DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

172 CASE OF THE ANCONA.
2d Interrogatory. What, at first, attracted your attention
to the disturbance ?
Crew running about.
Sd Interrogatory. Were you on deck or below ?
Below.
4th Interrogatory. If you were on deck, did you have
a clear vision of the submarine ?
When I came on deck, I saw the submarine which was
firing on us.
5th Interrogatory. How did the submarine announce
her presence to the S. S. Ancona?
I do not know.
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 by the submarine
to the master of the S. S. Ancona, how promptly
was that warning obeyed by the master of the S. S.
Ancona?
I do not know.
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 have no idea as to the nationality of the submarine.
9th Interrogatory. Did the submarine display a flag ?
I did not see a flag on the submarine.
10th Interrogatory. What was the nationality of the
flag displayed by the submarine ?
I do not know.
11th Interrogatory. Was the flag displayed by the submarine
when her presence was first known to the S. S.
Ancona; if not, at what period of the attack was the
flag of the submarine first displayed ?
I do not know.
12th Interrogatory. Are you conversant with European
languages and customs; and, if so, was there anything
that came within your observation or hearing that
caused you to form an opinion that the submarine, or
the crew of the submarine, were of another nationality
than that of the flag displayed ?
I speak Italian, English, and some French; the crew
of the submarine all appeared to me to be blonde.
18th Interrogatory. Did the master of the S. S. Ancona,
in your judgment, stop his steamer within a reasonable
length of time after the submarine had given warning,
if warning was given ?
The ship was stopped at once after several shots had
been fired.
Hih Interrogatory. Did the submarine fire upon the
S. S Ancona after the Ancona had hove to ?
Yes; the submarine did fire on the Ancona after the
Ancona had hove to.
15th Interrogatory. Had the passengers remained on
board the S. S. Ancona after the attack of the submarine,
what, in your judgment, would have been their
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