The record-union., 1899-07-28
TALLULAH LYNCH1NG.
Italy will be Paid an Indsmnity
by the United States.

by the United States.
NEW YORK, July PA special to
the "Herald" : from Washington, says:
Italy will be paid an sSfndemnity for
the lynching of three Of the five Ital-
ians at Tallulah, La, and the State De-
partment will lay down the principle
once for all THAI an alien does not be-
come full-fledged citizen of the Unit
ed States until naturalization papers
have been formally issued to him.
OF course the State Department will
pursue the regular legal course for as
pertaining all the facts In connection
with the lynching, and there will doubt
less be considerable diplomatic cores
pondence between the two countries be-
fore the incident is closed. But State
Department officials appreciate that
there is no escape from the payment Of
the indemnity. No direct demand has
yet been made by Italy, but there have
been broad hints dropped in that di-
rection. The departments rulings on
the point of-eitizenship have not al
ways been uniform. Secretary Olney,
in his negotiations with ambassador
Fava in regard to the Hahnville lynch
ing case, originally took the ground
that when an alien had applied for cit
izenship he wae to all intents and pur-
poses an American citizen, and that
he had no claim for protection from
his native country. He did not in
writing change this. but the fact that
he recommended the payment of in
demnity, although done as a friendly
act, is considered pretty good indi-
~ no h S nj no
Approaching that an adherence to
the ruling originally made by Secre-
tary Olney might come back to plague
the United States, the authorities have
determined to hold that an alien does
not become a citizen of the United
States until naturalization papers have
been formally issued to him. "A
It is pointed out that if aliens who
have declared their intentions of be-
coming American citizens should re-
turn to any foreign country the United
States could not properly refuse them
a passport and protection in case they
got into any trouble.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The State
Department has received from Gov
ernor Foster of Louisiana preliminary
report upon the killing Of the five Ital-
ians at Vicksburg. The point of in
terest and Importance is the Governors
statement that he has been officially
advised that three of the men were
naturaliZed American citizens. This
statement is directly the reverse Of
the advices that come to the State De-
partment through the Italian Consul Of
New Orleans, who sent. agents into
the country to secure information on
this point.
Governor Foster records in his report
an earnest disposition on the part OF
the Sheriff Of Madison County, where
the affair occurred, to bring the per-
petrators of the killing. to justice and
| to lay all Of the facts before the Grand
Jury of the county. That body is not
at present in session, so it cannot un-
dertake to look into the case before the
next term of court. Meanwhile the
Sheriff himself promises to make a
! thorough inquiry and to report all the
facts to the Governor through the Dis
trict Attorney. ss1 14 lssl
All the facts set cut IN the report of
Governor Foster have been communi-
Gated to Count Vinchi here, and he
will in turn communicate. them to the
italian Foreign Office