File No. 841.857P43/25

The Ambassador in Austria-Hungary (Penfield) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

1103. Am in receipt of a note from the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated 21st instant, stating that since his [Page 149] communication of the 5th, all Austro-Hungarian submarines have returned from their cruise and it has been ascertained that none of them was concerned in the sinking of the Persia.

Penfield