Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-13
Reported TO Have Been
Result of Conference
with Lansing.
SECRETARY DECLINES
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
Hear Germany -iay Advise Dip.
lomatic Negotiations on
AncOna Reply.
DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE
TO AN ACTUAL BREAK
Vienna May Blame Subnarins
Commander and Announces
New Sea Policy.

WASHINGTON. Dec. f3.-The re-
port that Baron zwiedinek. Austrian
charge. had asked Secretary Lansing
for his passports. became current this
afternoon. following a forty minute
conference between the two ofF5eials.
The charge refused to speak of his
mission to the state department on
departing. Secretary Lansing said
the general subject Of the AneoHa
case had been discussed and declined
to answer any questions whatever.
The question that interested Wasla-
ington today was how viii Gers
many advise Austria to answer
the Ancona note made public today
the sharpest communication the INIT
ed States has sent to any bcIligerenfz
On the answer depends whether 1oaz
diplomatic negotiations must be en-
dured, and whether Austria viii yield
at all.
German diplomats have practically
admitted advising Austria IN the aitus
alton thus far, and the advice izaE
been that Austria should yield to the
United States. However, that Wa
0EAOlE II WIS hIlOAA A1fdL TIE O114It4=
States planned such a note-fhaf its
message was to be demand
Whether Germany viii advise Austrsa
to do now what it itself would hes1a
tate IN doing is a serious question
The impression today is that Ger
many will advise Austria to hriHs
about some such long draWnout nz
gotiations as followed the. sinking q
the Lusitania-
II is felt to be certainty that sisrh
a situation will result Il the TeutenlE
diplomats think they can bring I
ahnz1t This feeling n the state He=
partment. it is believed, was one eas5sH
for the outspoken character Of ffin
note. II was desired that Austria
should realize that the United States
is IN no temper to parley.
One probability is that Austria viii
feel out the American temper viii
a reply only Partially satisfactory
and il it finds such measures can b.
pursued viii continue them.
Note Warns AgaEast Delay.
The note. however, is warning
against such course. 1t is in tho
sharpest. most emphatic language tbs
United States has used. In place 81
confidently expecting" this country
demands it takes for granted thar
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commanders TO such wan
ton slaughter of defenseIess nom
combatants. t'Abhorrent." s.inf1u-
NAME and "barbarous'' are other
straight from -the-shoulder terms.
In the whole message there Is gir
en- no hint that the United States
thinks perhaps there might be ex@
tenuatinE circumstances or tfa1
there may be facts 1t does not knows
1t is fatty stated that this Country
knows the facts and the law IN the
case: that it demands indemnity for
all Americans killed. a disavowai a1
the act by austria. and fitting pun
ishment for the submarine commands
ers. and that it expects Austria, ''aTas
preeiating the gravity of the case, e
accede to its demands promptly
L IS not seen how Austria can
avoid Offering immediate Satisfaction
in view Of this last assertion Il Il
generally agreed she either must
break of all diplomatic intercourse
with this country, or else lake one
of these two courses
Place the blame on the suhmarIne
commander on the theory that the
Mediterranean is mot a zone of war.
as is the sea about Great Britain.
Give assurances that although the
commander acted under orders, the
policy Of the government has 50
changed that such an event can never
happen again
The first stand would be difficult &c
maintain, since Austrian Submarines
have been busy in the Mediterranean
for many months. The second posi-
ton has been used successfully By
Germany in the Lusitania case. Bu
it brings about a situation where
Austrian submarine activities mus
be lessened.
Full Text OF Note.
'sThe secretary of state to Ainhas
sador Penfield:
Department of State,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. 1915.
Please deliver a note to the mIne
lister OF foreign affairs, textually As
follows:
Reliable information obtained from
American and other survivors who
were passengers on the steamship An
coma shows that on November Il
submarine flying the Austro- HunEa
rian flag fired a solid shot toward the
steamship; that thereupon the An
coma attempted to escape, but beisk
hailed by the submarine she stopped
that after brief period and before the
ANA4
take to the boats the submarine fired j
number of shells al the vessel aIz1
finally torpedoed and sank her while
there were yet many persons on
board: and that by guniire and fuu1i
dering OF the vessel a large ns1m9F<
Of persons lost their lives or were =;
rIously injured, among whom were
citizens of the United States
The public statement Of the Ans
tro- Hungarian admiralty has hpefi
brought to the attention OF the guy
eminent of the United States and rt
ceived careful consideration This
statement substantially confirms tina
principal declaration Of the Survivors
as ii admits that the Ancona Rfs*z
being shelled was torpedoed and 6unA
while persons were still on board.
ssThe Austro- Hungarian govern
ment has been advised. through lbs
correspondence which has passed ~
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