The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-10

country: and simultaneously American
Minister Stovall reported from Berne
| that Austria had announced the break
IN Vienna yesterday.
Austrian Ships Seized.
Immediately the treasury depart
ment ordered the seizure of all Aus
trian merchant ships in American har-
bors. The Austrian crews were taken
off and sent to immigration stations
and American guards put on board
The measure was explained as one OF
nrecaution, but it is realized that it
may be interpreted by Austria as an
act of war;
After the break with Germany no
ships We're seized until a state OF war
actually had been declared.
Whether Bulgaria and Turkey are
| preparing to follow still is unknown
but officials generally believed that
sooner or later they will do So Both
Bulgaria and Turkey are believed here
to be weary Of the war. but mere
domination is expected to drive them,
as it drove Austria, to a break with
Germany's new enemy.
kilograms have been sent to Amer
lean diplomatic and consular officials
abroad instructing them to wind up
their conduct of entente interests in
Austria and of Austrian interests in
| entente countries. Spain will take over
American interests In Austria and
Sweden will assume Austrian interests
here.
Safe conducts for the former Aus
| TRAN officials on their trip home will
be sought at once from the British and
French governments. With them will
| go Count Tarnow Tarnowski, the new
ly appointed Austrian ambassador.
Knew It Was Coming.
In q statement tonight reviewing
| these negotiations. the state depart
| ment revealed that on April I, before
President Wilson went before congress
| to ask for declaration of a state of
| war with Germany, Austria served no.
tice that such a declaration would
mean a break between the Washing
ton and Vienna governments This
| notification brought to an abrupt end
! the state departments efforts to dis
suade the Austrian foreign office from
adhering fully to the German subma-
rine policy.
Although the full text of the COM
! munications exchanged was not given
out the departments review disclosed
a disposition on the part of the United
States to tolerate Austria's verbal en-
dorsement of the German policy. pro-
vided there were no steps for actual
CO. operation and no insistence that
Count Harnowski be received by the
president. On the part of Austria,
there was evident a desire to maintain
friendly relations, but an increasing
inability to do so because of German
pressure.
! War a Certainty.
| Although war with Austria is
thought now to be practical GER
tainty, President Wilson is described
as having no intention Of forcing il.
The belief Is that the president will
not ask congress to declare n state of
war unless some overt act against the
United States is committed.
Officials We're without definite ad-
vices tonight regarding arrangements
for withdrawal of the embassy staff at
Vienna and other Americans in the
dual empire. Ambassador Penfield al
ready is in Switzerland. having been
ordered more than a week ago to start
for Washington for personal discussion
of the Austrian negotiations. It is
assured that no obstacles would be
placed in the way of the departure of
American Charge Grew. his staff, the
200 other native Americans scattered
throughout Austria and Hungary and
such of the 1900 or more naturalized
American citizens who may care to
leave.
Baron Zwiedenik and the other AUS
trian officials in the United States
probably will go home on Swedish or
Norwegian passenger steamer. Defi-
mite arrangements for their trip will
be made later.