| Show UN KEN E L LAS AS NOT OT OTmer 1 mer imer mer Maru as as as Sent to Bottom Chance for 1 to Escape BE BY CONSUL I rican Diplomat at att Ort t Said Has Not Been Able to Learn I IU U Boats U-Boat's Boats Boat's Nationality I Dec 27 rican can Consul Bristow at atS S Said id cabled today that no I ning ping was given the Japanese I i Yal aka Maru before she I torpedoed and nd sunk in the last Tuesday by of I The line he addI add- add I J ade no attempt to escapee escape I e e consuls consul's dispatch which came to Secretary Lansing's gs g's for lor or reports on the disaster was as first official Information on the ent nt which probably be io the ct t ot of further diplomatic corre corre- en e with the Teutonic p powers ily my Periscope Seen Relays Relay's daya report said the submarine seen teen u tor FE torpedoed and that then her periscope was visible The Thesal sal ral assumption is that the sub- sub irie must have been German or ian i 4 hO Maru Iaru case is gener gener- by officials and diplo- diplo t here as surrounded with wide J It has been suggested might answer the chal- chal tee to her shipping by a wide parI par- par I tion In the war even to the ex- ex taking part in the operations Europe l s Germany s has already given as as- lances ances that her submarine com com- iders were under Instructions not liners without warning pre e was a disposition to believe ta boat was an Austrian was fjon Complicated its that assumption proves true it eared the situation over the sink sink- the Italian liner Ancona will further complicated and the Somatic correspondence with Ausk Aus Aus- k L will be broadened to take in the theral peral eral ral subject of attack without liming as it did in the last stages he be negotiations with Germany reports of a favorable ly by the Vienna foreign office to last st Ancona note have not s served alter the attitude of the state in the Ancona case he be report that the reply will l guided with concern for the good between the two coun coun- 8 S. S officials take it it means that Hungary ria probably expects I diplomatic correspondence the subject The United States disinclined to enter into any I negotiations Disavow Act uld d It develop that an Austrian Austrin n narine anne arine torpedoed the without warning the Vienna n office undoubtedly will wUl be beto beto I to disavow the act and to give inces to govern future conduct I submarine warfare CIO IO Dec 27 Detailed Detailed ad ad- received here today from Port it concerning the sinking of the thea Tea a M f Maru ru corroborate previous that the ship was torpe without warning The ad advices vIces was attacked at p. p m. m submarine whose presence had haden en sen observed N lIag was vis vis- 1 after the Ule torpedo edo was dis dis- ed cd two periscopes one long and Short appeared above tho the water fa u a feet of ot tho the steamship i 7 Continued on page e 2 I SUNKEN VESSEL WAS WAS' Continued from page 1 L They moved to a position off the stern on the starboard side the advices advices ad ad- vices relate as though ready to clisI discharge discharge dis clis- dis- dis charge a second torpedo if if I sary After the Maru tiara sank a conning tower was visible for a brief time at a point about a mile away Escape Described The reports describe the thee the manner in which all on board the ship entered en en- the boats safely this having been accomplished within ten minutes minutes min min- utes of the time the torpedo was as wasI discharged The captain caused the I boats to be tied together Sails were hoisted and in accordance with a plan arranged previously by wireless a southeasterly course was taken This was held until midnight mid night when the French gunboat which rescued tho the passengers and crew was met During the evening the periscope of the submarine reappeared only a afew afew afew few yards from the boats but the submarine submarino itself was not visible The passengers praised the captain and crew for their coolness and dis dis- There was no sign of panic during the long ordeal According to a statement made to the diet by the finance minister there was on board the Maru gold to the value of yen |
