Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-23
BLAINE ANSWERS ITALY.
Statesmanlike Reply to the De-
mands of King Humbert.
CAN'T HURRY FEDERAL JUSTICE,
Rudini Informed That This Government
VIII Do It's Duty, But Must Take
It's Time Quoting Daniel
Webster - Review of
the Case.


the Case.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 16.-Secre
tary Blaine'S reply to Premier Rudini's last
official utterance respecting the Italian in
cIdent has been completed and handed TO
Marquis imperial. Marquis ImperialIs
last note. which includes the Rudini dis
patch, and Secretary Blaine'S reply was
given to the press last night. In his reply
to Rudinf Mr.. Blaine at the outset calls at
attention to the fact that the synopsis of
the second note of Rudini sent through In
periali, after Baron Fava'S withdrawal,
| was correct, and that it was in effect, as
| said ut the time. practical back
down on the part Of the Italian govern
| ment from the very aggressive attitude as
| Sumed at the beginning Of the controversy.
| After making this point clear the Secretary
| states with even more emphasis that he dld
| not in his first dispatch give assurances
| that the murdered Italians were entitled to
indemnity, but simply that they were SO
entitled ii it should hereafter appear that
| they had not been protected in their treaty
rights so tar as it was possible for the
United States, through its officials. to pro-
tect them. Following is the first letter i'll
the correspondence made public:
WASHINGTON, d. C., April ., 1S9l.-hr Sccre-
! ccipt of the note Of which your excellency did
me the honor to address to me on the lst inst,
| i'll reply to that whereby the Baron Fava in
| formed you of his departure on leave. L have
| laid the contents of your eXcelency S aforesaid
| note before the government of the king, and his
| eNcellency the president or the council. ms
| majesty minister for fOrein affairs, has just d1-
| Tected me to address the following communities
| ton to you:
THE government of the King of Italy has
| asked nothing beyond the prompt institution OF
| judicial proceedings through the regular chan
| nels. 1t would have been absurd to claim the
| punishment of 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 ex-
plicitly declared that the aforesaid proceedings
Shall be promptly begun can the diplomatic in
| cident be considered as closed Meanwhile His
| MaeSty'S government takes note OF the declara-
| ton whereby the federal government recognizes
| that indemnity is due to the families of the
victims in virtue of the treaty IN force between
| the two countries"
| going to the knowledge of your excellency, and
avail myself of this occasion to offer YOU Mr.
secretary of State, the assurances OF my highest
and most respectful considerations
IMPERIALI.
Mr.. Blaine's reply was as follows:
WASHINGTON. d. c., April ID, 1891 The Mar
, gus InperjaLi, Charge d AtuTcS-SIR: l have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
note dated Thursday, April ., 1891, 1t contains
a second telegram from the Marquis Rud1n1, u
part of which here quote
asked nothing beyond the prompt institution of
judicial proceedings through the regular chan
nels. 1t would have been absurd to claim the
punishment of 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 eX-
plicitly declared that the aforesaid proceedings
shall be promptly begun can the diplomatic in
cident be considered rs closed
This government certainly had no desire what
ever to change the meaning of the Marquis
Rudinis telegram Of March "a. 1t was dellv
cred at the State Department by Baron FavA in
person. written in his own hand aud expressed
in the English language The following IS the
full text of the telegram:
.RoME, March "a, 1S9l.-- Hal'dn Minister Wash
inqt0n: Our requests TO the federal government
are very simple Some Italian subjects acqu1t-
ted by the American agistrates have been muir
deTed in prison while under the immediate pro-
lection of the authorities. orr r1ght, UefctGr2,
to dtndnd and obtain the punishment Of the n1urder-
ers and an indemnity for the r2ctjn1s is unQuestion
d6le. | wish to add that the public opinion in
Italy is Justly impatient, and if concrete prOvi-
SiOnS were not at once taken should finG myself
in the painful necessity OF showing openly our
dissatisfaction by recalling the minister OF His
Majesty from country where he is unable to
obtain Justice RUDINI."
The words in italics are precisely those which
] quoted i'll my former note, and L am directed
by the President to express the satisfaction OF
this government with the very material qualtt-
cation of the demand made by the Marquis
Rudini on behalf of the Italian government.
You quote in your note another part of the
Marquis Rudini's telegram of April in these
words:
note of the declaration whereby the federal gov
eminent recognized that indemnity is due to
the families of the victims in virtue of the
treaty in force between the two countries"
If the Marquis Rudini will carefully examine
my note of April / he Will discover that did
not recognize that an indemnity is due to the
families of the victims in virtue of the treaty
in force between the two countries" What 1
did say was in answer to Baron Fava's assertion
that the United States government refused to
AXE this demand for indemnity into cOnSldera-
ton. ! quote my reply:
The United StaJes far from refusing. has
distinctly recognized the principle of indem-
nifty to those Italian subjects mh0 may hare been
qCrOnged by riolGti0n Of the rights secured to them
undc' the treaty acjtt the United StdteS concluded
February 26, 1871. "
United States would recompense every Italian
subject who might be 2cronged by q rioldtion Of q
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. Upon this point the President
with sufficient facts placed before him, has
taken full time for decision. He now directs
that certain considerations on the general sub
ject be submitted to the Judgment of the Italian
government.
AS a precedent of great value to the case I'M
der discussion the President recalls the conclu
sion maintained by Mr.. Webster i'll 1851, when
he was secretary of state under President Fill
more In August of that year a mob in New
Orleans demolished the building in which the
office of the Spanish consul was located, and at
tie same time attacks were made upon coffee
houses and cigar shops kept by Spanish sub
jects. American citizens were involved in the
losses, which, in the aggregate, were large. The
supposed cause of the mob was the intelligence
of the execution of fifty young Americans in
Havana and the punishment to Spanish mines
of nearly 200 citizens of the United States. The
victims were all members of the abortive Lopez
expedition.
In consequence of these depredations of the
mob upon the property of the Spanish consul,
rs we'll rs against the Spanish subjects. Don
Calderon de la Barca, the minester of Spain,
demanded indemnificatiou for all the losses,