Arizona republican., 1915-12-18
United States Prepares to Dispatch Another Mes sage to Austria-HungaIy on the Sinking of the Italian Ship Ancona.
Republican A. p. Leased wire1

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 WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The United States prepared late today a dispatch a second note to Austria : Hungary on the sinking of the ItaI- ian steamship Ancona. The communi- cation will vigorously renew the de- mands made in the first note. none of them according to official am nouncement by Secretary Lansing having been complied with by the Vii enna foreign office.
 President Wilson probably will ap- prove tomorrow the form the second note shall take after conference with Secretary Lansing. The secretary then will act without further suggestion from the president. who will leave tomorrow night on his wedding trip. should the secretary determine how ever, 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 be forced tu shorten his honeymoon and return to Washington.
 From an authoritative Teuton source came the information tonight that the Vienna government had no desire of being the cause of diplomatic relations between the United Staes and Aus tria being severed. IL was said that if the second note left an avenue for it the foreign office probably would see fit to agree to all the damands made by the United States
 The second note will be cabled to Ambassador Peniield for presentation to the Vienna foreign office at the earliest possible moment IL is con sidered probable that it will be start ed by Monday afternoon.
 It has been determined. it was said tonight, that the note re-state the position and views of the United States emphatically. that 1t shall be even more vigorous than the first note. which was the most drastic Of all the diplomatic communications the United States has sent during the present war
 The official text of the AuStriaI re- ply was considered today bv Inc pres ideut and his cabinet. Apparently the official version contained nothing which made its meaning radically dif- ferent from the unofficial version ca
 
 After the cabinet meeting Mir Lansing announced that none of the demands made by the United Staes had been acceded to. IL was explained that the reply suggested further communication or the subject and more specific in- Formation in support of the charges made bE the United States
 official translation. Mir Lansing said. made the meaning of the Aus Hungarian sovernmeut perfectly clear The secretary had previously declared the unofficial version to be vague. Slight changes caused by slight variations in translation existed between the two versions. he said. after seeing the official text but the meaning in broad sense was the same.
 Such rejoineder iS wholly InSatis- factory and unacceptable to the Amer iean government. and increases the gravity of the situation between the two nations, it was declared.
 Tn regard to the second note. Sec retary Lansing and officials were re ticent. l. was said. however. that the United Staes might give some facts asked for though it would not under any consideration. enter into an eN- ltliutb blStuSSlbH or 0eJalIS. The United States expects its demands to be promptly complied with and such apparent procrastination as officials consider Austria Hungary exhibited in answering the original inquiry for i'm formation. submitted son after the Ancona disaster will not be allowed to pass without action.
 Prince Hohenlohe. one of the at taches of the Austrian embassy. called at Secretary Lansing's office today and Sarted much speculation hy Ieav- ing what appeared to be Communi- cation. Later it was learned that the prince had left a. number of dis patches in cipher. which he desired to transmit to his government. Code mes saEes of this character are required to pass through the state department be- fore they can be Wirelessed. The messa ges. it was said. contained re- ports of informal conferences Baron ZWiednek. charge of the embassy, has had with Secretary Lansing as well
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