Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-17
AUSTRIAN STEAMER
SUNK BY TORPEDO;
THREE WOMEND|E
Charge Made That French
Submarine Attacked Vessel
Without Warning.
VIENNA ENTERS PROTEST
IOTHE NEUTRAL POWERS
Alleges This to Be Only One OF
Series of Attacks on limo
cent Ships.
HOSPITAL VESSEL ON LIST
Note Gives Details of Submarine
Activity Alleged to Be in Vlo-
lation of The Hague
Convention.

NLl4\- Nld ~ ~
TO Tuckerton.-According to the
Austro-Hungarian note sent 70
neutral powers regarding the
sinking of the Austrian steamer
Dubrovnik and other Austrian
vessels. including the hospital
ship Electra, BY hostile subma-
r:nes, the Dubrovnik had nineteen
passengers on board, including
several women and children,
when she was torpedoed.
Three bodies of women were
recovered, and four members OF
the crew and four passengers are
missing.
Sunk Without Warning.
The Overseas News Agency today, in
4 summary of the Austrian note. sets
forth the details regarding the sink
ing Of the Dubrovnik as follows:
"A dispatch from Vienna states that
the Austro- Hungarian government has
delivered a note to the representatives
Of neutral powers stating that on May
., at 1880 am. the Austro-Hungaria
passenger steamer Dubrovnik> was de-
ctroyed in the Adriatic by two torpe-
does hred without warning by an en-
envy submarine. The first torpedo hit
the starboard side, and the ship I'M
mediately began sinking.
Second Torpedo Fired.
"All the persons on board rushed to
the lifeboats. Then a second TORPEDO
struck the ship. crushing the starooard
Nfeboat with those in it. 1t was pos
.,ble to rescue sixteen passengers in a
.~cond boat Two additional persons
we're picked up from the water and
sorne were rescued by boats from the
shore
.-,n board the ship were nineteen pas
.Snr.rs among whom were two clergy
= ca and several women and children
have been recovered. Four sailors and
four passengers are missing
Denies It Was Transport.
"Stefani Agency on May 10 stated
that a French submarine torpedoed the
Dubrovnik, which was transport and
carried ammunition. This statement is
fat invention
The capacity of the Dubrovnik was $50
tons and she therefore was not able to
carry troops nor ammunition Besides
this, the distance OF the submerged sub
marine from her was so great that II was
impossible for ii to discern the class OF
persons carried by the steamer
O. THE Austro- Hungarian government
states that the firing OF the second tor
pedo against the sinking steamer and the
ifeboats which were afioat must be quail
fed as intentional murder The Austro-
Hungarian government holds the Italian
government equally responsible with the
French government. since the French
submarine was operating with the 1tal-
ian forces"
Vienna Protests to Neutrals.
VIENNA, May is. via Berlin to Lon
don, May 1.-THE foreign ministry
has delivered the following note to the
representatives of all the allied and
neutral states at the Austrian court:
THE foreign ministry was able on
March % to lodge with the representa-
tives of the allies and neutral powers
accredited to the Vienna court an en-
egetic protest against the torpedoing
of the hospital ship Electra by an
enemy submarine. This. however was
in no wise the first case where an
~
ships in Austrian waters.
"As early as February IL a subma rine
fred a torpedo near Punta Planka.
without advance warning, at the
steamer Daniel Emo of the Hungar-
Croatic line. which escaped destruction
only by a clever maneuver. The steam
<r's captain. according to his sworn
statement. which is confirmed by nu-
nerous witnesses. saw plainly the sub
marines periscope and the torpedo s
wake.
Saw Wake Of Torpedo.
ON February 2s a submarine. whose
periscope was not even seen. fred. also
in the vicinity of Punta Planka. a tor
pedo at the steamer Zagreb of the
same company. The ship was able
only by a quick turn to dodge the tor
pedo. whose wake was seen by nu-
merous persons aboard.
April torpedo was fired by a sub
marine again at the Daniel-Erno, this
time also without warning. 1t explod-
ed on the neayby rocky coast
The Austro-Hungarian government
has not hitherto published these events
which fortunately We're attended with
no damage. 1t limited itself to giving
notice Of the attempts of February IL
and February 2s on local steamships to
the United States. which has repeatedly
made questions arising out of the SUBJ
marine warfare the subject of repre-
sentations to the central powers
Termed "Lust for Destruction"