The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-18
Even If Views Taken by
American Government Are
Correct, Says Note, Com
mander Is Not Liable.
FULL FREEDOM FOR VIEW
OF VIENNA WITHHELD
President Works on Reply
While State Department
Makes Public Text of Docu-
ment Sent Through Penfield.

Washington Doc. rs Tho oiiirial|
text Of Austria's reply tn the Amer
i,au note on the Ancoun made public
I here today. reveals that the Niennh
\ government denies tnat the tI"'ys pre-
\ scented hy the United states. crcn 10
correct warrant the blame tur th"
disaster being placed upon the come
Z maudcr ot the submarine.
Tho ropi, denies also tuat blame
| can uo placed upon the Ausiru- Hum
| Etriau government even 10 % most
4 rigorous legal construction wvtc APP
y piled tu th, Judgment uf the ease.
Tho note also states that the Aus
1 tfu- Hungarian goNvi nment is unable
j Co determine WhUf tho United states
i intended te indicate when BE- mon
toned the attitude which 1crmunN
| had assumed towards submarine Wnr-
| fare
' II adds that if the United states
p Intended .tu express AN opinion Co the
eject thar "a prejudice of Whatever
nature existed with respect iu Jhi-
Idital consideration of the affair. the
Vienna government declares that u
reserves To- itself "tun freedom ui
maintaining rs own legal View
Except tor slight variation 100 trans.
. latiuu the remainder ut thc official
text virtually Is Identical with the un-
ofngmI version oahled from London
o. wa. agresd seemingly in Official
4 uuurtrr- that the official text did not
minimize realization of the gravity pi
the situation which was Impressed ON
officials hy the unoitcinl cables, but u
also was apparent that the door in
, further NEGOTIATIONS was not closed
While tho state department was
making the note public. reside ~
Wilson WITS ut work ih his study on
the uutnue of reply which VIII go
forward some time next Week.
Tn, state department also mau'
public an of"ria text OF the Austrian
admiralty statement pretlou-ls pun.
uShed. which admitted that the suh-
marine fired ON the Ancoua after th"
ship had come Go a. stop Jti whl"
passengers were ABOARD.
o was upon this official admission
uf The Austrian admiralty itself mat
principal portion Of the American
note was based.
Baron Zweidlnek, charge ~ the
Austru- Hungarian embassy, conferred
with count won Berusturif thc Ger
man Ambassador. TO-DAY, and soon al
towards had q conference with Secrc-
tay Lansing. The cnargc was under
stood tu have received more .nsitut-
lions from his government Ih'
Neru,ity CO az least u'r oi the Amer
t.auS saved from the Ancouu who
made am affidavit rs being attacked
Scyr,tar, Lansings memorandum
sent tu the president contains cN-
,erpt- from utiiduNits ana ihat was
taken ItN IIAflN'NNf ANAA wv iN''N' ~
Austria Will give some oi the ta'l7
requested lbs Nieuuu
The fuIl text of AUSTRIA reply Ca
the American note ON the sinking ui
th, italian liner Aucunu us made pun
u, to-day hos the state department I"l'
lows.
American EMBASSY Vienna. Dccem-
hcr Do. 1915.
secretary uf state. Washington. n. ca
FollowIug lotc received from min
I-trt for foreign uualfs noon today
Iu rvpi tu the most vstcrmty not,
number tiG1. when lli. ENccllcncy
AIr Frederic Courtluld FeIielh. am
hassadur extraordinary aud pleupo.
ttufury OF the United states ui Amer
I.u directed Go him lu the uHWr ''
the American government under dhi'
al Ih, ninth Instant In the matter ul
the sinking OF the italian steamer An
coma thee uuder-i isuci, preliminary l'
"a thorough metIturiuut treat ucut uI
the demand has the honor iu observe
THAI th, sharpness with which th'
government ui lur United states con
sidtT4 10 necessary Geo ulumc iuD UulI
maudiup officer ut the -uhmuiiur con.
rrru,d iu the AFFAIR aud the urm1,s
Iu which the demands addressed it
the imperial aud royal government
appear tu Dee expressed might weI
Z NAV, warranted lhc expectation ma
b, guN,t umcut of tho United S'ntv
should pre-, ,Isply .pccit tur t,fuH
,irrum.tuuDrs 90. the affair upuI
which 10 hu-os It's case.
AS ia NOT difficult tu perceive, ih'
urprruiatou ut the facts 100 the rlr'
ni tine aforesaid note leaves room io
man. duultr and even i This pre-
s,utat|ou wore correct W al point
and the most rigorous legal ."lcrr
tIuu were applied 'u the ludgmuut %
Tho riso. 10 does NOT m amy WI, suui
,lcuNy warrant attaching blame q
th, eumuuudiuu officer ul the Nu
vessel o3 to the imperial royal gov
crumcut.
me government of the uutc'
states has also tailed tu designate th
persons upon whose testimony 10 r'
u,. md to whom it appurcuuE Do"
llcNcs Il max attribute ushrr dc
A., gree of crciihiuty than io M" com
mandcr of the Imperial ana tu>1
uoot. The note also fails tu give an
information whatsoever as to IN
number, names and moro UrrCt-r int
uf the American citizens who were o
board uf the said steamer 90 The cri'
l,ul moment.
However. In Wow of the fact tha
the Washington cabinet has uu'
made % positive statement tu the oi
feet that rtikeHs nf tine United state
of America came to rricf Ia tho ilr
dent la question. The Imperial am