DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

CASE OF THE ANCONA. 161
20th Interrogatory. Were there any citizens or subjects
of neutral states whose testimony would in your opinion
be of value on the Ancona ?
There are none that I know of.
21st Interrogatory. Did you see a flag on submarine
and, if so, describe the flag.
I could see a red and white flag on submarine but
can not describe the flag.
22d Interrogatory. Is there anything else relating to
the destruction of the Ancona you wish to state ?
No, I believe my statement as to what I saw is complete.
Sworn to and signed before me at Tunis on November
18th, 1915.
(Signed) DEAN M. MASON,
American Consul, Algiers.
[Inclosure 6.]
Affidavit of Irlando Potali/vo.
AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE,
Naples, November 30, 1915.
Be it known that on^this thirtieth day of November
before me, Jay White, consul of the United States of
America in and for the city and District of Naples, Italy,
residing in the city of Naples, duly commissioned and
sworn and by law authorized to administer oaths and
affirmations, personally appeared Irlando Potalivo (or
Potativo) now residing at Sailor's Rest, Naples, Province
of Naples, Kingdom of Italy, whose home address is
Montenero di Bisaccia, Prav. di Campobasso, Italy, and
Philadelphia, United States of America, and being by
me duly sworn did depose and say:
I was born at Montenero di Bisaccia, date, June 16,
1898, that my father's name is Alessandro Patalivo, that
he was bom ..._•.. and that I am a native (or naturalized)
Naturalized.
I embarked on the S. S. Ancona at Naples, Italy; on
the 5th day of November, 1915.
IRLANDO POTALIVO.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the 30th day of
November, 1915.
JAY WHITE,
American Consul.
Question No. 1. Where were you when you first were
conscious that something unusual was occurring on
board the S. S. Ancona?
I was in the toilet room.
Question No. 2. What, at first, attracted your attention
to the disturbances ?
The firing of guns.
Question No. 3. Were you on deck or below?
On deck.
Question No. 4- H you were on deck, did you have a
clear vision of the submarine?
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