The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
BLAINE'S REPLY.
To Rudina-NO Indemnity Has
Been Guaranteed.
Foreigners Have no More Rights
and Privileges Than Have
Our American Citi-
ZenS.

lowing is the correspondence between
Secretary Blaine and the Italian gov
eminent since the secretary's note to
Marquis imperial acknowledging no.
tice of Baron Fava's departure:
Royal LEG sTIoN OF ITALY,
"WAsHINGToN, d. e., April 2, Is l.
MIR Secretary of State.
81 hasten to acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of the note which your excel.
lency did me the honor TO address to
me on the 1st list. in reply to that
whereby Baron Fava informed you of
his departure on leave.
81 have laid the contents of your
excellency's aforesaid note before the
government of the kin and his excl
Iency, the president of the coun il
his majesty's minister of foreign affairs,
has just directed me to address the
following communication to you:
"The government of the king of
Italy has asked nothing beyond the
prompt institution of judicial pro-
ceedipgs through the regular chan
nels. It would have been absurd to
demand the punishment of the guilty
parties without the warrant of regu-
lar judgement. The Italian govern
ment repeats the same demand. Not
until the federal government shall
have explicitly declared that the afore-
said proceedings shall be promptly
begun can the diplomatic incident be
considered as closed. Meanwhile his
majesty's government takes note of
the declaration whereby the federal
government recognizes that an indem-
nifty is due to the families of the vic
Tins in virtue of the treaty in force
between the two countries.
81 have therefore the honor 10
bring the foregoing to the knowledge
of your exceliency. and avail myself
Of this occasion to offer you, Mr.. Sec
rotary of State, the assurances of my
highest and most respectful coDsidera'
ton. IMPERIAL.
"His excellency, James q. Blaine,
secretary of State.
SECRETARY BLAINE's REPLY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April II, 1891.
The Marquis Tmperall, Charge d'A ffai s, Etc:
SIR: have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your note dated
Thursday, April 3, 1891. 1t contains
a second telegram from the Marquis
Rudini, part of which here quote
1.-THE government of the king of
Italy has asked nothing beyond the
prompt institution of judicial proceed
ings through the regular channels. 1t
would have been absurd to claim the
punishment of the guilty parties with
out the warrant of a regular judgment.
The Italian government now repeats
the same demand. Not until the fed
eral government shall have explicitly
declared that the aforesaid proceed
ings shall be promptly begun can the
diplomatic incident be considered as
closed
"This government certainly had no
desire whatever to change the mean
ing of the Marquis Rudinis telegram
of March "a. 1t was delivered at tie
state department by Baron Fava in
person, written in bis own hand and
expressed in English language. The
following is the full text of the tele-
gram:
ROME, March "a, 1891.
Italian Minister, v ashingt on"
s'Our request to the federal gov
eminent are very simple. Some ltal-
ian subjects acquitted by the Ameri-
can magistrates have been murdered
in prison while under the immediate
protection of the authorities. Our
right, therefore, to demand and OBJ
tain the punishment of the murderers
and an indemnity for the victims is
unquestionable. l wish to add that tho
public opinion In Italy SO justly lmpa-
tient, and if concrete provisions were
not at orce taken should find myself
in the painful necessity of showing
openly our dissatisfaction by recall
ing the minister of his majesty from
county where he is unable 10 obtain
justice. "RUD1NI."
NO INDEMNITY GUARANTEED.
t'The words underscored are pre-.
cisely those which l quoted in my
former note and am directed by the
president to express the satisfaction of
this government with the very mater
ial qualifications of the demand made
by the Marquis Rudini on behalf of
the Italian government. You quote
in your note another part of the Mar.
quis Rudini's telegram of April 2 in
in these words: meanwhile his ma. |
jesty's government takes note of the |
declaration whereby the federal gov
eminent recognizes that an indemnity
is due to the families of the victims in |
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