| Show A MASTERLY STATE PAPER THE re reply p y of secretary blaine to premier regarding the difficulty that has baa arisen between the united states and italy on account of the new orleans tragedy appears among P our dispatches it is a clear forcible and logical state paper it covers the ground of the question in a way that to is at once statesmanlike and apparently unanswerable were it not for a slight vein of asperity which characterizes it the document would be almost perfect but its if general excellence to is so marked as to cause the reader to low lose sight eight of the fact that there to is in it scarcely Z enough of the spirit of conciliation this however is merely the result of k mr blaines Blai aes predilection for pol polemic ernic warfare for which he be has been greatly distinguished throughout bis bin entire public career the secretary of state concedes that in such auch a case as the one in controversy t tro versy between the two countries the institutions of this republic admit of a degree of federal interference this applies to the civil aspect of the subject aliens from countries with which this nation has haa treaty relations can when injured la in person or property by american citizens pursue the off offenders enders either in the state or federal courts as they themselves may elect under certain the general government may interfere by action of congress on representation of the chief executive when indemnity in cage case itis it is improperly denied by lower sources may ma be awarded the criminal part of the proceedings involving the punishment of those charged with perpetrating the offen gei against aliens must be con confined B u ed to the 0 operation of the laws of the several states it was broadly stated in the journals of this country that mr blaine intended to transmit in connection with his reply a large amount of data regarding the crimes crimea committed in this country hy by the secret society known as the mafia we discredited this report holding that the secretary had too much good judgment to in that way beg the question if any such statement shall be at any time necessary it must occur further on and then it would only be associated with a proved connection with the mafia of the sicilians killed in the new orleans prison this is no time nor occasion for indulgence in recriminations the shrewdness of mr blaikie projects at every point in the correspondence and no more conspicuously than in the following deftly worded qualification cation ll 11 therefore if it should appear that among those killed by the mob at new orleans there were some italian subjects who were residents of and domiciled cU edIn jn that city agreeably to to our trea italy and not in violation of our immigration laws lawa and who were abiding in the peace of the united states and obeying the laws thereof and of the state of louisiana etc the immigration laws of the united states forbid the landing of criminals on our shores abores it appears as if bob behind I 1 dd the secre qualifying clause there may be some important information in his possession which will prove that before the aliens killed at new orleans camato came to the united states they belonged to the criminal claw class if this can be proved then their entrance into this country was a breach of the laws of the republic and they had no legal right to be within its confines if so as the case develops the point will probably be raised that chat persons persona in that situation are not entitled to the protection of the laws and they would not come under the obligations of the I 1 international treaty at this stage of the question it looks as if the rupture between the two countries is likely to blow over without bloodshed the aspect has more of that nature now than it had a short time since |
