Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-16
ROYAL LEGATION OF ITALY. &
WASHINGTON, d. C., April >, 1871



the note which your eXcellency did me
the honor to address to me on the lst in
slant, III reply TO that whereby Baron Fava
informed you of his departure. On leave,
! have laid the contents of Your eNcellency'S
aforesaid note before the government of the
king and his eNcellency, president OF the
council his maieSty'S minister of foreign
affairs has just directed me TO address the
following communication to you: The
government of the king of Italy has asked
nothing beyond the prompt institution of
judicial proceedings through the regular
channels. 1t would nave been absurd to
claim punishment of the guilty parties
without the warrant of regular judgment.
The Italian government now repeats the
same demand, and not until the Federal
government SHAH have explicitly declared
that the aforesaid proceeding shall be
promptly begun will this diplomatic Incl
dent be considered as closed Meanwhile
HIS MAJEsTY's GOVERNMENT
takes note of the declarations whereby the
Federal government recognizes that indem-
nifty is due to the families of the victims, in
virtue of treaty IL force between the two
countries. =
l have therefore, the honor to bring the
foregoing 10 the knowledge of your excel
lency, and l avail myself of this occasion to
offer the secretary of state assurances of my
highest and most respectful consideration.
[Signed lMPHRIALI
To his eXcellency, James G. Blaine, sec
rotary of state.
BLAINE'S REPLY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, April Il, 1891.
To the Marquis Imperiali Charge d Affairs,
etc, etc.
Il have the honor to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your note, dated Thursday, April
., 1891. 1t contains a second telegram from
the Marquis Rudini, part of which 1 here
quote:
The government OF the king of Italy has
asked nothing beyond the prompt institu-
ton of Judicial procedure, through the reg
ular channels. 1t would have been absurd
to claim the punishment of the gully par
ties without the warrant of regular judg
ment. The Italian government now re-
peats the same demand and not until the
Federal government shall have explicitly
declared that the aforesaid procedure
shall be promptly begun will this diplo-
matte incident be considered as closed"
This government certainly has no desire
whatever to change the meaning of Mar
quis Rudini's telegram of March "A. 1t was
delivered at the state department by Baron
Fava personally, written in his own hand
and expressed in the English language. The
following is the full text of the telegram:
RUDINI'S TELEGRAM.
ROME, March %, 1891.
To the Italian Minister al Washington:
In our request to the Federal government
are very simple. Some Italian subjects,
acquitted by American magistrates. have
been murdered in prison, while under IN
mediate protection of the authorities. Our
right. therefore, to demand and obtain the
punishment of the murdererS and an in
demnity for the victims is unquestionable.
l wish to add that public opinion in Italy is
justly impatient, and If concrete provisions
ral- I CHI
in the painful necessity of showing openly
our dissatisfaction by recalling the minis
ter of his majesty from the country which
is unable to obtain justice.
[Signedl RUDINI
THE DEMAND.
The words underscored are precisely
those which I quoted in my former note
and l am directed by the president to i'm
press the satisfaction of this government
with the very material qualification of the
demand made by Marquis Rndini on behalf
of the Italian government. You quote in
YOUR note another part of Marquis Rudini's
telegram of April 2, in these words:
meanwhile his majesty's government
takes note of the declaration whereby the
Federal government recognizes that in
demnity is due TO the families OF the VIC
tins in virtue of treaties in force between
the two countries"
If Marquis Rudini will carefully examine
my note of April l he will discover that
did not recognize that indemnity is due
to the families of the victims in virtue of
treaties in force by the two Countries
What 1 did say was in answer to Baron
Favas assertion that the United States
government refused to take this demand
for indemnity into consideration. quote
my reply
THE UNITED STATES,
so far from refusing, has distinctly recog-
nized the principle of indemnity to those
Italian subjects who may have been
wronged by violation of the rights secured
to them under the treaty with the United
States, concluded February %, 1891.
The Marquis Rudini may be assured that
the United States would recompense every
italian subject who might be wronged by a
violation of the treaty TO which the faith of
the United States is pledged; but this as
surance leaves unsettled the important
question as to whether the treaty has been
violated. Upon this point the president,