Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

RECEIVE REPLY
TO AN|C|0NA N: NOTE. |:
Austrian Answer to Amer
lean Protest Before
Cabinet.
DUMBA HAD HAND
DUMBA HAD HAND
IN SHAPING REPLY
Former Austro-Hunsarian Ambassa.
dor to United States Said to Have
Aidsd in Preparing AnsNsr-visnna
Expects Recall Of Psnfisld and Dis
nissal Of Austrian Charge de Af-
fairss at Washington.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Austria's re-
ply to the Ancona note was received
at the state department during the
night and early today was being de-
,ciphered to be laid before President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing.
"A dispatch from Ambassador PEN
field, evidently delayed In transmission,
was received just ahead OF the note.
It said the reply had been delivered to
him by the Vienna foreign office We'd
nesday and that he had Immediately
forwarded it to Washington The note.
as 1t was received here, IS about 1000
words !c2S. The t-enslatnrs were put
to work at once to have the text ready
In time for Secretary Lansing to take
it to the cabinet meeting at II o'clock.
When the cabinet met, however,
translators were still at work deci-
phering the note and the text was not
available.
The translators finished their work
while the cabinet was In session and q
state department messenger brought
the note to the White House. It was
at once sent to Secretary Lansing.
Gravity Of Situation Unchanged.
The note was discussed by President
Wilson and tho cabinet for more than
an hour. tS
The gravity Of the situation caused
by Austria's rejoinder to the American
demand. which is considered unsatis-33
factory and unacceptable remained
unchanged. The next step viii not be.
decided upon until some moinorS points
not clear are checked up
Secretary Lansing said that he did
not know. when the official text Of the
note would be- given out for publication
and that It certainly wol1ld not be
yNade public until - had had. an OPP
6nity to stusay ~ ~ ras
y Diplomatic relations. fn- danger OF
being b1Uken ofks are not 1ikSly 10 Ebe
discontinued. at least not before there
has been another exchanges Of notes
with Vienna and so the crisis may be
said not to be in its final stage.
Another Note 70 Austria.
.Another note setting out why the
United States can not accept Austria's
reply VIII go forward before the situa-
tion takes on more settled aspect.
Meanwhile there are some hints Of in
formal negotiations, which.might move
out the troubled situation. The fre-5
quent calls Of Baron Zweidinek, the
Austrian charge, at the state depart:
ment, give some color to discussion
along that line and those who expect
that at the end the differences will be
adjusted count on the influence Of
Berlin ito counsel Vienna to avoid q
break. How much ground there is for
such an expectation is not disclosed by
those who entertain 1t.
So far as was apparent today the
situation has not affected President
Wilson's plans for going on his honey
moon journey.
Before the president leaves he will
agree with Secretary Lansing on the
outline Of a reply to the Austrian note
and If there should be any further
change in the situation Mr.. Lansing will
go to confer with the president at the
place where he will spend his honey
moon, that place.. however, has so far
been kept a. secret
Another Communications Presented.
Some time after the cabinet meet
ing Prince Hohenlohe, one Of the em-
bassy attaches. called on Secretary
Lansing and presented communities
ton. Both the prince and the secre-
tary's Office refused to indicate itssna-,
ture, but the presentation Of another
communication lent strength to the be-
lief that informal negotiations was un-
der way.