Mr. Uhl to Baron
Fava.
Department of State,
Washington, March 16,
1895.
My Dear Baron: I hasten to inclose for your
information a copy of a telegram which I have this day addressed to his
excellency the governor of Colorado, touching the recent occurrences at
Walsenburg, in that State.
Very truly, yours,
Edwin F. Uhl, Acting
Secretary.
[Inclosure 1—Telegram.]
Mr. Uhl to
Governor McIntire.
Washington, March 16,
1895.
Your telegrams in regard to the reported killing of certain Italians
at Walsenburg have been received, and I have communicated their
purport to the Italian ambassador, from whom I have a note
expressing his belief that the Federal Government will advise the
proper authorities of the State of Colorado to cause the persons
guilty of the murders to be brought before the courts. Our treaty of
1871 with Italy guarantees to Italian subjects in the United States
“the most constant protection and security for their persons and
property, and [that they] shall enjoy in this respect the same
rights and privileges as are and shall be granted to the natives on
their submitting themselves to the conditions imposed upon the
natives.”
Your dispatches show your appreciation of the duty incumbent on the
jurisdictional authorities to use every effort to secure to
Italians, and all others menaced by unlawful force, full protection
of life and property, and in case of wrongdoing against them that
the guilty parties will be apprehended, brought to trial, and, upon
conviction, duly punished. The assurance is gratifying to the
President that in the line of your responsible duty every legitimate
means at your command will be employed to protect the imperiled
subjects of a friendly power, and that justice will be visited upon
all who violate the law to their injury.
Edwin F. Uhl, Acting Secretary.
