Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-16


He Tells Governor Nichols to Bring
the Offenders to Justice.
WASHINGTON, March 15.--Secretary
BlaiEe tonight sent the following tele-
gram to Governor Nichols, at New Or
leans:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, March To-
His Excellency, Francis T. Nichols, Governor
OF Louisiana, New Orleans:
1t has been represented to the presi-
dent by the ministerof Italy, accredited
to this government, that among the
victims of the deplorable massacre,
which took place in the city of New Or
leans, yesterday, were three or more
subjects OF the king Of Italy. Our treaty
with that friendly government (Which
under the constitution is the supreme
law of the land) guarantees to Italian
subjects domiciled in the United
States, the most constant pro-
lection 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 early
administration. The president deeply
regrets that citizens of New Orleans
should have so disparaged the purity
and adequacy of their own judicial tri-
bunals as to transfer to the passionate
judgment of the mob a question that
should have been adjudged dispassion-
ately and by the settled rules of law. The
government of the United States must
give the subjects OF friendly powers that
security which it tdemands for our own
citizens when temporarily under foreign
jurisdiction. 1t is the hope OF the pres
ident that you will cooperate with him
in maintaining the obligations Of the
United States towards Italian subjects
who may be within the perils OF the
present excitement, that further blood
shed and violence may be prevented and
that all offenders against the law may
be promptly brought to justice.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
MINISTER FAvA's PROTEST.
This telegram was the resnltsof q con-
ference between the president and sec
retary this afternoon, Baron Fava, the
Italian minister, having previou sly
called on Secretary Blaine and earnestly
protested against the killing of his
countrymen, demanding at the same
time protection for all other Italians in
New Orleans.
Baron Fava, in his protest to Secretary
Blaine, said the local authorities of New
Orleans not only failed to prevent a
meeting which had been publicly an
nounced and was known to be,hostile to
the Italians, but also held an attitude
purely passive during the massacre. He
said he was obliged to reserve for his
government the right to demand any
and all reparation it Judged to be neces-
sary.
AN UNPRECEDENTED CASE.
The third assistant secretary OF state,
Mr.. Adee, speaking of the matter, to-
night, said: This case is without a
precedent in the diplomatic history of
the country. Of course I cannot pre-
dict the outcome, nor discuss it. 1t is
not easy to predict what will be the
course OF procedure.
NOT AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE.
''I cannot see," said ex-Representa-
tive Morrow, OF California; "how this
affair can become an international issue.
The vengeance OF the mob was not
directed against the Italians as race,
but as band of supposed murderers,
who escaped their deserts by a miscarri-
age of justice. 1t seems to me that the
only action to be taken is for the rela-
tives of the dead men to sue the city of
New Orleans for damages, on the ground
that the city failed to furnish proper
protection. 1t was not a race riot in
any sense of the word. ("