Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-31
HIS CAREER CLOSED.
Exit of Baron Fava, Italian Am-
 bassador at Washington.
The Record He Made in This Coun- try Is Not an EnviabIe One-Up- holder Of the Vicious Pa-
 drone System.
Especial Washington Letter.1

Especial Washington Ietter.I
 TSHE diplomatic representatives
 of all nations now located in
 our national capitol, and all of the leading statesmen of our republic, are publicly expressing regret that Baron de Fava, the Italian ambas- sador, has been recalled from the em- bassy here and required to return to Rome.
 How much sincerity there is in all this ado about Fava may be understood when facts take place of fancies, and naked truth is placed upon the pedes- tai usurped by fiction.
 In the first place be it known that the Italian government fosters the immigration of the paupers of Italy to this land of the free. Because of Italian official promotion of the padrone system, or because of official connivance in encouragement of that system, tens of thousands of Italian paupers have been annually sent to America, until the total amounts to hundreds of thousands. This country protects itself against invasions from China; bars out the honest industrl- ous slaves of the six companies; and encourages the slaves from Italy who come here to toll for memorable mas ters.
 Although it is announced that Baron Fava has been recalled at his own re- quest, it is known that his going has been accelerated by the fact that for many years past there has been some complaint on the part of officers of the United States government that Baron Faya was not inclined to do anything toward breaking up the padrone system among the Italians ln this country. On the contrary, the immigrant officers in New York and elsewhere have complained repeatedly that whenever they have attempted to break up the padrone system the principal offenders invariably have ap- pealed to the Italian am bassador, and on all occasions Baron Fava has used his official position to protect these traffickers in the flesh and blood of Italian paupers. Moreover, it has long been known to well-informed news gatherers in this city that reports of, treasury officials demonstrated that the Italian government favored the padrone system, and that Baron Faya encouraged the immigration of num- berless men, women and children who served in slavery in our cities for certain number of years after their arrivaIin this "land of the free.'
 These conditions became so notori- ous at last that it was impossible to longer cover the facts, so that Italian societies in New York and other large cities took up the matter and pre- sented it in such a strong light be- fore the new king of Italy that the recall of Baron Fava was inevitable. Whether the villainous padrone sys- tenn is now to be broken up remains to be seen.
 It seems pity that Celso Caesar Moreno could not have lived a few months 1onger,,in order that he might have witnessed the departure of Baron Fava-as a fruition of the work of poor old Moreno against the enslave- ment of his Italian countrymen. He had been rich and powerful, but he died here last March in humble cir cumstances. He was or had been con- cerned in many controversies, one of which was over the management of the Italian exhibits at the Philadelphia exposition. This quarrel, which in volved Secchi de Casali, of New York, was waged for many years, long be- yond the time when the public ceased to have any interest in it one way or the other. He was very vigorous for many years in trying to break up the