Show IA Ancona and Lusitania L Cases Cases' Are Different I i THE ANCONA O OUTRAGE TRAG From the Los Angeles Times The administration at Washington is growing weary of receiving from the warring powers renewed assurances assurances assurances assur assur- ances of ot distinguished consideration in satisfaction of ot depredations upon American life and property y The list of ot such outrages is a along 10 long and cruel one and the stoking gJ of the Ancona and murder of or Am American American I. I passengers I there Thereon n by an Aus Austrian pirate is worse than any I ll i-ll t that has at hias been perpetrated It is Impossible that th the Ancona could have been ca carrying lYing contraband contraband of ot war for tor she was sailing awa away from Europe not toward It She had practically practically pinc- pinc I surrendered for the she he had ceased motion and her passengers and crew were being discharged rapidly into boats when the human devil In command com COIn command mand of the Austrian ship not only fired upon the ship and sank her but fired upon the boats containing the escaping passengers The New York press was a unit In its Comments upon the Ancona horror Th The Brooklyn Eagle said A passenger steamer bound westward westward westward west west- ward and therefore not to be suspected suspected suspected sus sus- of carrying either contraband or reservists her cabins and steerage laden with inoffensive noncombatants many of ot them helpless women and children children is is summarily destroyed as were the the Lusitania and the Arabic No Military Purpose Served d. d No military purpose Is served I Italy Italy- tal whose flag the Ancona flew Hew snot Is s not perceptibly hurt The New York TorK Times finds It hard to look upon the act In any other light than as one of wanton savagery f j jI continuation in the Mediterranean field of ot the policy of frightfulness frightfulness' and of ot butchery of innocent persons so long pursued by Germanys Germany s navy In waters about the British Islands The war upon the kindergarten I goes on re relentlessly whether In the streets of or London or In the Inthe the waters of or orthe the Mediterranean Stupid as well as brutal The Evening Sun calls Vie the theatt att attack ck on the Ancona it brought no military advantage we might say its only o ly effect is Js to enhance to-enhance Italian hatred of ot Austria and desire to defeat and punish her Yet Tet by this futile deed says The Evening Sun the Austrian authorities once more draw down on their country and its allies the anger and of the whole civilized world above all of America And this at a time when the hopes of Germany and Austria are concentrated on an aggressive aggressive ag ag- ag- ag policy by the American AmE gOVernment government gov gov- t h activities ent In curbing the activities of ot England at sea If f Austria refuses the demand of Secretary Lansing or delays unnecessarily unnecessarily unnecessarily in granting ranting it It the next ne-n question will be What will the United States do about it I We Do Do Not Want Warr The reparation reparation- that A Austria ought 1 to make will be to disavow the act apologize for it and shoot the responsible author of ot It I and pay a large sum of money as indemnity tn- tn In Indemnity I to the relatives of ot those I Americans who were murdered and to do these things quickly We Ve do not want to go to war with Austria on account of the Ancona In In- In It would not put life into the Americans who were slaughtered on the Ancona for us to slaughter thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of Austrians or to send thousand thousands thou thou- sands sand of Americans to their death Besides by making war war upon Aus Aus- tria we w would uld be playing Into the the- hands of ot the allies What we can do is to give Austria a limited time In which to apologize for the act t of the brute who mur-I mur murdered murdered mur mur- dered our countrymen execute him and pay pay not not promise to pay but pay paya a a substantial Indemnity to the relatives relatives relatives rela- rela I tives of or the murdered Americans If f fat at the expiration of the time named say sixty or ninety days das Austria has not acted then give her ambassador and all her consular representatives notice to leave the country warn all non-naturalized non Austrians to follow them seize all Austrian lan Austrian ships now In Interned interned interned in- in la to our ports and from thenceforward thenceforward thence thence- forward pursue a policy of absolute with Austria This Thill need not necessarily embroil us with Germany or with Turkey Turley and neither of ot these powers will be be I Inclined to go out of its way to look for trouble with the United States T NOTICE TO