Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-18
u. S. TO DISPATCH
NEW ANCONA NOTE
WITHOUT DELAY
Will Vigorously Renew De-
mands Made in First
Communication.
FORM TO BE APPROVED
BY PRESIDENT TO-DAY
Austrian Reply Declared to
Be Unacceptable and
Unsatisfactory.
rs CONSIDERED BY CABINET
Vienna Reported as Anxious to Avoid
Any Break With America
Over Issue.
FORM TO BE APPROVED
BY PRESIDENT TO-DAY
IS CONSIDERED BY CABINET
Any Break With America
Over Issue.

WASHINGTON. December 1T.-The
United states prepared late to-day to
dispatch II second note to Austria
Hungary on the sinking of the Italian
steamship .\mcona. The communication
Will vigorously renew the demands
made in the first note; none OF them.
according to an Official announcement
by Secretary Lansing. having been
complied with by the Austro- Hun
garian Foreign Office
The President Will approve the form
the second note shall take tomorrow
in conference with Secretary Lansing.
The secretary will then act without
further suggestion from the President
who will leave Washington tomorrow
night on his wedding trip. Should the
secretary determine, however that the
further counsel of the President is
necessary. he will go to wherever the
executive may be. Should the situation
become still more acute. the President
may he forced to shorten his honey
moon aud return Ia Washington
From authoritative Teutonic
source came the Information tonight
that the Vienna government had no de-
sire TO bc the cause of diplomatic rcla-
tons between Austria Hungary and the
United states being severed It was
said that If ths second note left an
avenue for it. thcN Foreign Office would
probably sec tit to agree to all the de-
mandS made by the United States.
PROBABLN WILL BE STARTED
Ri MONDAY AFTERNOON
The second note will be cablcd to
Ambassador Penticld for presentation
to the vienna Foreign Office at the
earliest possible moment II is con-
sidered probable that it will he started
by Monday afternoon
1t has been determined. it was said
Tonight. that the note Will rcstate the
position OF the views of The United
States cmpha tically. that it will be
even moro vigorous THAI the first note,
which WAS tho most drastic of all the
diplomatic communications the United
states has sent during the present war.
The official text OF the Austrian reply
was considered to-day by the President
and his Cabinet. Apparently. the Of
fetal version contained nothing which
made its meaning radically different
from the unofficial version cablcd i'm
news dispatches from London. After
the Cabinet meeting MIR. Lansing an
nounced that none of the demands made
by the United States had been acceded
to. 1t was explained that tho reply
suggested further communication on
the subject and more specific informa-
tion III support Of the charges made
by the United States
OFFICIAL TRA NSiATION
MAKES MEANING CLEAR
Official translation. MIR. Lansing said,
made the meaning OF the Austro Hun
Garian government perfectly clear.
The secretary prcviot sly had declared
the unofficial version to he vague
Slight changes caused 10y the variations
in translation existed between the two
versions, he said. after seeing the Of
fetal text, but the meaning. in broad
sense. was the sanhe.
Such a rcjoinder is unsatisfactory
and unacceptable to the American gov
crnmcnt. and Increases the gravity OF
the situation between the two nations.
In regard 10 the second note Secre-
tary lansing and officials were re-
ticcnt. 1t was said however. that the
United States might give some of the
facts asked for, though it would not,
under any consideration. enter into an
extended dis SESSiou OF details. Tho
United States expects its demands TO
hc promptly complied with. and such
u procra situation as officials consider
Austria Hungary exhibited IN answer
ing the original inquiry for inforna-
non. submitted soon after the Ancona
disaster. viii not he allowed to pass
without action