Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-04-24
FOR RUDINI TO READ.
HE GETS LITTLE eATIeFAcTfoN
FROM UNCLE GAM. M

|11Vl 49, -
shotes II out Of the waY. 'ss
Mr.. Webster's correspondence % to the
Spanish riots in New Orleans, which 10
quoted in the reply, was memorable, but
Mr.. Webster oil through his dispatches
expressed On honest desire that the
peaceful relations existing between the
United States and Spain might not be
disturbed. There Is an entire absence Of
any such wish or expression In the reply
to the italian Government. The opinion
Is universal that tho Italian Premier dc.
served fully the castigation he receivcs
yet 1t Is doubtful Ii any two great
nations not Immediately contemplating
war ever before entered upon such q
fusillade OF absurd and unreasonable
demands on the ono hand and Of
caustic irony and derisive courtesy on
the other hand, as appear In this corro-
spondence. lmperiali's OPENING and GU
rious soft sawtler, In addressing the Sec
retary of State as sYOur Exceliencys
almost Overslladows the admission he
Immediately afterward makes that Ba-
ron Fava was not recalled, rs the Baron
himself gave out originally, but was
simply absent ION leave" This gives
Blaine chance t0 get back at Imperialt
and address him ~ full schargs
d'affaires,s instead of being simply the
officer left ain charge Of current busi-
ness" as was SO scdulously stated at the
outset of the trouble.
The Italian Government has not sus.
pended diplomatic relations by recalling
its Minister, though for home effect II.
has proclaimed that 1t has done 50. Tho
next and even moro important point
made is the showing from tho exact lam
guaee OF Rudini's original dispatch how
widely different his two demsnds--thc
one sent out from Rome and the one
now wanswered-were. Incidentally, Mr..
Blaine gets In . sarcastic allusion TO
Baron Fava's English. His quotstion
shows that ten years residence In Wash
Ington has not given the Baron greater
familiarity with the language than he
seems to have with the Institutions Of
the country. Noting tho different terms
employed In the dispatch which he is
| answering from those used In the dis.
patch previously received, he says his do
partment "has no desire to change" the
language of the original dispatch OF
March "a, which was delivered to him in
person by Baron Faya, Transcribed In
| English. Then he quotes that dispAtch
| with It's assertion OF 3 right TO demand
and obtain the punishm mt OF the muir
derers and an indemnity for their vic
Tins" Then follows this extraordinary
sentence, which the Secretary OF State
| mercilessly Quotes: II would add that
| the public opinion In Italy Is Justly
impatient, and II concrete provisions
were not at once taken should
find myself in the painful neces-
sity OF showing openly our dissatisea
tion by recalling the Minister OF his Mai
esty from country where he is unable
to obtain justice. Mr.. Baine, OF course,
cannot resist contrasting the original
demand with the subsequent cable dis
| patch stating that .'rhe government Of
Italy has asked nothing but tho prompt
institution Of judicial proceedings
through the regular channels" He dOes
not say that the Italian government has
| failed to carry out Its threat Of recalling
the Minister, but he addresses his reply
to Imperiali as "charge d atFaircs, show
Ing that he takes cognizance OF the fact,
| and then he proceeds to analyze other
portions Of the italian Minister'S second
dispatch.
| 1t seems that the summary as given
out from Rome. In violation Of all diplo-
matte usage, was correct In stating that
Rudini assumed the Secretary OF Stata
had promised indemnity for the families
OF tho victims. Mr.. Blaine shows that
| he had only recognized the principle oi
| indemnitys to those who had suffered Ii
| violation Of treaty obligations Finally,
| he puts 1t that II any OF the persons
| killed by the mob In New Orleans were
really italian subjects who were resi-.
| dent or domiciied In that city, agreesbly
| to our treaty with Italy and not Ia vfo.
4 lation Of our immigration laws and whs
were abiding In the peace Of tho United
States and obcying the laws thereof, 2
Government to show--then, In case the
\ State authorities had failed to prop.
erly protect them, the president would
| under such circumstances feel that
. case was established that should
be submitted to the consideration
| Of Congress" Only this and nothing
more. II Is very strongly suspected thst
the preliminary abstract OF tho report
prepared by United States District Az
tOrney Grant, Of New Orleans, will dis
| close that oil the men killed except tive
or three were nsturalized citizens, an6
1 that these two or three were Italian ban
! dts who had como here In violation Oi
/ our naturalization laws, and for whom ths
1 ltslian Government has therefore no right
| OF reclamation. This correspondence
will leave the Rudini mintstry In critt
cal position before Its own people, but Il
is generally conceded here that the
| italian Government has brought the
situation upon itself BY bluff and blustef
and jingoism, What effect the publica-
! tion OF this correspondence may have
upon the critical, threatening attjtnd4