| Show I RECALL OF AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR IN U. U S. S HINTED U. U S. S w WARSHIPS READY TO RESCUE THOUSAND AMERICANS FROM TURKS taken looking o to the reception of r tho the S I ambassador designate von Tarnov b by President Wilson and find th there ro Is 18 a a. growing belief In diplomatic circles cir Clr- cir cir- cles s that Austria mC may not walt wait for tor thIs Oils governments government's permission for Tar Tar- to pre present ent hI his hili credentials but may n recall him on tho ground that heIs he heIB IB Is the direct representative of ot his sov sovereign ov- ov r l n and a an as such should not be bo subjected sub Bub- to tho the existing delay In assuming assum In ing hi his bli duty By Basil M Manly ani WASHINGTON ASHINGTON D. D C. C Feb 19 ln In In addition to the tho avowed purpose of ot harassing England l hy by y threatened starvation the announcement of or German German Ger Ger- man n submarine warfare without 1 warning warn arn arnIng ing and to the knife has hax t two o far tar more Immediate and practical objects Tle The first purpose of or this sensational change of or policy on the part of or Ger- Ger inan Is to divert crt tho the thoughts and anti I Imagination of or th tho German people from their own h hunger r pangs ang to re rejoicing re- re I Fe-I of oC the he anticipated plight 0 over the British For Por th past three months month evidences I of ot the severe straits of the tha German n food supply and the consequent nt un- un rr of the civil population have ha been I accumulating at I rapid rate Food riots have ha been reported In In n nall all parts part of ot Germany and r Austria Austria- Hungary ar and Instead a of ot denying their occurrence AS LS had h been en tho the former p policy C Food Controller has 11 merely In Insisted that they ther w wore were ro of hit hit- U the lie consequence and less menacing hum than 11 reported Confirmation of ot thus tho existence of oC a ot of unrest o over or r th the food shortage fI tnt ami t the h alleged l Inequality ot of distribution I tion Ion wai ar ai contained In t appeal of or oron Von on for or more fool food fo for his work workers worker rR whose hose efficiency he ho I asserted W wn b being rapidly Impaired because the farmers were hol holding back I food To add dd fu fuel fui 1 to the flames of unrest came camo admission lon during tho the past week that Individual allotments of oC food would hL have to he be still further decreased and that the thc O German people must prepare to endure even n greater hardships than the they have already suf sut- Since then reports of food riots ha have 0 Increased cc The only WA way to m meet t this situation after suppression tol b by the tho r military had hadT T resulted Jutt d only In increasing the unrest was for tor tho the German government so to launch some nome move o so o t sensational and anda a aggressive e the thoughts of ot the German people bo he transferred fr from m themselves to thoughts of or victory and revenge ge The Tho second great reat reason Tenson for this dramatic change of ot policy Is the pressIng pressIng press- press I Ing need of ot Germany for Cor a a. new loan It I la 15 a matter of ot record that Germans German has hM never ne attempted to launch a war loan JOlln except upon the carefully prepared prepared pre pre- pared basis of or a great military sousa- sousa Th The drive through Belgium launched I the first loan the tho great t drive a against aln t Russia was tho basis for or the second Whatever may have been the tho purpose purpose pur pur- pose of the attack on Verdun Verc Its only effective result w wa was to arouse the German German Ger Ger- man p people ople to a P. pitch of ot high en en- for tor the tho greatest r loan n of ot all Germany Gennan has increased ed taxation r relatively cJ little and relying r as she does docs on th the success of or a series of or normous Joan loans It Is Imperative that they shall be 10 put out only when there Is 18 assurance of ot success The failure of ot a single loan Joan would be bea bea a A. more mora serious calamity than tho the wip wip- in ing out of at an entire division of ot the I O German Orman arm army It would weaken tho the Imperial prestige e and anti hamper er e every move of ot tho the military authorities Only two moves of or sufficient Im Importance Importance Importance Im- Im to arouse the people to real enthusiasm were wert pO possible at this timothe limo timo tile the the ousting cutting of or tho the allies 4 from Sit Sa- and tho the launching of or a R ruthless submarine warfare For Or l or th the purposes in mind the sub sUb- II marines were Infinitely Jy to be pret pre- pre I t w u- tt mn ma may th therefore expect cl to lo S see I a new German loan announced as ns soon n III Von Bethmann Hont has as assured assured as- as tho the countr country that the new regime will bring England to the point I as-I of or starvation and aready ready to sue suc for tor peace for Cor securing a continental continent expression principally for tor the tho guarantee of oC the rt of ot neutrality an and If it It Is possible ble bhe for tor the alleviation alle of or the tho rigors of or war var Tobar Borgona minister of or foreign relations made malle the sug suggestion in ti t note noto to the Mexican minister of or foreign relations responding respond In lug ing to General l Carranza's note to the United States and air neutral l nations nations na SU suggesting an embargo on foodstuffs foodstuffs food food- stuffs and ammunition exports as ns a amenn means menn of bringing the illO war to an end communicator dated at I Quita February 17 17 says Joint action of or all American nationals is needed to produce results as tho the labor oCono of oC one ono separate from the others it has lias been heen demonstrated Is unfruitful Ecuador therefore believes it essential essen Ual that there should be an immediate session of oC an American congress which could meet for example in Uru I guay guar |
