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Show lEIWIMSTRin ruT contemplated; i I AMSTERDAM. April 1, via London, 1:07 p. m. Telegraphing from Vienna, the correspondent of the semi-official Nord- i deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of Berlin , says : "With a view to obviating all misun- I derstandings. we are authorized to state that the journey of Frederic C. Penfleld, the American ambassador, to Washington, means no change in the relations between Austria-Hungary and the United States. Diplomatic intercourse continues. Mr. Penfield Is expected to return to Vienna in about three months." WASHINGTON. April 1. State department depart-ment officials decline tonight to throw any light upon the departure of Ambassador Ambassa-dor Penfield from Vienna. They would not admit that the amhas&ador was on his way home, or that he had been re-railed re-railed by Secretary Lansing for a conference, con-ference, as press dispatches have stated. The United States never has formally received Count Tarnowski, the new Austrian Aus-trian a mbassndor, who has been waiting here two months, while the charge. Baron Zwiedinek. continued as official representative represen-tative of his government. In some quarters quar-ters the suggestion has been advanced that Mr. Penfield was being withdrawn to equalize the situation by leaving a charge at the head of the American embassy at Vienna. liver since the break between the United Unit-ed States and Germany, the governments of both Vienna and Washington have endeavored en-deavored to keep their relations unchanged. un-changed. Apparently both desire to keep communications open and to prevent all the confusion that would result through America's abandoning care of over 1,-000,iK)0 1,-000,iK)0 prisoners and belligerent interests in Austria and Austrian interests in belligerent bel-ligerent cuuntries. iiven in case congress declares a state of war between this country and Germany, Ger-many, It is understood the United States will not Initiate any action toward Austria. Aus-tria. I |