Amsterdam, Dec. 31.
The Austrian reply to the Ancona Note hag been published.
It is: most conciliatory in tone. It repeats the arguments that the vessel tried to escape and declares that the loss of life was chiefly due to the action of the crew of the Ancona, -in leaving the passengers to their fate, and to the panic on board; the loss of life due to the shots fired by the Austrian submarine being negligible.
The Austrian reply adds, however, 200. that the commander of the Aurine has been punished the rules concerning of life. Austria is pr
American Way an indemnity for the lives lost but cannot accept respon: lity for the loss of the ship.
London, Dec, 31.
The reply of Austria to the American Note concerning the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona remarkable climb down. positively concurs the principle that private vessels, if they do not try to escape or resist, shall not be destroyed until the passengers and crew: have been placed in ing between America and Austria shall become still more cordial.
The Note states that the Commander of the submarine believed the Ancona to be a transport. It says that the Austrian commander, after a long time, torpedoed the liner very carefully so that the passengers could save themselves before she sank.
The Note affirms that all on board could have been saved if they had not been deserted by the crew:
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