The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05
AUSTRIA dis "a 70
CRISIS CLEARED AWAY
Austria Agrees That Laws Of Hunan-;
ity Should be Respected 8:
BY BeIligerents. 80

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reply to the second American note
on the Ancona states that thescom
mander OF the AUSTRIAN submarineg
has been punished for mot sJfs
GENTLY taking account Of the panic
aboard the Ancona, which rendered
Decentralization more difficult 8:
s The reply Of the Austrian govern
ment is forwarded Ito Renters Te1e-:
gram company from Vienna by way
of amsterdam. The note says IN
part: ~
I'm reply to the second American
Ancona note the Austro-HungarIanS
government fully agrees with the:
Washing gton cabinet that the sacred
laws of humanity should be taken
into account also in war, and en-
phasizes that It, IN the course of this
war, has given numerous proofs of;
the most humane feelings. -
1.-The Austro- Hungarian govern.
ment, too, can positively concur in!
the principle that enemy private yes
sells, so far as they do not flee or Of;
fer resistance, shall not be destroyed;
before the persons aboard are.
secured. z z *,
The assurance that the UEfted
States governments attaches value to-
the maintenance of the existing good.
relations between AustIia-Hunlyarys
and the United States is warmly re-
ciprocated by the Austro-Hungarians
government, which now, as hereto
fore, is anxious to render these reIa-9
tions still more cordial.
The Austro-Huneasian government
then comm unicates the results of the
inquiry into the sinking Of the An
coma, which was: recently concluded
The inquiry showed that the COM
mander of the submarine from al
great distance in the first instance
fred warning shot on the steamer
signed at, eleyer-forty in the fore
noon, which ne aksarst believed to bel
a transport steamer, at the same
time giving a signal for the vessel to-
stop. AS the steamer failed to stop
and tried to escape the submarine
gave chase and fred sixteen shells,
Of which three were observed to hit.
The steamer stopped only after the
third hit, whereupon the commander
ceased firing. g--s.5.9. s@.s5a -
Already during the flight, it is del
clared, when at full speed the steam
er dropped several boats filed with
people, which at once capsized. After
the steamer stopped the commander
of the submarine observed that six
boats were fully manned and they
speedily rowed away from the !
steamer.
Approaching nearer the commands
er of the submarine saw. that a great
panic prevailed aboard the steamer
and that he had before him the pas I
senger vessel Ancona, on account of |
which he gave those aboard more
time than was necessary to leave the
vessel in lifeboats.
Washington reports: Danger of /
a break in the diplomatic relations
between the United States and Aust
tria-Hungary over the sinking of: the
liner 'Ancona probably has been clear |
ed away If the official 4extt of Aus-l
tria's reply to the second American
note conforms to press dispatches
from London saying the communica-5
ton announces that the submarine
commander who torpedoed the steam
er has been punished.
The cabled press translation OF the
note reached Washington too late to
be seen by high officials of the goy-i
ernmenu and a dispatch received
earlier from Ambassador Penfeld
merely said the reply had been hand
ed him and gave no intimation as to
its nature.
Punishment Of the submarine
commander for failure to take intot
account. the panic aboard the Ancona
before torpedoing the vessel appar-f
emily meets the principal American
demand. In effect it might be rel
garded as a disayowal of the act and
assurances that an incident for which |
an officer of the navy was punished |
would not happen again might be
taken for granted.
The remaining demand, that re-
paration by payment of indemnity be
made for the injury or loss of life by |
Americans, would be an object for
diplomatic adjustment once the other
points at issue are disposed Of.
Although officials indicated that
there were indications favorable to
an amicable settlement Of the con-f
troversy there had been nothing in
press dispatches from abroad or pub-l
lished official adVices to suggest that
Austria would admit Immediately
wrongdoing on the, part Of her Of