The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-22
u. S. REVIEWS
DEMANDS IN 2ND . j. ):
NOTE Il TO AUSTRIA
Country wifi Not Agree to Points In
volved in the Sinking Of the
~ Ancona. '..:. ii
MESSAGE EXTREMELY BRIEF /
AND FRIENDLY IN TONE
Leaves No Doubt of the Determine
ton That Reparation Must Be
Made for American Lives.
MESSAGE EXTREMELY BRIEF
AND FRIENDLY IN TONE

Made f0r American Lives.
Washington, Dec 22.-The United
States will not argue with the Aus
tria points involved in the sinking
of the Ancona. In the second Amer
lean note to the Vienna government
made public by the state department
today when it was delivered to For
eign Minister Burian in Vienna, this
government states that it must ssre-
new the definite but respectful de-
mands made in it's communication
of the 9Th Of December"
Leaves No Doubt.
This, note, extremely brief, is
friendly in tone, but leaves no doubt
of the determination that Austria
shall make reparation for the Amer
lean lives lost and punishment of the
Austrian submarine commander
whose 'culpability is in: any case
established" and whose act, details
of which were given in the Austrian
admiralty statement is held to be
"willful violation of the rules of in
ternational laws and the principles Of
humanity.''
Considers Note.
'' Addressed to Ambassador Penfeld,
the note follows:
Department of State, WASHINGTON,
Dec. 19, 1915-You are instructed to
address note to the Austro- -Hungar-
ian minister of foreign affairs, text
ually as follows:
''The government of the United
States has received the note Of your r.
excellency relative to the sinking of
the Ancona, which was delivered at
Vienna on Dec. Is, 1915, and trans
mitted to Washington and has given
the note immediate and careful con-
sideration. IT,. $500. 4
AAu1A10 AVA pCuOAuS.
"On Nov. Is, 1915, Baron Zeied-
inek, the charged 'affaires' of the i'm
perial and royal government at
Washington, transmitted to the de-
partment of state, a report of the
Austro-Hungarian admiralty with re-
gard 20 the sinking of the steamship
Ancona, in which it was admitted
that the vessel was torpedoed after
her engines had been stopped and
when passengers were still on board.
This admission alone is, in the view
of the government of the United
States, sufficient to fix upon the COM
mander of the submarine which fired
the torpedo, the responsibility for
having wilfully violated the recog-
nized law of nations and entirely dis
regarded those humane principles,
which every belligerent should OBJ
serve in the conduct of war at sea.
In view of these admitted circumstan-
ces the government of the United
States feels justified in holding that
the details of the sinking of the An
coma in weight and character of the
additional testimony corroborating
the admiralty's report and the num-
ber of Americans killed or injured
are in no way essential matters of
discussion. The culpability of the
commander in any case established
and the undisputed fact is that cit
liens of the United States were kill
ed, injured, or put in jeopardy by his
lawless act.
Will Not Debate Rules.
''The rules of international law and
the principles of humanity, which
were-thus wilfully violated by the
commander of the submarine have
been so long and so universally recog->
nized and are so manifest from the
standpoint of right and justice that
the government of the United States
does not feel called upon to debate
them and does not understand that
the imperial and royal government
questions or disputes them. -:
''The government of the United
States, therefore, finds no other course
open to it but to hold the imperial
and royal government responsible. for
the act of it's naval commander and
to reach the definite, but respectful
demand made in it's communication
of the sixth of December, 1915. 1t
sincerelys hopes that the foregoing
statement of it's position will enable
the imperial and royal government
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