Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-02
FAVA'S RECALL.
His Note to Secretary Of
State Blaine.
Jingo's Prompt Rejoinder to
the Charge D'Affaires.
The Italian Minister Accused of
Going Off Half Cooked.
Italy's First Demand Absurd and the
Other Too ImpOrtunate = The
situation at Washington.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches. -
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The following
correspondence between Secretary Blaine
and Baron Fava is made public by the
department OF state tonight;
BARON FAvA's NOTE TO BLLINE.
ROYAL LEGATION OF ITALY,)
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1891.
Mr.. SECRETARY OF STATE: By my two
notes of 18th and 18th inst, l had the
honor to call your excellency's serious
attention to an occurrence OF exceptional
gravity which took place at New Orleans
on the 14th, whereby four subjects of
the king OF Italy, who were confined in
the prison of that city, were massacred
by crowd under the leadership of two
American citizens. After having for
mally protested against the unjustitia-
BILE conduct of the local authorities,
which were evidently recreant to all
their duties on that occasion,
/ reserved to the government of his
majesty the right to demand such
satisfaction as it might think proper,
since the occurrences in question consti-
tuted patent violation of the stipula-
tions of the treaty in force between our
two countries, which secures to our
Italian subjects residing in the United
States. the same protection enjoyed by
American citizens, and which has al
ways been extended to the latter in
Italian territory. The reparation de-
manded by the government OF the king,
as l have had the honor to inform you
in our interviews held during the last
few days, was to consist of the following
,,o,rfc. (N OAiciol aocuropoa hu tho
federal government that the guilty
parties should be brought to justice;
(2) recognition i'm the principle that in
, demnity is due to the relatives of the
victims.
Your excellency was pleased to de-
clare to me that as the federal govern
ment did not think it could take this
view OF the case, it declined to take
the aforesaid demands into considera-
ton. Under these circumstances
the government of his majesty, consid-
ering that the legitimate action of the
kings minister at Washington becomes
inefficacious, has ordered me to take my
leave. In obedience, have the honor
to announce that / am going to leave
Washington as speedily as possible,
leaving Marquis Imperial, his majesty's
secretary of legation, in charge of the
current business of the royal legation.
BLAINE's REPLY TO IMPERIALI.
Secretary Blaine today wrote to
Charge d'Affaires Imperiali as follows
l beg to express the sincere regret
with which the government, OF the
United States receives the intelligence
of Baron Fava's speedy departure from
this capital. Though he had more than
intimated his purpose, the government
of the United States has been unable to
see adequate reasons for such step.
The baron's service here for the past
ten years has been distinguished at all
times by most agreeable relations with
the executive department OF this govern
ment. The regret at his leaving is en-
HANGED when, as the president believes,
he has been recalled under a misappre-
hension of facts bv the government Of
Italy.
The cause of his sunderlng his dip
lomatic relations with this government is
thus given in his note: ''The reparation
demanded by the government of the
king, as had the honor to inform you
in our interviews held during the last
few days, were to consist of the following
points ID official assurance by the fed
eral government that the guilty parties
should be brought to justice; ~ recog-
gition in the principle that an indemni-
ty is due to the relatives of the victims" :"
The first demand thus stated by Baron
Fava is slightly changed in phrase from
that employed by him in his many ver-
bal requests, based on telegram from
the Marquis Rudini, which he left with
me. Marquis Rudini declared that
"Italy's right to demand and to obtain
the punishment of the. murderers and
indemnity for the victims is question
able" 1t is inferred that Baron Fava's
change of phrase meant no change of de-
mand. l have endeavored to impress
upon him in several personal interviews,
with which he has honored me, that
the government of the United States is
utterly unable to give the assurances
which Marquis Rudini had demanded.
If the national government had entire
jurisdiction over the alleged murderers,
it could not give assurance to any for
eign power that they should be pun
ished. The president is unable to see
how any government could Justly give
an assurance of this characterin advance
of trial and verdict of guilty" In
the constitution of the United States, it
is declared that sin all criminal prose-
'cutions the accused shall enjoy the right
to speedy and public trial by an impair
tial jury OF the state and district wherein
the crime shall have been committed"
1t needs no argument that jury could
not be impartial if it were in any sense
or to any degree bound before the trial
of the accused by an assurance which
the president of the United States had
ventured to give foreign power.
In the constitution of the
state Of Louisiana. under whose
immediate jurisdiction the crimes were
committed, substantially the same pro-
vision is found, so the governor OF that
state would be as unable to give apledge
in advance of the result of the trial un>
der the state laws. The president
would be, were it practicable, willing to
try the leaders of the mob under the
laws of the United States.
In Baron Fava's second point, he de-
mands recognition of the principle that
indemnity is due to the relatives of the
victims. He is assuredly under grave
error VIII en- he declares that the United
States government declined to take this
demand into consideration. and shall
regret if he has communicated such a
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