Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-09

PREPARATION ASKED
FOR ALL LIVES LOST
Protest Forwarded by Lansing
Following Grave ConS.dera-
ton IN State Department..
President Indicates Approval

lh' "NF"''' i'"H"N' aftNiAA ttAato WltNI
washington Dec N-Tho United
states has sent to Austria HWgHr}
q nntr asking lnr dtSuNoWul of the
submarine attack upon tuc Italian
liner Au"oua, assurances that such an
.act win not hc repeated. somc degree
Of punishment for thc commandet af
the submarine ANA repatriation fur The
/ American lives lost
Tho communication started by ca-
hlc yesterday from the state dcpatt-
ment to Ambassador Frederick e.
Fcniicld at Vienna, who was instruct
td to hand it 60 the Austro- Iungar-
IAN minister Oi foreign affairs Baron
/ buran Word of the delivery of the
note had NOT been received D, the
/ department tonight
Friendly but firm tones. 10 is said.
characterize the document which isl
understood 90 make particular
point of prompt assurances for the
future safety of American lives. Aus
Hungary has never informed the
I United states whether the command
: ers of its submarines had been given
instructions similar To those which
the German government gave To its
/ commanders after the Lusitann trag-
odE IL is understood that the note
referred particularly to the charge
I that shells from the submarine kill
ed or wounded some paSsengers ON
the Aucnua after she had halted. and
asked for an explanation on chat
tpoint
President Approves.
4 In dispatchmg the note. Secretary
+ ianhg Utted With tte approval Of
/ President Wilson. 10 is stated au-
4 thnritatNclY that the document.
which is descrihcd as being cnmpara-
lively brief ana decidedly vigorous In
tone, was SO drafted as to attempt
settlement at once without bringing
t ON "a series of communications, such
Ius followed the sinking of the Iusi-
t1nia.
+ His officials are said 10 be of the
opinion that the situation ls one
which called for grave consideration.
/ the state of affairs having become
more complicated since the note was
dispntchpd Iv renorts of ottncka ~,
American uil-carryng vessels in the
Mediterranean. presumably hy Aus
( tran submarines.
Note Comes ns Surprise.
News that the note had been sent
came as complete surprise Ia Of
fiCial Washington generally. the re-
Z
department early ian the week being
that mo positive and corroborated evil
dcnce as to what actually had oc-
CURED which the Ancona went down
had been received IL was said that
the reports received were fragment
larry. conflicting or contradictory and
that until reply 10 the injuries sub
mitted To- Austria Hungary Wae re-
ceived, ID was probable that no COM
munication would be sent 10 Vienna.
Tonight IL was suggested in some
quarters that information Of most
conclusive nature had come to Sec
rctary Lansing probably late Monday
night and that IL had been decided
then that the protest should 20 for /
ward Immediately Whether Ambas- /
sador Penfield had transmitted the
reply of the Vienna foreign office 10
the list of queries submitted by the
United states could not be ascertan-
ed.
Testimony Of survivor.
The Ancona was sunk in the Med T
terrauean sen on November 9. while
bound from Naples for Ncw York.
The only testimony of "a native Amer
lean survivor Of the liner before the
department is in a. deposition by Dr
Cecile Grcil of New york. In her
deposition DR. Grcl usserts specific T
ally that the liner was torpedoed
while the men, womcn and children
IN the cabin and stocragc were scram-
bling to eej into the small boats
Much weight was given. however
to what Dr. Greil had to sly. Her
testimony was considered Of SO much
Importance that she was taken to
Rome. where she told her story to
Ambassador Page A report Of this
conversation reached tho state de-
partmcnt recently.
After the inUuir, Of tho United
states had been before the Vienna