The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-04-12
Bulgaria and Turkey Expected to
{ Follow.
U. S. TRIED TO STOP MOVE
State Department Announces DipIo-
matte Rupture and Efforts to Avoid
lt-Penfield Called Home Be-
IN fore Action Was
Taken.


the United States.
Baron Erick Zwiedinek, charge daft
flares of the Austro-Hungarian EN-
bassy here called at the state depart
ment and asked forapassports for him
self and the embassy staff.
Almost ut the same time dispatch
was received from American Minister
Stovall at Berne, saying the dual mon
archy had broken off diplomatic reIa-
lions with the United States in Vienna
Sunday. 1t is presumed this was done
by handing passports to American
Charge Grew. American Ambassador
Pentield, who had left Vienna on Sat
urday, probably did not know of the
governments action.
Spain Takes Over Affairs.
BY prearrangements Spain will take
over the diplomatic and consular inter
ests of the United States in Austria
Hungary. AIT Austrian consularagents
will depart from the United States
with the diplomatic mission. as >was
the case with Germany.
Austria-Hungasy has asked Sweden
to take over her interests in the United
States.
Up to the time Charge Zwiednek
asked for his passports no similar nc
ton had been taken by Bulgaria and
Turkey, Germany's two other allies
and their representatives here ,lisclaim
having. any knowledge of the intention
of their governments. 1t is expected
here they will follow by breaking dip
lomatic relations. s-
Austria's break with the United
States undoubtedly is the prelude to II
declaration of state of war.
200 Americans In Austria.
About 200 native Americans are
thought to be now In A,istria-Hu
with perhaps another 1,S0O n0turalizrd
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 nc0nvc-
nience, owing to 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 tie state depart
ment: ....... ..
son March IS the state department
Informed the American ambassador IN
Vienna that this government was sin
cerely DESTROYS of maintaining friendly
relations with Afstria-EI Hungary, and In
order to accomplish this would be
willing to go as far as it properly
could. ...t, ..
"In recapitulating the whole ques-
ton for Ambassador PenfieItl'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 31,-.Heclaring almost
the same submarine danger zone rs
was declared by Germany, was re-
ceived ON the same day that Count
Tarnowskl arrived in Washington thai
1t had been explained to 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 its
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 statement OF its po-
sition; that the Austrian reply, re-
ceived from Vienna in telegram dated
March =, contained the following state
ment:
The entire declaration is essential
ly nothing less than. a, notification to
the effect that no merchant ship may
navigate the sea zone, accurately de-
,fined in the declaration.
Austria Refused Change.
"And that the Imperial and royal
government Is, however unable to ac7
cept Il responsibility for the possible
loss of human life which may never
theless result fro.n the destruction Of
armed ships encountered in the in
closed zones. Moreover, ii may be re-
marked that Austro- Hungarian subma-
rjnes ere, operating only in. the Adriatic
and In the Mediterranean, and that,
therefore, a pyejudicing of American
interests by Austro-Hungarian men-of-
war is hardly to be feared that the
Kernel of the Austro-Hungarian state
ment was i'm these quotations because
the Austro-IIungarion government up
held the principles set forth In It's note
of January 81, Mt the same time stat
Ing that the prejudicing of American
interests by Austro-Hunsary was
hardly 70 be feared,' that the Aus
trlan reply was apparently glyon out
officially Ia Vienna aud thereby u.s.