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Show uu OBJECTS TO THE II. S. ATTITUDE Austria Does Not Want to See This Country. Militarized. Amsterdam) Sept 26, via London, 27, 5:15 a. m. The Austro-Hungarian government, according to an official telegram received here today from Vienna has in reply to tne American note of August 12 relative to the manufacture man-ufacture of ammunition in the United States, reiterated tho position taken in its protest of June 29. The reply affirms that Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary never intended to Imply that it expected Washington would forbid American citizens to do a normal traffic traf-fic in war material with the enemies of the dual monarchy, but solely protested pro-tested against the economic life of the "United States being made subservient to tho production of war material on the greatest possible scale, whereby the "United States became "militarized." "militar-ized." The note proceeds: "According to paragraphs 2 and 3 of the preamble of The Hague convention con-vention No. 13 of 1D07, and supple- , mented by the general principles of neutrality, the Austro-Hungarian government gov-ernment considers the concentration of so much energy on one aim, namely: name-ly: The delivery of war material, whereby, although not intentional but in fact, effective support is rendered one of the belligerent parties, Is a 'flat nouveau' departure) which confutes con-futes the reference of tho United States to supposed precedents. "The dual government further Is of the opinion that the excessive export of war material Is not admissable, oven If It is exported to countries of both belligerent parties. The above ; 'fait nouveau' should be reason for : altering tne existing practice of the United States' in regard to its subservience sub-servience to neutrality. "The suggestion of the Austro-Hungarian government on the question of the supply of war materials was intended in-tended to prove that it is in the power of tho United StateB to open the way for commerce with the central powers, because this possibility has been prevented by the entente powers pow-ers by measures which even the government gov-ernment of the United States regards as Illegal. "The reference by the United States to the Boer war is less a position posi-tion as at that time England did not prohibit commerce, and therefore, there was no question of the commercialization commer-cialization of South Africa." oo |
