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Show AUSTRIAN'S I PLAN ATTACK I Message Sent Today I Is Ultimatum to Mon- ! tenegro A u s t r i a n Squadron in Readiness I Vienna. March 22 The Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian government today address- I - d strongly worded note to Monte- 1 negro, v Inch was in the nature of an ultimatum. EARLY BOMBARDMENT 18 EXPECTED Berlin. .March 22. The Gorman foreign for-eign office learned fodav that armed ' lions against Montenegro by the Austrian navy may be expected soon. 1 An Austrian squadron Is now maneu-erlng maneu-erlng off the Montenegrin and Albanian Alba-nian coasts The officials of the German foreign o''icc siaie that Vustria will send one further note to Montenegro so as to IsB exhaust the possibilities of dlploma-1 dlploma-1 . before the character of the ac-tivlty ac-tivlty of the warships changes from a demonstration into offensive ac- It is understood here that Russll has counseled the Montenegrins tc )ield. HiH MONTENEGRO OBSTINATE. Vienna. March 22. Beyond promis- , 1 ing that tbe future bombardment of j Scutari will be directed against the ;H fortifications and not against the iLLfl town. Montenegro's reply to Austria's H remonstrances Is a refusal to comply with the Austrian demands. j 4L The note declares that for military H reasons Montenegro must refuse to permit civilians to leave Scutari and IH that she cannot allow the Austro-Hun- laH garlan consul in Scutari to take pari ' laB in the Inquiry into the death of the liLV ' priest Pallo or the alleged coercive iBLfl j conversion of Catholics, declaring that H BUCh an investigation by a foreign of- 'H (kial would be incompatible with the sovereign rights of the king of Mon- laH Finally the replv contains -ome eva-Blve eva-Blve remarka concerning the alleged ij molestation of 'he Austrian steani-i I Skodra at San Giovanni di Dedua h'rn demanded the punishmenl of the military and civil officials respon-slble respon-slble for ordering Captain Blasich to assist In landing Servian troops and jl ; war munitions and to help rescue drowning men from transports which ; the Turkish cruiser Hamidleb bad The Austrian government now will send a more energetic note to Mon- H tenegro. repeating the demands al-ready al-ready made and requesting that a def-j def-j inite answer should be nude In a def-1 def-1 inlte period. Should the reply to this I noto be deemed inadequate an ulti-malum ulti-malum will then be issued. |