AUSTRIA From From the St St. Paul Dispatch There are three apparent considerations considerations considerations consid consid- which account for the difference difference difference dif dif- ference in character r between the notes otes submitted by the United States Vo Ito o Germany in the controversy occasioned occasioned occasioned oc oc- oc- oc by the war of submarines on noncom noncombatants and the note recently re recently re- re addressed to the Austrian government government government gov gov- In fn discussion of ot the Ancona case They are 1 1 The Illegality of the Austrian offense has already been conceded by bythe bythe bythe the government of Germany the leader of ot the Teutonic alliance 2 2 Austrian diplomacy since the beginning of the war has been characterized characterized characterized char char- char char- by a certain clumsy ingenuousness in ingenuousness ingenuousness in- in which it would seem can be penetrated only by the employment employment employment em em- of the plainest expression 3 3 The circumstances of ot the at attack attack attack at- at tack on the Ancona reveal a stupidity stupidity stupidity stu stu- and a wanton disregard for life and law Jaw which render It more offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive than any of the acts of the German German German Ger Ger- man navy not excluding the sinking of the Lusitania With the Pruss Prussian Ian military and political policy frankly determining the course of the Teutonic alliance ItI it I might have been expected that the subtler task of ot handling all diplomatic diploma diploma- tic relations with neutrals would have been left to the the Berlin government Vienna and Berlin But such has not been the case When the German government though resenting the traffic in arms I between tween American firms and the governments of the entente allies de declined declined declined de- de to protest because It would commit Itself to an obvious obvious' inconsistency inconsistency tency the Austrian government undertook undertook undertook un un- the task It was not the representative of Berlin In the United States who was caught Interfering with the domestic affairs of the United States of VIenna Vi Vienna VI- VI It was the representative r ennaBut enna But on top of or these exhibitions of ot stumbling and blun blundering a a. I rine flying the Austrian flag after forcing a noncombatant Italian vessel to stop and surrender and before giving giving giving ing the crew and passengers time to escape fired tired a number of shells at atthe atthe atthe the vessel and finally torpedoed and sank her while there were yet many persons on board with the result that a large number of defenseless persons including citizens of the United States lost their lives or were seriously Injured Not Too Severely Worded Assuming the f fa facts as ascertained by our state department to be correct correct correct cor cor- the condemnation of ot the attack on the Ancona la Js none too severely worded It will stand in fn the record of history not as a provocative to war not as a mere quibble between na nations nations nations na- na with varying points of view but as a declaration of ot principles In defense of r the Aryan civilization of the twentieth century It proclaims that this Is the standard of civilization civilization civilization tion recognized by the United States and that any violation of it at the ex expense expense ex- ex pense of American life calls for tor unqualified unqualified unqualified un un- qualified denunciation There Is still an opportunity for tor forthe forthe the Hungarian Austro government to identify identity itself with the standard of civilization which we ve have proclaimed pro pro- claimed This is to comply with the demands of the government of or the United States and disavow the barbane barbaric barbaric bar bar- baric bane act of one of Its naval commanders com com- manders DOES NOT FEAR U U. U S. S From the Montreal bally gaily Dally Star Speaking of possible referees the American government has certainly sent a a. stiff note note- to Vienna The facts of the Ancona case seem to have been about as bad as could be managed managed managed man man- aged by even a a. stupid pirate He had his prize in hand hand he he was sure of being able in time to sink his ship ship yet jet he ho could not withhold his hand from wanton murder What Vienna will wilt do about it is problematic tic Vienna has no particular reason rea reaY I i son to tear fear American action and the Vienna government Is notoriously purblind with pride Germany can be brought to see reason reason reason-In in a fashIon fashion fash- fash Ion But Vienna would fear tear nothing from Washington short hort of ot intervention intervention tion lion in the war |