Rock Island daily Argus., 1891-03-16
INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS.
The Matter Taken up by the Italian
Minister at Washington CITY

The Matter Taken up by the Italian
Minister at Washington City.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 6.-The
slaughter of Italians at New Orleans has
been taken up by the Italian minister
here, and yesterday Baron Fava formally
brought it 10 the attention of the presi-
dent. As result Secretary Blaine sent
the following despatch to Gov Nichols
last evening: ''1t has been represented
to the president by the minister of Italy
accredited to this government, that among
the victims of the deplorable massacre
which took place in the city of New
Orleans yesterday were three or more sub
jects of the king of Italy. Our treaty
with that friendly government (Which
under the constitution is the supreme law
of the land) guarantees to the Italian
subjects domiciled in the United States
the most constant protection and security
for their persons and property making
them amenable, on the same basis as our
own citizens. to the laws of the United
States and the several states in their due
and orderly administration
Regret and a Vain Hope.
The president deeply regrets that the
citizens of New Orleans should have so
disparaged the purity and adequacy of
their own judicial tribunals as TO trans
fer to the passionate judgement of a
mob question that should have been
adjudicated dispassionately and by set
tied rules of law. The government OF the
United States must give to the subjects
of friendly powers that security which it
demands for our own citizens when tenn
porarily under foreign jurisdiction 1t
is the hope of the president that you
will cooperate with him in maintaining
the obligations of the United States l..
wards the Italian subjects who NAV be
within the perils of the present excite
ment, that further bloodshed and vic.
lence may be prevented and that all
offenders against the law may be prompt
ly brought TO justice"
A Serious Matter for Uncle Sam
The fact that SIX of the accused Sicil;als
had been acquitted and the other three
given verdict of mistrial emphasizes in
international law the outrageous nature
of the mobs work. Whatever the failure
of justice may have been, he only thing
to be considered IS the verdict of the iury.
which relieves the accused persons of the
stain of assassination. The knowledge of
these facts causes the matter to be viewed
in its most serious light in official circles
HtIe- -hOuey udHldSeS Will PROBABLY be
demanded, and other reparation asked.
The case is also aggravated by the fact
that Baron Fava called Secretary Blaine's
attention to the danger OF mob law, at the
time of Hennessey's murder, and, as it is
stated, the secretary in turn called the at
tention of the Louisiana authorities to the
same fact.
The Sort of Reparation Possible.
Just what further steps, if any, will be
taken by the president beyond the mere
disapproval of mob violence, as evidenced
by the tone of Secretary Blaine's dispatch
to Governor Nichols, cannot be yet as
certained. Among congressman and dip
lomats who have given such matters some
attention, it is thought that the only
reparation that can be obtained is, possi-
bly,, damages by the wives or relatives of
the dead Italian subjects from the muni-
cipal government of New Orleans for not
protecting the persons of individuals
aliens-who, at the time they met their
death, were temporarily at least in the
custody of the municipal authorities of
that CITY