File No. 861.857Im7
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Austria-Hungary ( Penfield )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
April 17, 1916, 5 p. m.
1194. Department informed Russian bark Imperator with cargo of lumber from Gulfport, Mississippi, to Marseille, France, was destroyed by Austrian submarine near Columbretes Islands off Spanish Mediterranean coast on April 11. Vessel carried two American citizens, one of whom was wounded during the attack. Lay facts before Foreign Office and state that a prompt report from the Austrian Government is expected.
Lansing