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Show TIIEHtril. Tho Order to Pat It Diss Creates Diplomatic DIBlcnlllr. Washington, Xov. 0. The ac tion of the mayor of New Oriean-and Oriean-and of the citizens of that city In their eflorts to put down the Matin, which they charge is an Italian so ciety, organized for the urposo el assassinating, lias become tbe subject sub-ject of international conferences. This Is due to tbe fait that the recent re-cent order of tbe mayor is of sucb an extraordinary character as to leave no ground for the doubt thai it is the Intention of tbe citizens ol New Orleans to resort to violence to rid themselves of tho Italians as a whole if they shall not be successful In detecting aud punishing tht-autborof tht-autborof nhat they call the conspiracy. con-spiracy. It happens that the Italian consul at New Orleans is the brother of the present Itilian ralulster of foreign affairs. The consul has already notified bis brother of the situation and the attention of tho State Department De-partment lias been called to the matter. mat-ter. It is by no means improbable tiiat oncof the ITALIAN JIES-OF-WAn will soon be ordered to Xew Orleans to protect the rights of tho Italian citizens If they should be molested A precedent has been cttablliheo for this by Great Britain, when the British gunboat Jlulichg was anchored an-chored oil" New Orleans to protect British subjects at the time when tho White Lcigue endeavored to Overthrow the Kellogg government. Tho Italians at that time were among tlioco who were co-operating with the White League to put down republican rule, aud the situation in which they now Cud themselvee h In a great lneaMiru the result of poetic justice. At that time a band of Italians' marched through the streets of New Orleans, heavily armcd,declariug,so far as they could through their Italian mottoes, that they were in favor of a pure ballot. As a matter of fact, the greater portion por-tion of them could not read the English language. The records of the courts at that time showed that 1500 Italians were naturalized on the sworn testimony of only two democrats. demo-crats. Tbe estimared ITALIAN l-OPCLATTON in Xcw Orleans is 10,900. Among them arc a few who rank as the wealthiest citizens of New Orleans. They naturally do not like to be placed in the position in which they are placed by tho proclamation of the mayor of that city, and they do not relfeh the Invitation which has been extended by the municipal au-tnoritlrs au-tnoritlrs there to expote all Italian and all their property to lawictsnes heraute of tho criminal act of a few outlaws. Under tlieec circumstances au appeal ap-peal has been made through the Italian Consul to tbe State Denart. ment for Intervention on the part of tbe United States government. The claim will be made that the action of the New Orleans authorities is In violation of International law, and that it is incuml vnt upon the United States authorities to intervene to protect. Whether or not any case can lo made out which will warrant such intervention can only be determined deter-mined when the Investigation shall have been made in due form. |