Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-01

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AGENCIES 81 WORK
Following clo..k isr. Csc, whIss
Nearly cauy ssv.ranes = Oir'e-
matte Rel -, Newest incident.
Will be subject Of NssetiatIsns 3
Austrian Foreign office and Adrnir-
atty Working at Gross Purpsssa

washington. Jan. Tho destruction
OF the British liner Persia, with tho
possible loss of American lives. throws
relations between the United States
and the; Teutonic powers in new dam
ger.
Coming at an hour when the Ancona
case seemed near settlement, this new
element threatens to compftcate neSo-
tiations with Austria, as did the de-
struction Of the Arabic following 30
closely the Teutonic exchanges and
which brought on = new crisis with
Germany.
From such incomplete information as
garded as almost parallel It is be-
lieyed that the Austrian admiralty and
the Vienna foreign Office are working
At at q cross oss. purposes. Ss II a5t7szi
May Not Have Hssn Apprissd.
It was regarded that while the for
eign Office was ready to accede to the
demands nf the Tinted ss:sss= - s.:;s Z -
miralty. bent on the success OF its sub
marine policy. has not yet been brought
Into line.
y There Is the added possibility that
the submarine which sunk the Persia,
being far from home. had not been
instructed in the new policy OF the
Austrian government The destruction
OF the Persia, coupled with the recent
sinking OF the Japanese liner Yasaka
Maru and the French liner VILE de la
Ciotat. lends strength in official quar-
ters to this possibility.
Washirstcn Astonished.
All Of the agencies OF the American
government have been set In motion to
gather factBson the newest disaster.
The general View IN sriclti uuxra6rs
was that the position Of the United
States was sufficiently weM known Ia
Austria, and the Ancona negotiations
have been under way Z sufficient lenEth
OF time to permit instructions 70 reach
the submarine Heet. ON Svert hand
the news was received witls aStonish-
ment.
Consul General Skinner at London
forwarded what information was avail
able at the british admiralty and his
dispatch, with unofficial reports Of the.
disaster. were forwarded to President,
Wilson at Hot Springs.
Will Await Details.
AS in similar cases the policy Of the
American government will be to, awaik
full and complets information before
moving. There is little room for doup q
that the incident will mean new diplo-
matte action in which the United
States will present to Austria In the6
same forceful manner that the laws
OF nations must be regarded by bellig..l
erents In their warfare at sea.
q Severance of diplomatic relations
loomed up as one Of the eventualitiesl
the same as 1t did in the cases OF the
Lusitania, the Arabic and the An.
coma.
Believed to Have Been Austrian.
Altho the nationality OF the subma.
rine remains unestablished definitely.
the assumption generally Is that 1t wal
an Austrian boat. because Count vor
Bernstorff, the German ambassador re-
Gently declared that no German nor
Turkish submersfbles were operating in
the Mediterranean.
The attack on the Persia as she wal
approaching Alexandria serves to prove
that submarine campaign Is being
carried on OF the Sues canal.