The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
Official Correspondence Between
Mr. Blaine and the italian
Government Regarding the
New Orleans Affair.
The FURRY of Popular Excite
ment in Rome During the
Past Week Explained.
A Complete Answer to All of the Questions
Raised In the Last Note From the
Italian Premier.

The Secretary of State Maintains His
Original Attitude in Declaring That
tho Law VIII Take Its Course and Can
not BE HURRIED; That Indemnity win
Probably he Granted the Families of
the Men Killed at New Orleans in
Cases Where It Is Proven That Tho y
Were Italian Subjects and Entitled
Thereto; That the Federal Governme ent
Cannot Trespass Upon the Prerogatives
of the State which Now Controls the
Action in the Case.
WASHINGTON, April 10. - Secretary
Blaine's reply to Premier Rudini's last
official utterance respecting the Italian
incident was completed and handed to
Marquis Imperiah Marquis Imperiali's
last note, which includes the Rudini dis
patch, and Secretary Blaine's reply were
given to the press. The correspondence
reads as follows:
WASHINGTON, April 9, 1891.
Mr.. SECRETARY OF STATE-I hasten to
acknowledge the receipt of the note which
your excellency did me the honor to ad-
dress to me on the 1st inst i'm reply to that
whereby Baron Fava informed you of his
departure on leave. have laid the con-
tents of your excellency's aforesaid note
before the government of the king and his
excellency, the president of the council,
his majestys minister for foreign affairs,
has just directed me to address the follow
ing Communication to you:
'The government of the king Of Italy
has asked nothing beyond the prompt in
affuN dol
the regular channels. 1t would have been
absurd to claim the punishment of the
guilty parties without the warrant of
regular Judgment. The Italian govern
ment now repeats the same demand Not
until the federal government shall have
explicitly declared that the aforesaid pro-
ceedings shall be promptly begun can the
diplomatic incident be considered as
closed. Meanwhile his majestys govern
ment takes note of the declaration whereby
the federal government recognizes that an
indemnity is due to the families of the
victims in virtue of the treaty in force be-
tween the two Countries - / have, there
fore, the honor 10 bring the foregoing 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 cOnsidera-
ton. IMPERIALI.
Secretary BIaine's Answer.
WASHINGTON, April H. 1891.
The Marquis Imperiali Charge D'Af-
efaires:
SIR have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note dated Thursday,
April 2, 1891. II contains a second tele-
gram from the Marquis Rudini, part of
which | here quote: "The government of
the king of Italy has asked nothing be-
yond the prompt institution of judicial
proceedings through the regular channels.
1t would have been absurd TO claim the
punishment of the guilty parties without
the warrant of regular judgment. The
Italian government now repeats the same
ment shall have explicitly declared that
the aforesaid proceedings shall be
promptly begun can the diplomatic Incl
dent be considered as closed" This gov
ernment certainly had no desire whatever
to change the meaning of the Marquis
Rudini's telegram of March "a 1t was
delivered at the state department by Baron
Faya in person, written in his own hand
and expressed in the English language.
The following is the full text of the tele-
gram:
ROME, March "a, 1891.
Italian Minister, Washington.
Our requests TO the federal government are
very simple. Some Italian subjects, acquitted
BY the American magistrates, have been mur-
dered in prison while under the immediate
protection of the authorities. OUR RIGHT,
rHnREFoRE, TO DEMAND AND OBTAIN THE
PUNISHMENT or THE MURDERERs AND AN IN
DEMNITY FOR TIN VICTIMS Is UNQUEsTIoSA-
BLE | wish to add that the public opinion in
Italy is justly impatient, and 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 where
he is unable to obtain justice.
LSigned.l RUDNI.
Tho ,,orJa ,,nda,soorod oro ,,xo,;,o1..
those which | quoted in my former note,
and / am directed by the president to ex-
press the satisfaction of this government
with the very material qualification 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 2 in
these words; Meanwhile his majesty's
government takes note of the declaration
whereby the federal government recog-
nizes that an indemnity is due TO the fam
llies of the victims in virtue of the treaty
in force between the two countries" II
the Marquis Rudini will carefully exam
inc my note of April l, he will discover
that | did not recognize that an indem-
nifty is due to the families of the victims
in virtue of the treaty In force between
the two countries" What did say was
in answer to Baron Fava's assertion that
she United States government refused TO
take this demand for indemnity into con-
sheraton. l quote my reply: "rhe
United States, so far from refusing, has
distinctly recognized the principle of in
to those Italian subjects WHO MAY
HAVE BEEN WRONGED BY A VIOLATION OF
THE RIGHTS SECURED TO THEM UNDER THE
TRATY WITH THE UNITED STATES CON-
CLUDED FEBRUARY 20, 1871"
The Marquis Rudini may be assured
that the United States would recompense
every Italian subject who might "be
by a violation Of a treaty" to
which the faith of the United States Is
pledged. But this assurance leaves unset
tied 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 decis-
ion. He now directs that certain consid-
erations on the general subject be submit
ted to the judgment of the Italian
government. As precedent Of great
value TO the case under discussion the
president recalls the conclusion main
tanned by Mr.. Webster in 1851, when he
was secretary of state under President Fill
more. In August of that year mob in
New Orleans demolished the building In
which the office Of the Spanish consul was
located, and at the same time attacks
were made upon coffee houses and cigar
shops kept by Spanish subjects Ameri-
can citizens were involved in the losses
which, in the aggregate, were large. The
supposed cause of the mob was the intelli-
gence of the execution of fiftv. Young
amcTlCaIls iii havana ana the DanIShmeng
TO Spanish mines OF nearly 100 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, as well as against the Spanish sub
jects, Don CalderOn De La Barca, the min
ister of Spain, demanded indemnification