Show j SETTLEMENT OF Ed DISPUTE EXPECTED SOON Austria May Insist Upon Privilege of Offering Ref utation of Charges of American Survivors By Internal onal News Serv ce WASHINGTON Dec 14 The Ancona controversy wl 1 be set ed by Austria to the sat sfac on of the United Sta e8 ac cord ng to offlc a s handling the case 1 ere The prlnc pa! concession ivhch offlc als say it s known Austr a s w 1 ng: to make contemplates a comple e d s avowal of the sinking of he Ancona un der the cond ons charged by Ame can aurv vors but w th the rese vat on by Austr a of the gh to presen ev dence refut ng the charges Aus a acco d ng to offlcia s n ouch w the case wl subscribe n toto to the p nc p es of sub marine warfa e adopted by Germany at the demand of the Un ed Sta es She a so s expec ed to agree To make epa at on In ndemn t es for Amer can es ost or A.mer an c zens injured To asse hat f e esse vas s e ed or sunk befo e passenge s we e allowed an oppo un y o ea a place of safety the comma de of the submar ne v olated I his ins ru ons Austr aw d spute however t s known e e dence subm tted as to the I manne n wh h the Ancona was sunk and w a ack the afnda ts of a least one of the wl nesses w ose c ed b tv t s alleged has been mpeached in a i New York court Embassadors Confer T e Aus an go ernnent t s sa d ere w ende or o meet the demand of the In ed S ates fo he pun shment i of e ar a n of h subma ne by argu ng that h s pun snment must wa t upon h s app e ens on and upon com p ete de e opmen of a he e dence as to the c r urns ances unde wh h the Ancona was sunk Throughou the da o flc a s of he Ger man and Aust an emba s es he e were n o e ouch Errfbassado on Bern s o ff s ad s ng Ba on Zv ed nek the us an charge oncern n al h s d s pat hes to s go e nmefft abou de xcopmenU he e and s unde s ood that German a us n cons derab e nffuence w th Austria to b n about an amicab e settlement w th t e Tjn ted States It s stated hat Ge many takes the pos t on that a break v h he T n ted S a es by ustr a at s t me wou d do vast harm to the cause of the entral powers in Europe May Admit Right It is understood thai the plan of compromis sett emen s Known to the state department and o Per adm nlstra tion offic als and that arrangements along thes 1 nes w I be at factory The l.n ed States may finally adWt the right of Austna to refute the evidence presented as o he ondftions surround - ing the s nk ng of the Jiner provided the prlnc pies involved are recognized promptly Austria realizes the difficulty of present ng ebrtttal evidence at th a t me becausertof the fact that the captain and crew of tie- submarine caraiot be lo cated. The An tfla. eFtoation was considered rjafc today's afcfeet meeting- immediately mcmmalter tbeVSneetiBg- adjourned a report was I HBircnlated tEat It bad been decided to wlthholdy ayttoft In the case a of Baron Zwedlnefcand Consul General "Von Nober iNewfrorkv iratQ the Ancona matter Is BeJe&f pfifal3 refused to d sense the |