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settlement of Claims.

The pending claim of R. H. May against

the Guatemalan government has been set

tled by arbitration, Mr. George F. B.

Jenner, British Minister at Guatamala,

who was chosen as sole arbitrator, having

awarded $143,750.73 in gold to the claim

ant.

Various American claims against Haiti

i have been or are being advanced to the

resort of arbitration.

As the result of negotiations with the

‘government of Hondurzs in regard to the

indemnity demanded for the murder of

Frank H. Pears, in Honduras, that gov

ernment has paid $10,000 in settlement of

the claim of the heirs,

The assassination of King Humbert

called forth sincere expressions of sorrow

from this government and people, and oc

casion was fitly taken to testify to the

Itallan nation the high regard here felt

for the memory of the lamented ruler,

Lynching of ltalians in Louisiana.

In my last message I referred at consid

erable length to the lynching of five Ital

ans at Tallulah. Notwithstanding the ef

forts of the Federal government the pro

duction of evidence tending to inculpate

the authors of this grevious offense

against our civilization, and the repeated

inquests set on foot by the authorities of

the State of Louisiana, no punishments

have followed. Successive grand juries

have failed to indict. The representations

of the Italian government in the face of

this miscarriage have been most tem

perate and just.

Setting the principle at issueshigh above

all consideration of merely pecuniary in

demnification, such as this government

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The Washington weekly post. (1900). Washington, D.C., 1900-12-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87062234/1900-12-04/ed-1/?sp=7

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington weekly post, 1900-12-04.