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Show THE U, S. Nevertheless, Official Circles in Vienna Do Not Regard the Situation Situa-tion as Hopeless and Are Trying to Reach a Friendly Solution of the Existing Difficulties. Difficul-ties. TWO FAVORABLE SIGNS OBSERVED Just How Peace With America Is to Be Maintained Main-tained While Austria Is Aiding Germany in Ruthless Submarine Warfare Is Not Made Known. VIENNA, Feb. 17, via London, Feb. IS, 10:30 p. m. Despite the fact that some newspapers take a gloomy view of Austro-American Austro-American relations and the situation brought nbout by the severance of relations rela-tions between the United States and Germany, Ger-many, official circles in Vienna are inclined in-clined to believe that the situation is not entirely hopeless. This also is the view of Ftedertc C. Penfleld, the American ambassador, am-bassador, who is doing everything possible possi-ble to assist In reaching a friendly solution solu-tion of the situation. At this moment there are two indications indica-tions which permit of the conclusion that Washington is not contemplating any immediate im-mediate break with Austria-Hungary. One la the transfer to the embassy here of Joseph C. Grew, former secretary of the embassy in Berlin, who arrived hero tonight from Switzerland to assume the duties of counsellor of the embassy. Relief funds Wired. The second indication arises from tho fact that Secretary of state Lansing yesterday yes-terday wired here on behalf of various Hebrew charity organizations the sum of $2."0.000 donated try American Hebrew societies. so-cieties. At the embassy here the opinion was expressed thut the United States goy-ernment goy-ernment might not have transferred this sum had a break between Washington and Vienna been even tentatively decided on. At the foreign office no conjectures are Indulged In regarding wbnt tire near future fu-ture may bring. The fact that the two governments are unable to communicate their views more freely than the present conditions permit has made the exchange of opinions slow and unsatisfactory. Will Not Yield. The Austro-Hungarian government, ns a result, remains in almost total ijrnoranc o? what measures arc needed In order to meet the views of President Wllpon and his cabinet. Tho feeling hero ia that j whilPi the Au.stro-Hunparian government might consider small modifications of tiio new blockade regulations, as Germany has done In the case of Holland, there i.s not the slightest cliame that it will yUld in the least, so far as the principle involved Is concerned. There seems to be no douM that official offi-cial circles and the entire public havo become thoroughly recon-Mkd to the ttrp the dual monarchy has taken join"y with German:. With the exception of a few" radical Germanisls nobody has .shown much bu-terness bu-terness here against tl.e American govern gov-ern men t, thouerh what has hem termed "the unfairness of U'ashirftton" has resulted re-sulted In much disr.pi-ointmont. The pub-lie pub-lie and the government uiike Ukc II, a stand that President Wilson has denied the centra powers the li-ht of ?clf-d9-f-:n!-e in dctnivfnpr ihorn oi the only infective in-fective weapon at the;r disposal. Hopes From Congress. Persons with whom ihe Assciated Press correspondent has tallied have laid re-at hopes on the American congress. Tho belief h.ts been expressed by them "' open J?bat.e in conie- v ouM Ir.vl !to an understand!!..: nf the poMtiuii of ibo central pow crs. L.o,crni:..;iit rirrks, tho r.:-'.-sj end the p.jMic put f-irth do h-pe that mic!i wit) b.? tj-o ..-as.-. .Much fnith Ir ptH.-.-.-d iu M---Ml ;ip j otbci-qua-rteis on tM,. pi eswmp: 10:1 ti.ai t'o r.-.id .S?M- woul j .iu. nt t lartfe nnny ."n MJ :i. v nnd Hn' 'i,. M-ir hi i' '-' v.-iij i 0, , r h,-:nre ;he n;,ii;ri.y .v rer ; of ic(; r,u Scales can l(f- (icvciop.j. |