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Show SAYS TIE DECISION rests mimes Vienna Newspaper Discusses Possibility of Break With Austria. LONDON, Feb. II, 12:53 p.1 m. The following semi-official statement from Vienna regarding relations of Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary and the United States appears in the General Anzeiger of Duesseldorf; Negotiations have been taking place between Count Czernin, Austio-Hun-garian minister of foreign affairs, and Frederic C. Pen field, the American ambassador at Vienna; ' since the rupture rup-ture o relations between the United States and Germany, on thp question of the future relations between the United states and Austria-Hungary, ' in view of the fact that Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary asserted berself In accord with Germany's declaration of intensified inten-sified submarine warfare. On the American side a desire has been shown to avoid a rupture with Austria -Hungary, because Washington Washing-ton shrinks from severing all relations rela-tions with the central powers. Ber- ' lin, too, would prefer that this last bridge was left unbroken. The opinion prevails in Vienna and Berlin that the decision to embark upon an intensified submarine warfare war-fare did not constitute a n action which should have forced the United States to such a policy as has been chosen by Washington towards Germany. Ger-many. The central powers . have no intention of canceling the new submarine warfare, especially, in View of the impossibility of establishing estab-lishing under present methods of submarine sub-marine fighting whether there are 1 any- Americans on board torpedoed j vessels. No concessions could be made to the United States which ! would render negative the nature of the new submarine warfare, not even for the sake of the highly valued friendship of the United States. It therefore remains with America to find means which will permit the maintenance of normal relations, according ac-cording to the American conception, between America and the dual monarchy mon-archy even with the continuance of intensified submarine warfare. The negotiations between the Aug-tro-Hungarian foreign office and the American ambassador have up to now led to no result, but a negative or positive settlement may be reached in a Tew days. Count Tarnowski, Aus-w Aus-w tro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States, has not yet presented his credentials, but has already had a conversa tion with Secretary of ! State Iansing. |