Show 1 9 MAKE APOLO I 1 UNITED STATES ASKS TION FOR ATTACK ON AMERI STEAMER will demand an apology for the at tack punishment of the submarine commander and reparation for the damage done NN washington ashington the united states Is preparing to make formal demands upon austria hungary as a result of the attack by an austrian submarine upon the american tank steamer pe A note on the subject will be dispatched within a few days it was wag authoritatively stated saturday night that the united states would stand by its original contention and ask an apology for the attack punish ment of the submarine c commander 0 mm ander and reparation for the damage done to the vessel and injuries inflicted indicted on a member of the crew hit bit by a of in reply to the first american corn com catiOn on tho subject austria la in formed the state department th that at its version of t aa we affair was that the submarine rom to mander thought the an enemy ship disguised with the american flag that he fired on the vessel because he believed it was about to ram his ship and that the commander ot of the te voluntary vol lly fly furnished provisions when asked to do so 0 the state department since has secured information from the captain and crew of the te diorec directly contradictory to the austrian version ve relon they have declared in affidavits that the te was stopped in ito the med bled by an austrian submarine which fired a number of hells shells at her that tho sub submarine marino commander asked for food which the commander of the th e te to rive give him and that tha t the commander ot of the submarine then held one kneif of the meche a of the tank ers crew as a R hostage while his men went aboard the ship and took such stores as they desired |