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Show WILSON AWAITS- I FURTHER ADVICE I No Additional Facts on Sink- M ing of the Persia Have M Been Received. jH STATUS OF STEAMSHIP H United States Navy Experts to M Help Decide No Word From Ambassador. - H Washington, Jan. 5 President Wil- H son conferred with Secretary Lansing H for an hour today over the submarine H crisis. IH No additional facts beyond the de- H finite knowledge that only two Amer- H icans were aboard the liner Persia, H had been received by the state depart- H ment overnight from either Arabassa- H dor Penfield at Vienna, Ambassador H Gerard at Berlin or American consu- H lar agents along the shores of the H Mediterranean. Such information as H had already been received, however, H was carefully reviewed by both the H president and Mr. Lansing. H There still was every indication that H no action would be taken pending re- H ceipt of fuller advices. Whether the H status of the Persia was changed from H an unarmed liner to that of a vessel H which might technically bo classified H as armed by the fact that she mount- H ed one gun, is a point which United H States navy experts will be called H upon to help determine. H Official despatches received today' H from the American consul at Marseil- H les established that only one American H is among the missing passengers H Robert N. McNeely, newly appointed H American consul at Aden. Charles H. H Grant, the other American passenger, H was rescued. H Senator Stone, chairman of the for- H eign relations' committee, will confer H late today with administration lead- H ers to determine when the committee H should be called to consider interna- H tional problems confronting the conn- H try. Mr. Stone said he would like to H have the committee meet tomorrow. H In the senate discussion of the fon H eign situation did not develop. Sena- H tor Fall's resolution calling upon Pre H ident Wilson to inform the senate re- H garding the character of the govern H ment in Mexico which the United H States government has recognized H was permitted to lie on the table al H his request. H Gerard Confers With Berlin. H London, Jan. 4, 7:34 p. m. (De- H layed). An Amsterdam dispatch to H the Exchange Telegraph company H says that the American minister at jH Berlin, James W. Gerard, conferred JH today with officials at the foreign of- H fice concerning the sinking of the JM steamship Persia. Mr. Gerard is said IH lo have inquired about the national- H Ity of the submarine which sank the H vessel. The German secretary of the H navy, Admiral Von Tlrpitz, conferred H with Emperor William on Monday. H The Rev. Mr. Salisbury's home was H at Takoma Park, Washington. He H boarded the steamship Persia at Mar- H scilles, going to join his wife who is H a missionary in India. H The Peninsular and Oriental Steam- H ship company confirms the report H that Mr. Salisbury embarked on vessel H at Marseilles. H |
