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Show The Fava Affair. A Vcvy Strange Case tn Which a Man is Charged with Electricity, ami Acts as a Magnet Other Selected Items from Ou Kxckauges. Tim FAVA AFFAIR. ' Rome, April 2 The newspaper to' dav give more importance to the Fava aflair.biit treat the matter with the great est moderation It is felt Blaine's actions have been directed tow ard avoidance of dangerous complications for the federal administration and thetelore, that the withdrawal of Baron Fava's was inevitable. inevi-table. Minister Porter continues to display the greatest activity, bidding I'.'equent interviews with Marquis di Rndini. The Don Chiseotlc tic.'a Mancia advocates ad-vocates the abolitation of the Italian legation at Washington on the ground that it is useless to continue relations with a state which is only capable of insuring in-suring impunity for assassins. I )odge City, April 2. The following message was sent to New Orleans to- and the United States should maintain the friendly relation which have heretofore hereto-fore existed. There is no reason whatever what-ever to fear that the present unhappy mistindei3tanding will seriously interter with these relations. To speak of war as a probability is utter folly; to announce it as even a possibility is to indulge in uii' warranted hyperbole. The use ol ironclads iron-clads is nut to be thought ot in these ! days until the uttermost resources of diplomacy di-plomacy have been exhausted. If Italy made rise of the New Orleans incident to recall a minister w ho was not exactly to liking as has been hinted, we need only say that it was an imprudence to be regretted, because it seemed to corroborate cor-roborate the rumor that she was gravely offended and, as we think, without cause If, on the other hand, the new Italian i premier, Rudini, was acting uuder the pressure ol a hotheaded populace and forced to acts of rashness not approved bv cautions or conservative statesmen, then we must conclude Italy is making a precedent which site would be sorry to have F.uropean powers follow in respect re-spect to herself. To impetuously recall a minister accredited to trie United Slates while friendly diplomatic discussion is pending and before we have shown any disposition to evade our duty i very far Irom a friendly act.and we nave rm doubt the premier will see when the affair assumes as-sumes a calmer aspect that if ether party has a right to make a complaint it is we and not her." "!ht: ... , kt "T j the Mayor and citizens of New Orleans. "The people of Dodge City, Kansas, in convention assembled, say to the people of Crescent City that 1,000 .able-bodied .able-bodied men spoken for by resolution, are ready to go to Louisiana and shoot, if called upon by the government and Italy's hostile attitude demands it.' New York April 2. The Editor of the Jxod' Italia has received a dispatch from Fava stating he w 11 sail for home Saturday. New York April 2. The Sun prints the following from Washington late to-night ThcSWcorrespondaut received from a high official authority a true explanation of the course which Italy has pursued in the first recalling Minister Fava and threatening war. and then admitting by dispatch from Rudini to lmnenalh to " " nKht that secretary Blame has all alomr been ready to make proper 1 operations for the killing d the Italians, and that Italy's actions have been too hasty. 1 he explanation is that from the time when Baron Fava fust received instructions to present his letters' of recall until the day he did so, he was urging his government to delay taking such an important step and holding outpro nises ol -in aimcab!e settlement. This course he followed for nine cr ten days. On Tuesday he was peremptorily ordered to delay no no longer and thereupon presented his instructions to .Secretary Blaine. On his return to his apartwietieiu he was astound the Jrioune says ii me Italian kjv-ernment kjv-ernment shall stop at the point to which it has now gone in its suggestive proceeding pro-ceeding to bring the American people to its view of their duty no great harm will be done. American good natare is proof against the mere withdrawal of the Italian minister, whatever message his government intended this to deliver. Such reperation as the facts calf for when thev are fully ascertained and as the fed eral government in the nature of its functions cm give.will be fully rendered It is apparent on the face of the Italian demand, however, that it goes too far. Italy is concerned only with those of the murdered persons who were her subject and they at most, are only three. For them she was by trearty. entitled to required re-quired that protection,, and only that, which the United States gives to its own citixeus, and sudden and unforseen violences vio-lences having been done upon these three Italians, she is entitled to tfehwnd that satisfaction, and only that, which the law afford American citizens similarly similar-ly wronged. That the New Orleans mob overcame the local officers and involved us to an international difficulty was for us simply a misfortune. But when a government gov-ernment lends itself tor reasons ot political politi-cal expediency to be the voice of excited and unreasonable crowds, and in order to retain office actiually sacrifices the rights and feelings uf a friendly nation, it commits a grave wrong and renders tlx question of how for such influences are likely to lead it in one of pressing moment.'' ed to nncl a camesratii inr.uu.i,iiS ...... to withhold the letter until the reception ot lurther orders. It was too late, however, how-ever, as the news of his recall had been officially promulgated and spread world wide. The date of this inopeiated telegram tele-gram shows it was decided upon after the return of Pemier Rudini to Rome, and after his interview with Minister Porter. It will be leniembered lhatRudini was absent from Rome for two ot three days during the pendency of negotiation been Baron Fava and Secretary Blaine, and while Minister Fava's appeals for delay listened to, it is therefore perform ed plain in the light of the explanation and the dispatch trom Rudini to Imperi-Ili, Imperi-Ili, and that Tuesday last the Italian government became convinced that it bad made a mistake and after two days reflection ihev determined that the course of wisdom was to officially amend it. New York, March 2 Superintendent of Immigration Weber says immigration from Italy is rapidly increasing, m fact it is leading all other countries. '1 he figures figur-es for March are Italy, 7,869; Germany, 7 0S7; Great Britian and Ireland, 4.386;. Hungary, 3,589;Austria. 3484;and Russia a 023. Total, 29,338. Sixteen hundred and seven Italian landed at the oarge office of-fice to dav. London, April, a In an interview today to-day Signor Bonacina. president of the Italian chamber of commeree in this city, and he regarded Baron Fava s actions act-ions as "somewhat precipitant. It was n mere flash in the pan, which would end in nothing." Signor Bonacina added' add-ed' "There is not much sympathy among Italians in London with the men who were lynched in New Orleans. The Italians here are of rtie opinion there is no donbt ihe men charged with the mur tier of Chief Hennessey were guilty. Still, they say, if the lynchers go unpunished, un-punished, respectable Italians in the United States are cot sale." Washington, April 2. -The spirit of war has invaded the far west, and the first offer of volunteers for service m case of trouble with Italy came to hand to-day in the shape of the following telegram. Bouider, Mont., April 2. "To the Secretary of War. "We hereby tender you 500 mountaineers mountain-eers from Jefferson county. Montana, in case of war with the Ital an government. (Signed) "James T. Stewart. Berlin, April 2. -The Fava affair occupies occu-pies all the papers here. Conservative and National Liberal papers regard the conduct ol Rudini as correct. 1 he radi cals think he may be to hasty. A d:plo-..,;.. d:plo-..,;.. in hi interview to-day said he booed the withdrawal of Baron Fava would leave-theWashington government unmoved and would punish only the Italian themes. rSnecial to The Herald Examiner Dis patch New York, April 2 -1 tie Ht,d says; There is every reason why ltalj |