The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-15

off by the United States unless the
urgent demands of the American :.
note to Vienna for disavoWal of
the sinking Of the Ancona and re- !
paration are complied with.
Furthermore, it was stated Friday.
upon high authority, the United
States expects a prompt reply to It's:
| communication. Austria's delay In
furnishing answers to the questions
submitted to Baron Burian, minister
to foreign. affairs, by. American Am
bassador Penfeid, a few days after
the sinking of the Ancona, has not
served to ease. the situation.
The foreign officer, however, did
inform Ambassador Penfeld it de-
sired more time to answer the in:
quiry, but American officials are un-.
able to clearly un lerstand why it 10.
impossible for the Austro-Hungarian
government to secure the informa-
toin desired.
1t has been pointed out that II the;
commander Of the submarine which
sank the Ancona had taken his vessel
out on another cruise he should have
returned to his base long before this
time It was understood that offict-.
ais are certain that it has been pos
sible for the Austrian government to
! communicate with the commander be-
fore now.
The United States has sent to Aus.
tria-Hungary a note asking for q dis
avowal of the submarine attack upon:
| ItoI
that such an act Will not be repeated,
some degree Of punishment for the:
tcommander Of the submarine and re-:
paration for the American lives lost. I
The communication started by.
cable Tuesday from the state depart
ment to Ambassador Frederick c.:
Penfeld, at. Vienna. who was in
structed to- hand it to the Austro-
Hungarian minister: of foreign at
fairs, Baron Burian., Word OF the de-
livery Of the note had not been re-
ceived by the department Wednes-
day night.
Friendly, but firm, terms, it Is
said, characterize the document,
which is understood to make a par
ticular point Of prompt assurances
for the future safety Of American
lives. Austria-Hungary has never in /.
formed the United States whether the
commanders of the it's submarines
had been given instructions similar to
those which the German government
gave to. its commanders after. the.
Lusitania tragedy. It is understood
that the note referred particularly to :
the shell of the submarine which ihtll- :
ed or wounded some Of the persons
on the Ancona after she had halted,
and asked ior an explanation OF that
point.
In dispatching the note. Secretary :
Lansing acted with the approval or !:
and after consulting with, President
Wilson. It is stated authorlta1ively !
that the document, which is descrio-
ed as being comparatively brief and
decidedly vigorous in tone, was so
drafted as to attempt a settlement OF
the controversy at once, without :
bringing on a series OF communica-
tions such as followed: the 'siukingsof
the Lusitania.
High officials are said to be, e,etsthe. :.
opinion that the situation is one
which calls, for grave. consideration,
the state Of affairs having become
more complicated since the note was
dispatched by reports Of attacks up
on American oil-carrying vessels IN
the Mediterranean, presumably by
Austrian submarines.
News that the note had ~beeh.7sent
came as complete surprise to oil
cial Washington generally, there
poyts which emanated from the, state, :.
department early in the week being
that no positive and corroborated cyl
dence to what actually had occurred
when the Ancona went down had ::
been received.
1t was said that the reports: re-
ceived were fragmentary,. conflicting
or contradictory, and that until 9 re-
ply to the inquiries submitted to Aus
tria-Hungary was. received. 1t was :.
probable that no communication :,
would be sent to Vienna. Z >'s,.,'
It was suggested in some quarters
that information of a most .conclu-
sive nature had, come to Secretary
Lansing. probably late Monday night :
and that it had been decided then
that the protest should go forward
Immediately. Whether Ambassador
Penfeld had transmitted. the reply OF
the Vienna foreign office to the list
OF queries submitted by: the SBnited
States could not be .ascertained.
The belief prevails, however, that
the state Department had received !:
answers Of some sort to- the. queries. {
In the inquiry Austria-Hungary was
asked among other things whether o.
warning shot had been fired before
the ship was sheiled, whether time
was given the passengers to :gettQ:a
place of safety, and whether any
shots were -fred:at ship after she had
come to staDdstill and before the ,
torredo was launched.
The Austro-Hungarian embassy In.
Washington had net been advised
that the inquiry had been aswered
and it was said that the Italian am
bassador, who has transmitted much
information upon the sinking. of the
Ancona. had not furnished the Unit r
ed States with anything; additional.
The Ancona was sunk IL the Medi-
terranean. Sea on November 9, while
bound from Naples for, NeW York
The only testimony Of a native
American survivor of the liner before
the department is in deposition: b.
Dr.. Cecile GreiI, of New York. IN
her deposition Dr.: GreiI' asserts spe-r'
cifcally that the liper was torpedoed :;
while the men. women and children
in the cabin and steerage werehssTeln-
bling to get into the small boats. The ),
department has been inclined not to
accept this single statement as posi-
tive proof unless. corrobor4tions.w1s
received from some source. -.,. Z:
Peace Demonstrations Occur. 81:
Paris reports Friday a Switzerland