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Show uo UNITED STATES AWAITS REPORT Austrian Government's Statement State-ment of Sinking of the An-cona An-cona to Be Considered. Washington, Nov 16. The American Ameri-can government will await the receipt of the Austrian government's statement state-ment of facts concerning the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona before considering con-sidering whether any rights of Americans Ameri-cans have been violated. These facts probably will be sought through Ambassador Am-bassador Penfleld at Vienna. The state department now has before be-fore it the Italian government's communication com-munication addressed to neutral nations na-tions denouncing the sinking of the Ancona as "an unparalleled atrocity" and officials, also have seen the published pub-lished statement of the Austro-Hun-garian admiralty describing the attack. at-tack. Diplomatic exchanges between the American and Austrian governments probably will "follow over the entire question of submarine warfare and the obligations of a submarine commander com-mander tot see that neutrals are safe before des'troying a prize. Cretlc Arrives Safely. Naples, Nov. 15, via Paris, Nov. 16, 1 1 4:45 a. m. The steamsbilp JCret'c from New York ana Boston has arrived ar-rived here safely. There was intense anxiety among the passengers on board after thej learned at Gibraltar of the jlnk'ng of the Ancona. The captain took all precautions igainst aitack. Tne "vessel was shield-'l from submarines by a heavy storm which riged while she was crossing the Mediterranean. Med-iterranean. The Cretic met no warship, and The 'nly steamship sighted was the Verona, Ve-rona, sister ship of the AncDna, coming com-ing from Genoa. |
