Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
ITALY ANSWERED.

secresary Blaine's Reply to ItaIy's Denaaut,
Tho Government Not Committed to Pay
Indemnity Until the Violation of the
Treaty Is Proven.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Following il
the reply of Secretary Blaine to the
Italian government:
The Marquis Imperiali. Charge d'Afaires etc
DEPARTMENT OF STATE Warrington. d. c.,
April 4-Sir: have the honor to acknowi-
edge the receipt of your note dated Thurs
day, April 2. 1881. Itcontains a second tele-
gram from the Marquis Rudini. part of
which here quote: ''The government OF
the king of Italy has asked nothing berond
the prompt institution of judicial proceed
fngs through the regular channels. 1t would
have been absurd to claim the punishment
10 the guilty parties without the warrant of
a regular judgment. The Italian government
now repeats the same demand Not until
the federal government shall have explicitly
declared that the aforesaid proceedings shall
be promptly begun can the diplomatic Incl
dent be cons dered as closed"
This government certainly had no desire
whatever to change the meaning of the Mar
Quis Rudinis telegram OF March ~. 1t was
delivered at the state department by Baron
Fava in person, written in his own hand and
expressed in the English language. The fol.
lowing Is the full text of the telegram:
Italian Minister, Washington:
ROME. March ~, lsS1.-Our requests to the
federal government are very simple. Some
magistrates have been murdered in prison
while under the immediate protection of the
authorities. OMr right. therefore,, to demand
and obtain the punishment Of the murderers and
an indemnify for the rictims is unquestionabte. I
wish to add that the public opinion in Italy
is justly impatient. and if concrete provis-
ions were not at once taken l should find
myself in the painful necessity of showing
openly our dissatisfaction by ecalling the
minister of his majesty from a country where
he 10 unable to obtain Justice RUDINL
The words UNDERSIGNED are precisely those
which quoted in my former note and am
isfactIon ct this government with the very
material qualification OF the demand made
by the Marquis Rudini on behalf of the Ital.
Ian government.
You quote in your note another part of the
Marquis di Rudini's telegram of April in
these words: Meanwhile his majesty's gov
eminent takes note of the declaration where.
by the federal government recognizes that
an indemnity Is due to the families of the
victims in virtue of the treaty in force be-
Rudini will carefully examine my note of
April he will discover that did not rec
ognize that AN indemnity is due to the fami-
lies of the victims in virtue of the treaty in
In force between the two countries % What
did was in answer to Baron Fava's asser-
ton that the United States government re.
fused to take this demand for indemnity into
consideration. 1 quote my reply: 'The
tinctly recognized the principle of indemnity
to those Italian subjects nrho may hare been
Wronged by n riOlaf,Oh of the rights secured to
them under the treaty Nth the United State
concluded February 26, 1871
The Marquis Rudini may be assured that
the United States would recompenso every
Italian subject who might be wronged by q
violation of treaty to which the faith of the
United States is pledged. But this assurance
leaves unsettled the important question
whether the treaty has been violated.
Mr.. Blaine then refers to the Spanish
riot case under President Fillmore,
which was handled by Mr.. Webster, as
secretary of state, and concludes:
AS soon as possible after the lamentable
occurrence at New Orleans the president di.
rected the attorney general to cause through
his department full inquiry to be made in
to all the facts connected Herewith, and
solicited his opinion whether any criminal
would lie under the federal laws
in the federal courts against persons charged
with the killing of Italian subjects He has
not yet received the official report. If it be
found that a prosecution can be maintained
under the statutes of the United States
the case will be presented to the next
grand jury. according to the usual methods
Of crimi al adm n istratiOn. But if it should
be found, seems probable, that criminal
can only be taken in the courts
Of Louisiana, the president can in this direc-
ton do no more than to urge upon the state
the uuIy VI Tue
to trial. This was don" in his tele.
gram to the governor of Louisiana as early
IS March 10. If it shall result that the case
IAN be prosecuted only in the state courts of
Louisiana, and the usual judicial investiga
ton and procedure under the criminal law
IS not resorted to, it will then be the duty of
the United States to consider whether some
other form Of redress may be asked. 1t is
understood that the state grand jury is now
nveStig eating the aft ,ir and, while it is pos
sibe that the jury may fail to present in
dictments. the United States cannot assume
that such will be the case.
The United States did not by the treaty
with Italy become the insurer of the lives or
of Italian subjects resident within |
our territory. No government is able, how |
ever high its civilization however vigilant !
is police supervision, however severe its |
criminal code and however prompt and in |
nffexible it's Grimm admin istratien, to Sc |
cure its own citizens against violence pro- |
noted by individual malice or By sudden |
popular tumult. The fore gn resident must |
De content in such case to share the same |
'edress that is offered bv the law to the citi- |
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