Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-04-13
Bulgaria and Turkey Expected to
Follow.
U. S. TRIED TO STOP MOVE
State Department Announces piplo-
matte Rupture and Efforts to Avoid
It-Pentieid Called Home Be-
fore Action Was
Taken.


gary, under the pressure of Germany.
has severed diplomatic relations with
the United States.
Baron Erick Zwiedinek. charge daft
flares of the Austro-Hungarian en-
bassy here called at the state depart
ment and asked for passports for HIM
self and the embassy staff.
Almost at the same time dispatch
was received from American Minister
Stoyall at Berne, saying the dual mon
archy had broken off diplomatic rela-
tons with the United States In Vienna
Sunday. It is presumed this was done
by handing passports TO American
Charge Grew. American Ambassador
Penfeld, who had left Vienna on Sat
urday. probably did not know of the
governments action.
Sp-in Takes Over Affairs.
BY prearrangements Spain viii take
over the diplomatic and consular inter
ests Of the United States Ia Austria
Hungary All Austrian consular agents
viii depart from the United States
with the diplomatic mission. as was
the case with Germany.
Austria Hungary has asked Sweden
TO take over her interests in the United
States.
Up TO the time Charge Zwiedinek
asked for his passports no similar &C.
ton had been taken by Bulgaria and
Turkey, Germany's two other allies,
and their representatives here disclaim
having any knowledge of the intention
of their governments. 1t is expected
here they will follow by breaking dip
iOmatic relations
Austria's break with the United
States undoubtedly Is the prelude to
declaration of a state OF war.
200 Americans In Austria.
About 200 native Americans are
thought to be now In Austria-Hungar
with perhaps another 1900 naturalized
Austro-Americans, most of whom may
prefer to stay In their country of
birth. Officials here expect no difficult
ties to be placed before Americans In
Austria. and that all the American en-
baSsy officials will be permitted to
leave without restraint or inconve-
nience. owing 10 the decidedly friendly
feeling that Austria has shown despite
German pressure.
U. S. Tried to Avert Break
The following announcement in re-
gard to the break in relations with
Austria was made by the state depart
mert:
"0N March 1S the state department
Informed the American ambassador in
Vienna that this government was sin
cerely DESTROYS of maintaining friendly
relations with Austria Hungary, and in
order to accomplish this would be
willing TO go as far as 1t properly
could.
'In recapitulating the whole ques-
ton for Ambassador Penfield's guild
ance In his discussion of the matter
with the Austrian foreign Office the de
partment pointed out that the Austrian
note of January 81, declaring almost
the same submarine danger zone as
was declared by Germany, was re-
ceived on the same day that Count
Tarnowski arrived In Washington that
IL had been explained 70 Count Tar
nowski that this government could not
possibly receive an ambassador from
Austria and at the same time dismiss
the German ambassador unless the
Austro- Hungarian government could
recede from the position taken in it's
submarine note that Count Tarnowski
had agreed and suggested the opening
of conversations In the hope that some
solution might be found: that the de-
partment had thereupon instructed Mr..
Penfield TO ask the Austro- Hungarian
government for a statement of its pO-
sition; that the Austrian reply. re-
ceived from Vienna in a telegram dated
March 2, contained the following state
ment:
"'The entire declaration is essential
" nothing less than notification to
the effect that no merchant ship may
navigate the sea zone accurately Je-
fined in the declaration
Austria Refused Change.
"And that the imperial and royal
government is however unable 10 ac-
cept responsibility for the possible
loss of human life which may never
theless result from the destruction of
armed 81 ps encountered in the in
closed zones. Moreover, 1t may be re-
marked that Austro- Hungarian Subma-
rines are operating only in the Adriatie
and In the Mediterranean. and that,
therefore, a prejudlc.uc Of American
interests by Austro- Hungarian men-of-
war is hardly to be feared: that the
kernel of the Austro-Hungarian state
ment was In these quotations because
the Austro-Huugarion government up
held the principles set forth in its note
of January 81, at the same time stat.
ting TINT the preindicing Of AMERICAN