Evening journal., 1891-05-05

NA4N2 M most painful i'm. |
~ 500 s4 - preston upon the. /
se~AF rs r / viii not stop 70 lay |
M stress upon the lack |
of conformity with /
diplomatic usnGeH |
MARQUIS DI RuplNL displayed ia making |
use, as Mr. Blaine did not hesitate 10 doA Of |
portion Of a telegram OF mine communicated |
10 him Ia strict confidence IN order t. get rid |
OF question clearly defined IN our official doc
uments which alone possess diplomatic yalue'
The Telegram In Question.
The telegram Of March "a, concerning whose
public use tho Marquis Rudini complains Is the
following, which was quoted IN full IN my note
u April "A 70 Marquis impelialii charge Of
Italy at this capital; Rome March - 1871
italian minister, Washington; Our requests 20
the federal government are very simple. Some
Italian subjects acquitted by the American
magistrates have been murdered la prison
while under the immediate protection Of the
authorities Our right, therefore, TO demand
and obtain the punishment Of tho murdeters
/ and an indemnity for the victims Is unquestion
4 able. wish TO add that the public opinion IN
/ Italy s justly impatient aud If concrete pro
| visions were not at once taken / should find
/ myself In the painful necessity Of showing
openly our dissatisfaction by recalling the
minister Of his majesty from a country whore
he is unable 20 obtain Justice. RudiniN
Premier Rudini Is In Error.
/ The intmntion of the Marquis Rudini that
the telegram IN question was delivered in strict
/ confidence is a total error As the telegram ex
| pressed the demand Of the Italian government,
| It was impossible that the Marquis Rudini could
| transmit Il IN strict confidence. As / have al
| ready stated, IL was q communication to me in
person by Baron Fava, written Ia English by
his own handwriting, without a suggestion OF
| privacy and that the telegram itself has not
single mark upon Il denoting n confidential
character. have caused a number Of copies Of
the telegram 70 30 forwarded 70 you today IN
fac sfrnile. The usual mark for public printing
was used by me~under four lines and they ap
pear IN the copies. You viii use the FAC similea
| Ia such manner as viii most efectually prove
the error into which the Marquis Rudin has
fallen. BLAINE.
+ Intended for 'Home Consumption
! Premier Rudini's latest note 20 Marquis
J Imperiali has not, ia the opinion Of state
department people, wrought any change
in the Italian question Marquis Imperiali
was extremely reticent about the matter
! yesterday and would only say, "You must
let the communication speak for itself y
State department officials while slow TO
) express opinions, do not attach much im-
} portance TO this last note. 1t Is regarded
I here az intended simply for "home con-
, sumption" and TO be used there for the
I purpose OF inspiring the Italian people
; with the idea that their government Is
pursuing a vigorous and resentful policy
Slight Change OF Tone.
While 1t is thought the relations between
the two nations are not in the least i'm
| proved by this latest Italian ''caper," the
q great difference in the tone of the pre-
I miers first note, which embodied n de
e mand and an ultimatum, and his latest
/ which suggests a grievance and protest
& Is freely commented upon in diplomatic
l.s..
n satisfactory relations between the two
4 countries before long Then step taker
4 by this government iu the matter will
. PROBABLY be a communication from Secre
tary Blaine TO Imperiali, based on the re
= port OF the district attorney at New Or
+. leans in regard to the nationality and
character Of the men killed In the New
Orleans prison.
;. The widow Monastero's Grief
8 NEW YORK, May 5.--A correspondent o
= The Herald has visited the homes in Ital,
Of several Of the Italians who were massa
r cred az New Orleans. He says: ~ wisl
the man who led the lynchers at New Or
g leans had been with me yesterday when
e rode over the mountains to Coccamo II
search OF the widow and orphans OF Pietr
" Monastero
Q lands but here ! saw the most pitifu
scene ofmy life. In the middle Of 4 bar
y stone chamber sat the widow, draped from
Z head TO foot In black In the native man
!. her. Around her stood the five small
orphans Of the dead man-three toddlini
boys and two girls. The widows face wa
/ Madonnalike in its simple beauty.
= He Never Did Wrong.
1 "When told the widow why her hus
b band was killed by the New Orleans mob
d she cried like a child
r "'God in heavenl How could they mul
!. der the father of these helpless children'
she walled He was killed by towards
n where he could not help himself A bet
q ter, truer man never lived. No, mol
!. want no vengeance, no vendetta.
! "'What do care whether his murderer
4 are punished or not2 It will not bring M
poor husband back TO life
= "'Ask every one In the mountains abOu
4 my husband. He never did wrong in hi
"a life, and he wrote to me from prison say
: ing that he was innocent.
"'He was not guilty. Never, neverl
! cannot understand how he came TO b
= with those other men, but knew be com
y y mitted no crime. 1t was all a cruel mis-
= take. Why did they not send him ava,
J from America instead Of killing hims M,
: husband was a shoemaker here and go
into debt. Because he was an honest MAJ
he went TO America to earn money enough
= to pay his debt
. "'No, do not think the American peo
= pie are cruel. They must be sorry for th
4 murder of my husband and for me and m,
children. We have nothing TO eat nov
e but what the people give us My hus
: bands five sisters and his old father AM
g mother are all supported by his brother,
. priest, who only gets one Ira and half
/, day Thirty centsl. And are you sorry 10
o us toor
!. Seven and quarter per cent. slupl
y interest per sHnum Is what tn
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