The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-18
WILSON TO FORWARD
 NEW NOTE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-The of- dcial text of Auslrla's vexatious reply to the American note demanding dis aYowal of the sinking of the liner An coma was made public this afternoon by the State Department. The docu- ment reveals that the Vienna govern ment denies that the views prcsontd by the United States, even if correct. warrant the placing of the blame for tho disaster on the commander of tho Austrian submarine that sunk the vessel.
 Austria's Reply
 The Austrian note In part said: "The sharpness with which the gov ernment of the United States consid- ers lt necessary to blame the com. manding officer of the submarine con- cerned in the affair, and the fIrmness ln which the demands addressed to tho Imperial and royal government ap- pear to be expressed might well have warranted the expectation that the United States should precisely speci- fy the actual circumstances of the affair upon which 1t bases It's case AS 1t is not difficult to perceive, the pre- sentation of the facts in the case, in the aforesaid note leaves room for many doubts and even # this presen- tatlon were correct in all points and the most rigorou0 legal conception were applied to the Judgment of the case, it does not, in any way, suffic- iently warrant attaching blame to the commanding officer of the war vessel. or to the imperial and royal govern ment.
 "The government of the United States has also failed to designate the persons upon whose testimony it re- Hes. and to whom 1t apparently be- iieves it may attribute a higher de- gree of credibility than to O command- CT In the imperial and royal fleet The note also falls to giyo any informa- ton whatsoever, more than the pre- else fact that American citizens were on board the said steamer at the criti- cal moment. The imperial and royal government must raise the question why that government failed to give jurisdIctional reasons for the demands set forth in its note. with reference to the special circumstances and in- eliminating evidence upon which it itself lays stress. and why in lieu thereof it referred to an exchange of correspondence which it has conduct cd with another government in other cases"
 The notes final reference was to the notes of the United States to Ger many over tho Arabic and Lus.tania cases.
 wiison wrltes New Note
 Presiden. Woodrow Wilson began work early this morning on second noite 10 Austria and 1t was rumored about the White House that It's tenor will be a final demand that Austria answer the United States questions and settle the case without delay.
 It was unauthoratively stated at the department of State offices that the relations between the United States and Germany's ally are at the point of being summariIy broken and pend ing an immediate reply to today's note the actual outcome of the contro- versy cannot be foretold.
 Austria Now "FrlendIyv
 Contrary to Thursdays newspaper reports from Vienna. which said that she Austrian people were indignant that American newspapers had pub. iished abstracts. of the Austrian reply before 1t had been delivered, and had shown anImoslty towards the United States, were accounts from the Aus trIan capital today which said that a strong tone of friendliness for this country was contained in articles pub lIshed In that city today.