Show A WAR CLOUD The Italian Minister is j Recalled FROM WASHINGTON The Department of State i Surprised IT MAY BE A SERIOUS MATTER iBaron Fava Did Not Demand His Passport Humbert and Hndlni Are Incensed Over the New Oilcans Massacre Various Va-rious Comments WASHINGTON March 31 With an official cote dated to day Baron Fay Italian minis ter lias declared to his fcecretary of state that the United States government not having given assurance that the murderers of the Italian subjects acquitted by American magistrates and murdered in prison while under the immediate im-mediate protection of the authorities at New Orleans could be brought to justice the Italian government has found itself under the very painful necessity or showing openly its dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction bylrecalling the minister ot his majesty Irom a country where the Italian represent rep-resent alive is unable to obtain justice The baron will soon leave the United States leaving leav-ing the secretary of legation in charge of only current affairs This action by the Italian governmen it caused the deepest surprise In omcial circles liere when the fact became Known I had generally been upposed the Italian govern would at least wait the action of the New Orleans grand jury which is charged with the investigation of the bloody tradegy at the New Orleans jail It appears however that Information Infor-mation from its representative must have lead The government to the conclusion that the grand jury investigation would fail to result in I I the punishment or even indictment of any per ton connected with the killing of the Italians The letter of Governor Nicholls in reply to Secretary Blame was also he thought regarde evasive of the real point at issue Kepar I atition for analleged wrong and the governors nssurauce that further bloodshed would not i ii unuccompaDea I ny excuse as to the aJure of the state or municipal authorities to take precautions to prevent killing was it is d regarded by the Italian government Wjth extreme dissatisfaction It dissatsfaction I appeared the United States government had exhausted its resources The relations between the national government resoures natonal goerment and the governments of the states were so Used liylhe American constitution that when 1ed Italian minister obeying the commands ofhls government sought for some assurances that tlii persons concerned in the killing of Its sub 3 TI s would be punished it was not possible Tor the general government t give any definite assurance of tne kid I could and did point I tj the fact that the grand jury was an Amen can provision for calling before the bar Aer rice persons who had violated the law of the land together But under this particular the laws grand of jury the was called save mgn state of Louisiana and whether or not it would punish according to the Italian idea justice Italan was something no na tional official from the President down could guarantee and the Italian guarntee Italan government was not satisfied with such views With the relations between the state and national government and thc peculiarities of natonal goerment sys tem of government it had nothing to do but it was necessary according to its views that Italian citizens 1 foreign countries should be accorded the full measure of protection fixed liy the laws of these countres protecton fxed case where according to the statement of the minister Italian subjects had been arrested on arresed n charge of crime and acquitted by an Ameri I can jury according to the forms of American I law These men were decided innocent by a judicial tribunal and had been slain by an angry people The Italian government could not go behind the verdict of an American court and notwithstanding i was stated in curt some quarters that the men were really guilty of rfaly guity ofV oul assassination and had been acquitted by meano of bribery in the eye of the Italian gay byV ernment they were innocent Italian subjects In their violent killing the Italian people have been outraged and insulted The national Government of the United States had as stated failed to V give definite had stated faied any defnite I asuraace that reparation would bo made There was but one course and that was taken I today when the Italian minister notified Secretary Blaine he had been recalled because V Irs government was dissatisfied with the nego atons This is the Italian view of the matter mater There was commotion among the state depart sent officials when the fact became known that laronFaa had been recalled They did not linow 1 officially save the secretary before i the close of otllce hours for the secretary is confined at home again by a recurrence of his ola malady gout The secretary managed to I ftintoa carnage at 4 pm and drive to the WaiteHouse where he told the President all 1 That had occurred discussed future prospects prospects jeinamlng an hour then returned home ands I and-s not accessible State department officials upciined to aiicuss the matter as none of the officials cared to be quoted on their opinions as precedents were to be looked for before they could be ventured There was however a Funeral disposition to believe it dispositon t beleve would be a little matter and there was no idea the dogs o I war would be unloosed Fava has not demanded his passport as a t rst reported There were manvstns in dintn mary ana taougn euirni Distinctions ana small formalities appeared trivial in the public view pUblc they were really full of significance to eW the trained diplomatist A demand for passports is an extreme measure It Is taken when the war feeling runs high and a ministers person is In danger at the hands of the populace It Is also in a degree suggestive of a menace A recall re-call under tho circumstances of this cl case Is a serious matter There could be no attempt to clsculse the fact but it does not signify that mutual explanations and diplomacy can not restore re-store the old status Charge daffaires Marquis Imperial has been left i charge of the Italian legation to reverance of diplomatic relations cannot be regarded as complete Just what the status of tins official is cannot be known except tkrough hs official acts It is Mated he is i charge of current affairs 1 ay serious significance I attaches to the ministers recall this