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Show UNITED STATES . WILL NOT STAND ' FOR LONG DELAY Austria Hungary Must Take Nohce of the Ancona Demand De-mand Without Further Loss of Time CHARGE IS CALLED UPON TO EXPLAIN ' Letter Regarding Purchase of Passports Turns Up, Safe Conducts Asked for Boy-Ed and Von Papen VHLNGTON Dec 11 Thor were no developments today to alle uit the serious situat on that threatens a rapture of d plomatic relat ons between the t n ted States and Aust a Huugan Ofhciala continued stud ou"l reti cent, but word that the mer can note on the sinking of the Ital an Imer An cona with loss of meriean lives had reached the lenna fore gn ofb.ce yes terday led to a feeling that the ques tion would resolve itself one way or the other without much delay The communication 13 understood to ask disavowal of the act of the Aus trian submarine which Bank the 1 ne. punishment of the submarine s com mander the reparation for the A.mer lean lives lost and it has been clearly indicated that the United States ex pects that these things be done prompt ly There will be no lengthy discus sion of thepruxiples involved it is "'said, such as was conducted with Ger many after the Lusitania tragedy Will Be Printed Monday A copy of the Ancona note which will be given out for publication m "morning papers of next Monday today was handed to Baron Zwiedmek charge of the Austrian embassy here by Sec retary Lansing and it is understood the two discussed the s tuation briefly and informally It was said the talk merely was in eidentaL the charge having called at the state department to explain how he came to write a letter to the Austro-Hnnganan Austro-Hnnganan consul general at rew York early m the war suggest ng that pass ports of neutral countries be purchased for Austrian reservists in this country The letter was published today and a photographic copy was delivered to Secretary Lansing by a New York newspaper Baron Explains Baron Zwiedinek expla ned that when he wrote the letter he was a subordi nate official of the embassy then in eharge of Dr Constant n Dumba since recalled. It could not be ascertained whether the explanation was sat sfactory It was apparent ton ght that offic als who have read the note to Austria viewed the s tuation as serious the opinion preva lmg as strongly as ever that d plomat c relations were in dan ger of being broken off unless Vienna complied immediately w th the Ymer ican demands It was stated authoritat vely today that' Secretary Lansing has not yet reached a dec s on as to Alexander von Jmber the Austro-Hunganan consul general m New lork, whose case is under cons derat on What affect the baron s explanat on today m ght have upon the secretary s case was not dis closed. Baron Zw ed nek declined to discuss the subject |