New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21
U.S.FEARSNEW
U-BOAT DISPUTE
Relief Ships Loss and ST.
1ence on Frye Note
Disturbing.
AUSTRIA MAY GET
ANCONA DEMAND
Warning to Germany Held to
Make Attack Deliberately I'm.
friendly" II Unwarranted.
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Washington, Nov. 20.-Gravs appre-
hsnsion IL felt q. the State Department
Is 4 result Of the apparent renewal Of
submarine activity by Germany and
Austria A report to the department
to-day confirmed the rumor that the
Norwegian steamer Ulriken, bound
from New York to Rotterdam, with
wheat for the Belgian Relief Commits
sion, had been torpedoed, and that an
American was among the crew, but was
saved. This last Circumstance is not
held to mitigate the offence.
The departments information spe-
cifcaily states that the Clriken was
sunk without warning.
Reports brought 70 Amsterdam ear
lier in the week said that the Ulriken
was sunk near Gslloper Lights. To-
days dispatches say that the Ulriken
went down about thirty-five miles of
Harwich.
No Frye Reply Yet.
The renewal Of the submarine cam
paign is linked in the minds Of officials
with the fact that no answer has been
received TO the last American note, sent
on October ~, in the case of the sail
ing vessel William P. Frye. The note
agreed to the German proposal OF ar
bitration, pending which Germany was
TO have the privilege of destroying
American vessels carrying absolute con-
trabsnd, with the understanding that
lifeboats we're not 10 be considered
place Of safety" for passengers and
crew.
1t is believed that the German gov
eminent is reluctant to place itself on
record as either fsvoring or opposing
this Interpretation of the Declaration
of London, and will endeavor 20 post
pone as long as possible its answer on
the Frye question.
The Ancona case is the first in which
the question of the safety OF small
boats has been the principal issue. Tho
State Department IS prepared 70 pro-
test TO Austria on that basis II no
other ground for complaint is found
when the Austrian governments reply
to its inquiry is received.
Unofficial reports that the Austrian
government does not consider itself
bound by this governments warnings
70 Germany caused high official Of the
State Department 10 say to-day that tho
negotiations with Austria in the An
coma case would be based on the pre-
sumption that Austria was fully in
formed of the attitude Of this govern
ment before the attack. This is in
terpreted 10 mean that an unwarranted
attack on American rights, II proved,
will be considered as deliberately
unfriendly" act, and will call for an
immediate disavowal.
No German Pressure Hoped For.
II Is chiefly for this reason that OF.
fcials are worried at the renewal OF
submarine activity by Germany. Had
Germany's submarine feet renamed
inactive, as il has since the Arabic
case was settled, the State Department.
would have expected the German gov
eminent TO apply pressure. in Vienns
TO prevent hostile acts in the Mediter-
ranean. This hope vanishes with the
temperance Of German submarines in
the North Sea.
The Italian Foreign Office has noti.
fed Ambassador Page at Rome that 1t
ha, no reason 70 believe that the sub
marine which sank the liner Ancona
was other than an Austrian. This, with
the Austrian governments acknowledge
ment of the act, clears up the last pos
sibility that il might have been a Ger
man boat
The Italian government also IN
formed Ambassador Page that it had
made no contention that the submarine
was German.