Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-06
THE ITALIAN DIFFICULTY.

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 PARIS, April 5.-The conflict between Italy and the United States continues to attract attention. Signor Raquem, a former Garibaldian, now editor of The Epoque, the organ of the Italian colony here, said in an interview to-day: "Of course there will be no war. The republicans of Italy, who form powerful minority, entertain friendly feeling toward America and would consider war with the United States simply an attempt to discredit in the eyes of the Italian people republican institutions A recent meeting of Italians in Paris discussed the New Orleans af- fair, and while everybody reprobated the conduct of the lynchers, nobody approved the action of the Marquis di Rudini. Baron Fava was greatly blamed for creating the difficulty. He is an aristocrat and is not in sympathy with republican institutions His reports to the Italian cabinet, doubt less colored by his own antiquities, pre- cipitated matters. The Epoque faithfully reflects the opinion of republican Italy in advocating arbitration. According to our flcWy ilOluluS ouSut lo Dc uOuc u clu- barrass MT. Blaine in his efforts to effect an early and pacific settlement"
 Signor Raquem's views of the situation does not cover potent factor which has given the Italian government good reason to pause in its hostile negotiations. Finan- cial houses here, having the closest rela- tions with Italian houses, state that in Italy widespread commercial troubles long chronic, are becoming critical, and that apart from Italy's overwhelming public debt, which would disable her in an at tempt to go to war, unless backed by other European powers, any measures imperil- ing peace would produce general fnan- cial crash. Already an effect of the Ameri- can-Italy difficulty is felt in the hesitation of French financial houses to proceed with the negotiations pending for the prospec- tive Italian loan, in which German houses are also concerned.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5.-The Post tomorrow, after referring to the possi- bility of America for Americans be ing one of the rallying cries in the next campaign, will say:
 It is regarded as quite within the range of probability that the national platforms next year will favor restrictive immigra- tion laws, or they may recommend that all foreigners who engage in business in the United States and enjoy the protection of this government shall become naturalized citizens. If Italy had not been so aggres- sive the issue would not have been so well defined. As it is, the attention of the peo- pie has been directed from New Or leans and centered upon Rome, the very possibility of war has quick ened the public pulse and the enormous influx of foreigners, aggregat- ing million people a year has caused con- siderable discussion. If the sentiments that are now expressed privately by sen atros and representatives of both parties in Washington find an echo in the plat forms they will make interesting reading It is the almost universal belief that the next congress will undertake to make some radical changes in the immigration laws.
 LONDON, April 5.-The Post this morn ing returns to the New Orleans lynching question. It declares that Italy has pur- sued the only conrse consistent with na- tional dignity and trusts that her course America, the result of which will be that the federal government will no longer ig- nore its international duty.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5.-The ex- citement over the Italian affair has almost completely subsided. Secretary Blaine is not prepared to make public anything throwing additional light on the situation, and unless there should be, contrary to all expectations, another bombshell, as sudden and as startling as the recall of Baron Fava, it is probable that the Italian entanglement will not again be a subject of an-engrossing public interest, and that it will take the usual tedious course of diplomacy.