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Show LEAVE OF ABSENCE NOT SATtSFACTDRY Austria to Be Informed U. S. Will Insist on Dum-ba's Dum-ba's Recall. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o. Embassador Embassa-dor Penfield at Vienna has been instructed in-structed to make clear to the Austrian government informally, that the United States must insist on the recall of lr. Diimba, the Austrian embassador here, and that his departure "on leave of absence" would not be satisfactory. From messages exchanged between Embassador Penfield and the state department, de-partment, it is apparent, that, the Austrian Aus-trian government misunderstood the desires de-sires of the United States. It. was intimated inti-mated at first to Embassador Penfield that the Austrian government might, recall re-call Dr. Dumba on leave of absence and might desire safe conduct for him. Dr. Dumba himself telegraphed for such safe conduct a few days later, informing the state department that, he had been granted leave of absence. No action was taken on his request, but it was forwarded lo Embassador Penfield. Instructions sent to Mr. Penfield were not disclosed, but he had been authorized au-thorized to make it. clear that Dr. Dumba Dum-ba 's usefulness as the Austrian embassador embas-sador to the I'nited States has ceased, and that if given merely "leave of ab- (Contlnued on Page Four.) 1 LEAVE OF ABSENCE NOTJATISPACTORy (Continued from Page One.) sence" he would, nevertheless, still remain re-main accredited. The right of a government, to demand the recall of an embassador because of his personal acts is unquestionable under un-der international law, arid, according to officials, if the Austrian government persisted in refusing to recall Dr. Duni-oa, Duni-oa, passports could be handed to him. There is no indication as yet that this will be necessary, the delay in tjje Austrian Aus-trian government s decision, it is said, being due to difficulty in cable transmission. |