, which are open to Americans
as well as foreign subjects.
A novel and interesting suggestion is contained
in the closing paragraph of the Secretary Oh
States letter This is that the Italian SUBJECTS
who were lynched would have TO show, IN order
TO obtain naturalization, that they were not IN
this country in violation Of the immigration laws
1t is asserted that of the men now supposed 10
be Italian subjects killed by the New-Orleans
mob all were criminals who had fled their own
country. If this assertion can be fully proven,
according to Mr. Blaine's suggestion, the question
of naturalization disappears, and the Italian
Government has absolutely no ground left to
stand
Secretary Blaine has left the city for few days
outing on the water.