St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-16
REGRETTED BY BLAINE.
The Secretary Telegraphs the Gov
ernor of Louisiana.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-BarOn de
Fava, the Italian minister. to-day form
ally brought to the attention of the
president the slaughter of the Sicilian
prisoners in the parish Jail at New Or
leans yesterday. AS a result, Secretary
Blaine sent the following dispatch to
Gov. Nichols this evening:
ut has been represented to the presl-
dent by the minister OF Iialy accredited
to this government that among the vic
tins of the deplOrable massacre which
took place in the city of New Orleans
yesterday were three or more subjects
of the king of Italy. Our treaty with
that friendly government (Which under
the constitution is the Supr ne law of
the land) guarantees to the Italian sub
| jects domiciled in the United States the
most constant protection and security
| for their persons and prnpprty-making
them amenable OH the same basis as
our own citizens to tine laws of the
| United States and of the several
states in their due and orderly adj
ministration. The president deeply
regrets that the citizens of New
Orleans should have SO disparaged
! the purity and adequacy of their own
| judicial tribunals aS to transfer to the
passionate judgment of mob ques-
! ton that should have been adjudicated
| dispaSslOnatelY ana by settled rules of
law. The government of the United
/ States must give TO the subjects of
friendly powers that security which it
| demands for our own citizens when
| temporarily under foreign jurisdic-
ton. 1t is the hope of the president
| that you will cooperate with him in
maintaining the obligation OF the United
| States towards the Italian subjects who
may be within the paris Of the present
excitement, that further blOOdshed and
violence may be prevented, and that all
offenders against the law may be
promptly brought to Justice"
| Baron de Fava, in a dispatch to Mar
quiS di Rudini, the Italian premier,
states that he has protested against the
inaction of the local officials in New
Orleans, and that Mr.. Blaine. the
| American secretary of state, expressed
| horror at the acts of the New Orleans
mob, promising that he would immedi-
| ately take the orders of the president in
| the matter. and that the decision would
| be communicated to the Italian govern
| mPnt.
| The telegram which Secretary Blaine
| sent to Gov. Nichols was the result of a
conference between the president and
| the secretary about l O'Clock this after
noon. Baron Fava, the Italian minister,
having previously called OH Secretary
! Blaine and earnestly protested against
| the killing OF his c0untrymen, demand
| ing at the same time protection for all
other Italians in New Orleans.
| The minister protested against the
| conduct of the local authorities of New
| Orleans, who, he said, not only failed to
prevent the meeting. which had been
| publicly announced two days before was
| intended to be of character hostile to
the Italians, but also held an attitude
| purely passive during the massacre OF
| the Italians in the Jail. He proceeded 10
| make an appeal that the good offices of
the federal government be eXerted to
! call the attention of the New. Orleans
| authorities to what he termed their
strict duties in the interest of ius-
tice and of civilization. to protect, ac-
| cording to treaty stipulations, the
lives of sthe Italians who are
! still menaced. and to deliver TO justice
| t e ''culpable authors, accOmpliceS and
instigatorS of yesterdays massacre
The minister said also in his formal
protest that he was obliged also To re-
serve for his government the right TO
demand any and all other rcparation
! that his government might Judge TO be
fitting and necessary. The minister
| moreover made an earnest appeal to the
! traditional friendship between the two
countries, as well as to the sentiment of
| justice of the president and of the sec
| retary of state in order to secure the aid
and assistance of the federal admins
| tration to put an end to the present re-
| gretable state Of affairs. Ii was after
| these statements had been put in writ
ing that the president instructed Sec
| retary Blaine to send the telegram to
| Gov. Nichols.
Baron Fava, the Italian minister.
could not be found tonight at his home,
and at the Italian legation absolute ret
icence on the subject was preserved.
Among congressman and diplomats
| who have given such matters some at
| tention, it is not thought that the mas
sacre of the several Italian subjects can
become matter for international con-
| sideration or complication between
Italy and the United States. The men,
| it is said, were not murdered as Italians,
and the only reparation that can be ob-
| tanned is possibly damages by the wives
| or relatives of the dead Italian sub.
| jects from the municipal government of
| New Orleans for not protecting the per-
! sons of viduals-aliens-wh at the
time they met their death. were tempo
rarily. atleast, in the custody OF the