DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

166 CASE OP THE ANCONA.
[Inclosure 9.]
Sworn declaration of Isaac Strachlevitz, 'passenger on board
S. S. "Ancona."
AMERICAN CONSULATE SERVICE,
Naples, December 1. 1915.
Be it known that on this first day of December, 1915,
before me, Jay White, consul,of the United States of
America in and for the city and consular 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 Isaac Strachlevitz,
now residing at the Sailors' Rest, Naples, Province
of Naples, Kingdom of Italy, whose home address is
Western Australia, and being by me duly sworn did depose
and say:
I was born in Kisschnokk (Bessarelia) May 18th, 1889,
that my father's name is Meir Strachlevitz;
I embarked on the S. S. Ancona at Naples on the 5th
day of November, 1915.
ISAAC STRACHLEVITZ.
Sworn and subscribed this first day of December, 1915.
JAY WHITE,
American Consul.
1st Interrogatory. Where were you when you were
first conscious that something unusual was occurring on
the S. S. Ancona?
To the first interrogatory he saith: I was sitting on the
third-class deck playing "dominoes" with three friends.
2d Interrogatory. What at first attracted your attention
to the disturbance ?
The explosion to side of the ship; it seemed to be about
forty feet away from the ship.
3d Interrogatory. Were you on deck or below ?
On deck.
4th Interrogatory. If you were on deck did you have a
clear vision of the submarine ?
No.
5th Interrogatory. How did the submarine announce
her presence to the S. S. Ancona?
By a shot. This shot sent a jet of water into the air as
it struck the sea.
6th Interrogatory. Was any warning given by the submarine
to the master of the S. S. Ancona that he should
stop ?
I do not know.
7th Interrogatory. If a warning was given to the
master of the S. S. Ancona by the submarine, how
promptly was that warning obeyed by the master of the
S. S. Ancona f
I do not know if a warning was given.
8th Interrogatory. If you have any well founded belief
as to the nationality of the submarine, state upon what
facts that well founded belief is based.
I was not able to form an opinion.
9th Interrogatory. Did the submarine display a flag ? *
Yes.