Show 1 COURTS MUST EXECUTE LAW Lynching Must Not be Tolerated in a I Great Civilized Country In my last message I referred at considerable length to the lynching l of fIve Italians at Tallulah Notwithstanding j J Notwith-standing the efforts of the Federal Government the production of evidence tending to Inculpate the authors of this grievous offense against our clvlllza I ton and the repeated inquests set on l foot by the authorities of the State of Louisiana no punishments have followed fol-lowed Successive grand juries have failed to Indict The representations of time Italian Government in the face of this miscarriage have been most temp crate and just Setting the principle at Issue high above all consideration of merely pecuniary pe-cuniary Indemnification such as this Government made In tho three previous pre-vious cases Italy has solemnly Invoked the pledges of existing treaty and asked that the Justice to which she la entitled en-titled shall be meted in regard to her I unfortunate countrymen In our territory terri-tory with the same full measure she i herself would give to any American were his reciprocal l treaty rights contemned con-temned temnedWHAT WHAT HE RECOMJMEN DS I renew the urgentrecommendations I made last year thatCongress appropriately appro-priately confer upon the Federal courts jurisdiction Int his class of International Interna-tional cases whefjC the ultimate rc sponslbilltyof the Fcderal l Government inny be involved ahd I Invite acton upon theblllsdo accomplish tills which I were Introduced the Senate and House Incumbent upointhls to remedy reme-dy the statutory qmislon whlch has led and ma > again leadtosuchruntoward I results l have polnte to8UCJ the necessity neces-sity and the precedent for legislation I of this character Its enactment Is a simple measure1 of pieyisory l Justice toward to-ward tho nations with which wo as 3 sovereign o < uttl iwike treaties requiring requir-ing reciprocal observances PROVISION FOR INDEMNITY 11TY While the Italian government natur ally regards audh action as tho primary and Indeed the most essential essen-tial element In the disposal of the Talluluh incltfcnt 1 advise that In accordance with precedent and In view of the impidbability of that particular par-ticular case being reached by the bill now pendinG Congress nmake gracious provision Indemnity to the Italian sufferers lnthp same form and proportion propor-tion as heretofore ton SUBJECT OF LYNCHING In my Inaugural address I referred to the general subject of lynching In these words Lynching must not be tolerated In r prcat mid civilized country like the united States court not mob1 must pxccuto tho penalties of this law Tho preservfttlon of public order tho right ot illsoufiElon the Intcfrrlfy oC courts and thu orderly administration of Justlde must continue forever therock of safety upon contnuo upn I which our Government securely rests Thia I most urgently reiterate and again invite tho attention of my countrymen I coun-trymen I to this reproach > upon our civilization I alon r |