Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-05
AT WAR WITH AUSTRIA
 FOR MANY MONTHS,
Declaration of War Will Involve Very
 Little Change of Affairs.


 Washington. Dec. 4-Declaration of war with Austria Hungary involves very little readjustment of affairs be- tween the United States and the dual monarchy because the state of war which congress is about to declare eX- ists actually has been a fact for many months. There have been no such number of depredationS on American lives and rights by Austrian military forces as has been the ease with Germany but Austria as the willing or unwilling ally of Germany has gradually come into a position where officials of the Ameri- can government have realized more and more clearly that she must be in- cluded with Germany as an enemy This was apparent even before the feutonie inva sion of Italy made the Austro Italian front literally a part of the. western front which American forces ore operating:
 Austria Has Committed No Overt Act There has been no outstanding overt act on the part of Austria against the United States; there have been | rather a series of acts short of being classed as cause for war. They go l back to the beginning of the European war Long before former Amba assa dor Dumba was uncovered and sent home to Vienna as an instigator of strikes in American manufacturing plants, the government had evidence that the Aus trian diplomatic and consular service was being used in this country for Germany's warlike purposes.
 Austria Tool of Germany. The secret service found how the Austrian diplomatic code and the of fees of Austrian consuls were being used for activities Germany could not carry on in the United States with her own officials. In some cases whcre Submarines sank unresisting passenger liners with great loss of life it ap- peared that the U-boats themselves were Austrion, but there was little doubt that the officers and crew were Germans and that the submersibles were acting under German orders. The most striking case of that sort was the destruction of the Italian liner Ancona in which responsibility never was defi- nitely established
 The first attack on an American ship which attracted the attention of the nation was that upon the American tank steamer Petrolite. An Austrian submarine fired on the ship killed a member of the crew and forcibIy took off supplies, while the master was held as hostage on the submarine Noih- ing but evasive diplomatic correspon- dence ever came of it. The American steamer .Schuylkiil, sunk last week. is believed to have been sent down by an Austrian submarine. but there has been no absolute proof.
 U-Boats Flying Austrian 'FIaq.
 
 ranean have been flying the Austrian flag and Austrian submarines have been flying the German flag Appar- ently commanders of both movies have been interchanging flags to avoid re- sponsfbility for laWless acts
 Quite aside from the question of were Austrian. but there was little consideration of the government in deciding on war with Austria Hungary is the nature of the alliance between Austria and Germany which made it anomalous to war with the latter and not with the former. Difficulty piled upon difficulty and much as. he hoped to avoid it the president was forced to realize that Austria was being used by Germany in the United States as an active, enemy and that nothing less than a declaration of war woaId clear the situation and leave the government perfectly free to carry on the war will, Germany in the most effective manner German Spy System.
 The German spy system in the United States today is known, to be manned by subjects of. Austria Hun gary. many of them members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and the recent attempts of thot organiza- ton to hamper the government,s war preparations are known by the de partment of justice to be traceable to the German system.
 American secret service men found the trails of the notorious Won Paper and Boy-d leading through the Aus. trian consular service in this country Every turn of the government toward combating the German espionage sys- tenn found evidences of how Germany was using Austria
 , Members Of congress and many ad- ministratfon officials, realizing the sit uation, have for months urged dec- laration of war
 A glass has been developed which givest the same intensity of color val-