means 4 that the charge i to bo limited in his moanso to issuing passports instructing consular of I deere and other small matters In this case Jurther correspondence between the urher crlpondence govern 1L t nts of the United States and Italy inusttakc pisoo directly between Washington and Home Late this afternoon erroneous reports were in circulation respecting alleged outrages on American citizens in Italy Careful inquiry at the department of state fails to disclose more man two complaints of this character during the past six months In one case an American citizen while crossing the Piedmont boundary line was suspected of smuggling and when he i refused to allow the Italian customs officers to fenarch his carriage for contraband articles was I arrested and made bitter complaint In the other case an Italian returning from the United States was arrested lor alleged brigandage in I JM54 th appeared rUd consulting the records I I i that he had been included in the amnesty proclamation pro-clamation so he was released just as our state I I department d sioverert he had been fraudulently 1 naturalized m this country I can be stated positively that unless events take an nnforseen and improbable turn there will be no call Issued for an extra session of Congress and one of the most serious i effects of the incidents will be the probable postponement postpone-ment for an indefinite time of the Presidents proposed southern and western trip The view taken by the administration as it is understood is that this government has done all that could be done in the matter Even i it I lead complete legal jurisdiction in the case it could only assure the Italian government it would prosecute the persons guilty the attack on the Italians at New Orleans I could not assure the Italian government that it would I punish them as Italy desired that would be for the grand bUd petit jurors to determine The Italian government has been told that the President deplores the abhorrent occurrence and I that the government has taken steps to investigate inves-tigate the matter Part of this invosti t nt tl ivosU g ation was the ascertainment of the na t locality of the Italians killed and this has not yet been learned There is no proof whatever before the President or secretary of st state that 1 single Italian citizen was among he victims and such proof is absolutely necessary neces-sary preliminary to a fair demand for reparation Officers of the departmene of justice reparat9n i inquiring into this and other branches of these c the-se It i suspected in administration circles hat the recent charges in the Italian cabinet may have much to do with the present state of affairs The Marquis di RudinI is supposed t be open to the influence of popular clamor ando t and-o desire to achieve a reputation with the masses by catering to the demand of the hot headed clement of Italy At any rate it is felt the present state of affairs is only temporary and there is no disposition or intention to take any hasty action on the part of this government CertainlylMr Porter United States minister Italy will not be recalled and this government ivlll maintain a pacific attitude and abide by he developments of the future It i said by a gentleman who has had a large experience in the diplomatic affairs of ourjrov ernment that 1 declaration of war did not necessarily follow such action as that of the Italian government Tbere were many prece dents for it nearly all of which however were among European nations Through a better ucdjrstaudinjof diterencos that may exist or through the friendly intercession of a third power these difficulties are often adjusted without recourse to arms So far as is recalled there have only been a few instances where f foreign ministers to the United States have been recalled at the request of our government or have bean given their passports The first was the French minister Citizen Genet who was realled by the French govern ment at the request at the United states because ho was personally offensive to personaly ofensie his country The other case occurred at the imo of the war of 1812 with Great Britain when the minister of that country was given his passports pass-ports There are no cases recalled where min i isters of the United States to foreign countries have been given passports though there may have been one or more instances of this kind The prospects of war over the incident is ridiculed ridi-culed by this gentleman as also is the prospect of an extra session of Congress growing out of the same incident He suggested that a mis understanding may possibly exist as to the real nature of the letter of General Nicholls to Nichols Secretary Blame with resnec to the killing It is assumed Baron Fava sent the letter to his government and possibly that government may have interpreted it as the sentiment of the federal government in the case Nations he pointed out do not go to war in these times over small affairs tmes DRepresentativo Payson of Illinois speaking about the matter said there was no danger of war There is too much good sense in this country he said and it was to be presumed there difficulty also i in Italy to go to war over this Representative Cogswell of Massachusetts regarded the situation as one of gravity and de plored the lack of a navy suitable for the de nar fense of the country Officers of eountI navy said We told you so1 when asked how they viewed the matter For years past in the face of opposition and derision from members of Congress representing constituencies located in reprsentng of the country and in a position safe from outside attack they had persistently pointed out the need of a navy that would be a defense for the country Their co leagues in the army had beeged for coast defenses and yet here we arc with an international affair on our hands and but a mere skeleton afatr navy and maps of projected coast defensss at our back To wouldbe economists who have op posed their views these officers point to the French spoliation claims aggregating millions aggregatnf miions of dollars which we are just beginning to set tie and which found their birth in an incident somewhat like this In that case the United States government disregarded its treaty stipu lations and the French government recalled its minister and without a declaration recaled on