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Show SINKING DFTHE ANCONA MAY YET GAUSEjmGUBLE Washington Officials Said to Have Received Infor mation as to Austria's Attitude By International rews Serv o WASHINGTON Dec 24 The pros pect of a satl factory settlement ot tl e ! controversy w th Avistr a over the sink mg of the ncona vas gi en a set f baok today when confident al nforma . tion was received in Wash ngton as to f the attitude of the Austr a go ern fment The possibility of a break be I tween the two governments v. as at once revived The comm n cat ons from A atria, j which came through diplomatic chan J .els purport to give also an outline of i Che probable replv of the Austr an gov ern aient Accord n to these advices Austr a iolds that the Ancona cae comes m the same ca egory as the Lus tan a i 8? which is still the subject of ne t .irotiations between the United States f and Germans; The reason for th s it Is 6tated is that Austria has never f given instruct ons to the commanders of her submarines to observe the r les lb -f recognized international law as the i United States and Germany both un stderstand them at the present time which provide that vessels shall not U be torpedoed witho t full warn ng and I "Without provision for the safety of e psWy person on board. t ; Came as a Shock This has come as a shock to o&cials Ipt TKf this government inasmuch as it in vfpAwtei that the commander in torpe-& torpe-& jFjdorag the Ancona without waiting for KkjlQ passengers and members of the E-jF.f.wi to take to the boats was aeting nnmiaeT general authority of his govern EKr Xhe United States gave its view of EhEpbm& sv contingency in its first note to KBEpas,tna en the Ancona, when it said -kHIL, Tie government of the United BK States is forced therefore to con 4u& either that the commander ERL of the submarine acted in viola BHSf tins of his instructions, or that the Kgbperol and royal go verm tut failed HHLTv9 IV sue instructions to the com HjHR Minders of its submarines in a jPjEJ-OOTfllanse with the laws of nation! HHBaml the principles of humanity Kns jioeet nntcn t of the United HHfatt V un willing to believe the IHgJfciter alternative and to eredit the Kjlnatro-Hiuigsnan government with H&Vk intention to permit ite aubma Kg to destroy the bves of help-leee help-leee men women and children It KjSiKatfen- to believe that the com IKgpjEtMer of the submarine commit BSbidfi this outrage with out smtherity HkHmi (Oitnryfto the general or Rg4pMI extractions whieb he had HIa Refuse to Com pi) H ifg. assompfon of this position by BLBatistrja according to diplomats ae mtamted with the Austrian viewpoint KSSI mean that the demand of the EHl tilted States that the act of the sub BKJisarrhe commander be denounced will raf used If this develops, they sir. -SJB( a severance of diplomatic relations will Hr almost certainly follow because the de-ZWfi de-ZWfi mania of the Lotted States on Aos rft tna ware much more emphatic than her - representations to any other govern Ewjk vent, on anv other incident since the ESp beginning of the war t(B, The only way a rupture can be avoid ifv ed in tho opinion of the same author! m ties, is by the T, mted Statos barking B down and consenting to enter into nego- tuitions jast M was done with Germany wki is the Lusitania case The general view , ! u that this is not likely to occur be eatjee the state department has repeated Jv indicated, its irrevocable ins stenee ' ' utat Austria mast disavow the sink ng of the vessel and punish the commander of the submarine Lusitania Precedent In the Lusitania case the principal obstacle to a speedy settlement of the i controversy has been the attitude of German? that it was impossible to d s avow toe sinking of the ship for the reason that the commander of the sub marine was acting nnder general in (tractions which permitted him to de stroy the vessel without regard to the safety of those on board The Cerman new in a word is that the government eanaot disavow an act which It bad au thorized It was only after months of negotiation that the United States sue reeded fa bringing Germany around to its viewpoint and then it obta ned only guarantees as to f tnre fondjKt with no reparation for past offenses On September 1 Count Bcrnst rff the German embassador wrote Secretary Lansing that the answer Germany was Srepanng to his most recent no e con lined the following passage Iiners will not be sunk bv o r sub marines w thont warning and witho t safety of the 1 ves of non combatants irov del that the I ners do not try to eicsf e or ffr rns ttanc In the ase of the Aril ic wh b was I nl o ,!ust IB Grnany ndnittel that her s rma ine man fer bad 1 s regar le 1 hs i t t o s nn 1 r omptly J savowed the a t T e L te I Htates ban as? me I prac t all that A itra had le lei to fol low ilip exauit e of he r n ra ay aud ha I c I ntr c odh n om n no Je s f he I n ar noe ir lar to those ti c I I tl Oe man go e nment ( and It was arg I j n hi 4 tn that the orttlmlHm of th a e depa t nent rgar ling the o t n he oo troversv has leen f n le 1 May Ask Arbitration Basel r n the nfornat on re e ved toda) the op nion n I f 1 mat re es is that A str e II j ov se a trat n to the I nite States ta g I nge of the ar Itratlon t eat of fl wh h wan prolonged for f e en on VI y ? last an I In a Id t on w f gi urn tee m lar to thone y en n Mejtemler Iv f ermanv gar I g tie f t re n I t f her i b ir p n In I I u the I s t d a str b ba tl e i I t f 0 an The c (i t 118 rP eivcj wor I from ennn ttet he ne on I A ne en note 0 An on fln w we ree I hI t Vsrao aoyernp nt wui grat fie I f nd t t Fb t ne sloptel m w I lr than lt r I the first te Tie A strap o gn d affaires Saron t re Ztrle) n el 1 o Her rv J ni ng t 'la I r Iv w ll thle i rorrtstln I w nl r Mood SlsVtbat he askej be rets y Ls g f the Un ted States wo 1 1c ate Aust a s pos t oi o the su e t a 1 that fee retgr Lans ng aa e a negat e anwer Baro 7wle linel b a r of g a t when he left the ontere e ei tLe mpresfe on that the nter ov. ha 1 not bee at factor to h |