File No. 841.857P43/47
The Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Burian ) to the Austro-Hungarian Chargé at Washington ( Zwiedinek )
[Telegram]
Vienna
,
January 12, 1916
.
[Handed to the Secretary of State
by the Chargé, January 12.]
[Handed to the Secretary of State
by the Chargé, January 12.]
In answer to Mr. Penfield’s note of the 5th, we informed him that, having received no information with regard to the sinking of the Persia, we could not assume any responsibility for this action. In a case which would involve our responsibility we should naturally be guided by the principles we agreed to in the Ancona controversy.
Burian