either side for two years French menofwar preyed upon American commerce Fava to Sail Today NEW YORK March 31Dispatches from Washington to the newspaper 11 frogretso I alo America received from private sources ndicate I that Baron Fava will leave Washing ton tomorrow and sail for home The editor i laidtonight the recall of Baron Fava was de cided upon by the King and cabinet only after they had become convinced the administration o f President Harrison was unable to resent tho a llegeu insult offered in the letter of Governor Nicholls The editor said Baron Faa was not recalledfor personal reasons From private sources at ir Washington the ng Eco TJtalia B learned that Baron Pave had sent t telegrams all Italian consuls i the country The editor hes not been able to ascertain what V was the subject af the dispatches but presumed i t was formal notice of the barons recall What the TimesDemocrat Says NEW OBLEANS March 30The Thne Den V ocrat in an editorial referring to the recall of Baron Faa sys There was no question of any unfriendliness to Italy or Italians Eleven brigands and assassins were executed of whom nine were American citizens and two are said V to be subjects of the King of Italy It would nothave made the slightest difference had these latter two been Russians or any other nation ality for the race question did not enter into I the matter in the slightest degree The people I i of New Orleans rose to suppress an association of assassins What Louisiana Officials Say NEW ORLEANS March 31An Associated Press delegate called upon AttorneyGeneral Rogers to night and asked Rgers him for an expression of his opinion upon the recall of the Italian min ister and also the status of the case in so far as the legal department was concerned Judge Rogers said tho aspect of concered was un changed He was unable to say what the outcome out-come would be the matter is now entirely In the hands of the grand jury and entrely sub unti i milled its report he could not say what the line of prosecution would be The state of Louisiana I ho felt was fully capable enforcing its laws I There had been no new proceedings between the state and Secretary Blaine Not Secretar Baine a word has been received from Mr Blaine since Gov ernor Nichol wrote his reply and Governor Nicholls has sent no supplemental communica tion to tho state department Judge Rogers did not care t discuss the significance of the sigifcance recall of Baron Faa or the likelihood of hostil ities An Associated Press reporter called at the residence of Governor Nicholls but was in formed the governor was ill and could see no one News of the recall of the Italian minister Ialan when received was promptly posted on the bulletin boards and printed in newspacer extras Tne newspaper offices were surrounded by ciowds during the evening and the news was circulated from one end to the other There was nn much talc touching M possible International U U UU n uuuuuu UI nOStlUtles The prevailing sentiment here however is un changed respecting the act of the citizens in Ivcchmg the assassins Mayor Shakespeare this evening deemed i in advisable to make an extruded statement of his views at present He thought i the worst come to tho worst the United States would be fully able to protect the people Personally he apprehended no serious trouble and felt certain Italian ships of war could not possibly approach near enough to New Orleans to inflict injury upon her Equivalent to a Declaration of War NEW YanK March 31A oWashington snecial to the Commercial Advertiser This action on the part of the Italian Government is almost equivalent to a declaration of war or at least smells very strongly of gun powder It i likely that Concresswill be called together once and that preparations will be made to meet any contingency that may arise arse What the Editor of Lltalia Says CHICAGO March 31 Prominent Italians in Chicago discussed the reports from Washington tonight with much Interest Editor Durnnte lof If Italia said I do not believe the Italian government has recalled Baron Fava with any hostile intent Nor do I believe there is any danger of war As t what Italian citizens here would do in case of war I can not say I would not be willing t take up arms against my native country nor would L fight against my adopted one I the Italian government is mailing demands for some more active move melt toward reparation is only what might have been expected after the feeble letter of Governor Nicholls Dr Arolinl said in case of war he thought most of the Italians In the United States would re turn to Italy Ho does not however expect any trouble I A London View LONDON March 31The Herald says of the Italian matter that viewed from any point the action of the Italian government is as unxvar ranted ab it is hasty and extraordinary unar United States it Is hardly courteous and might be construed into an affront The Italian Colony Approves Favas Recall NEW YORK March 31The Italian paper 11 Progresso Italo Americana referring to the re call of Baron Fava says it i but tho natural consequence of tho opprobrious manner In which the state of Louisiana answered Secre tary Blaine of the weakness of the supreme federal authorities i the face of the arrogant q w j bearing of Governor Nicholls of the infamous and incredible impunity accorded to lynchers and the instigators of lynching In conclusion the editorial says Italy has done its duty and the colony has cordially approved I The editorial further declares the constitution constiution of the United States is ridiculous in according to the central power at Washington authority H to make treaties Wit u In case of violation by any state having the force to compel that state to maintain its obligation Thus the constitution con-stitution of the United States sets a trap into I which European governments may fall and promises what It cannot fulfill Bayard Treats the Matter Lightly WASHINGTON March ExSecretary of State Bayard treats the Italian matter lightly He said I Baron Fava had been recalled it is likely he did something to displease his government gov-ernment that he had simply been relieved This Is indicated by his leaving the secretary In charge of legation I Is absurd said Mr Bayard to regard the recall of the minister or miister the suspension of diplomatic relations as evi dence of war I |