Question No. 2. What, at first, attracted your attention to the disturbance?

The firing of the Question No. 3. Below deck. Question No. 4. of the submarine? Question No. 5.

the S. S. Ancona?

If you were on deck, did you have a clear vision

How did the submarine announce her presence to

From the port-hole of the dining room I saw the submarine at about two hundred and fifty meters off the starboard bow. Presence made known by the firing of cannon.

Question No. 6. Was any warning given by the submarine to the master of the S. S. Ancona that he should stop?

I do not know, because I was below deck at the time, but the first shot appeared to be fired with blank cartridge, judging by the sound of the report.

Question No. 7. 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?

The ship continued on her way after first few shots, but after about ten shots she put up the Italian flag and stopped. The submarine then hoisted the Austrian flag. I know this to be so, because in the meantime I had come up on deck and entered one of the lifeboats and saw it with my own eyes.

Question No. 8. If you have any well founded belief as to the nationality of the submarine, state upon what facts that well founded belief is based.

The fact that the submarine did not at once hoist its flag, but waited till the Ancona had hoisted the Italian flag indicates to my mind that she was not an Austrian submarine, but rather a German. This belief is held by the majority of the surviving passengers and crew of the Ancona.

Question No. 9. Did the submarine display a flag?

When firing commenced it did not display any flag whatever, but hoisted the Austrian flag as previously stated after the Ancona had hoisted the Italian flag.

Question No. 10. If so what was the nationality of the flag displayed by the submarine?

Austrian.

Question No. 11. 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?

No. Flag first displayed after about ten shots had been fired and the Ancona had hoisted the Italian flag.

Question No. 12. 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?

Only with Italian and English. The submarine was too far away to be able to distinguish the crew on board.

Question No. 13. 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?

Yes. With the velocity of the Ancona going at full speed it was in my judgment impossible to stop sooner.

Question No. 14. Did the submarine fire upon the S. S. Ancona after the Ancona had hove to?

Yes, submarine continued to fire after the Ancona had hove to. Question No. 15. Had the passengers remained on board the S. S. Ancona after the attack of the submarine, what, in your judgment, would have been their fate?

They would have drowned.

Question No. 16. What was the fate of those who remained on board the S. S. Ancona?

They were drowned.

Question No. 17. Did you, personally, seek safety in a lifeboat? Yes.

Question No. 18. What would have been your fate had you not sought refuge in a lifeboat?

I would have had to swim or take the chance of drowning. Question No. 19. How long a time was allowed after the warning signal for the passengers to take to the lifeboats before the ship was torpedoed?

About half an hour.

Question No. 20. Did the submarine cease firing while the passengers were being embarked in the lifeboats?

No.

Question No. 21. Did the submarine give any assistance or make any effort to rescue the passengers and crew after the ship had been torpedoed?

No.

Question No. 22. Did the submarine fire upon the lifeboats after they had left the ship?

No.

Question No. 23. What flag was flown by the submarine?

Austrian flag.

Question No. 24. What warning shots were given?

The first shot apparently fired with blank cartridge, judging by the sound of the reports.

Question No. 25. Whether vessel was fired on while passengers were being taken off?

Question No. 29. What was the conduct of the crew during the taking off of the passengers?

I do not know, as I was so much occupied in saving myself, that I did not notice what was going on around me.

Last question unnumbered. Do you know of any of the survivors of the Ancona who can corroborate your statements?

Yes. Donato Farina, from Molfetta, Province of Bari, Italy. TAMBONE DOMENICO.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this twenty-sixth day of November, 1915.

HERBERT CARLSON BIAR,

Vice-Consul of the United States of America.

Sworn declaration of Ilazione Azzolini, passenger on board
S. S. "Ancona.”

AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE,
Naples, November 26, 1915.

Be it known that on the twenty-sixth day of November, 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, Ilazione Azzolini now residing at the Emigrant Shed at Naples, Province of Naples, Kingdom of Italy, whose home is 55-57 West 26th Street, New York City, United States of America, and being by me duly sworn did depose and say:

I was born at Malfetta, Italy, on the sixth day of November, 1884; my father's name was Corado Azzolini and that I have taken out my first citizen's paper in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on the 15th of December, 1914.

I embarked on the S. S. Ancona at Naples on the 5th day of November, 1915; that I have in my possession my first citizen paper as stated above.

1st Interrogatory. Where were you when you were first conscious that something unusual was occurring on board the S. S. Ancona? To the first interrogatory he saith: Down below.

2d Interrogatory. What, at first, attracted your attention to the disturbance?

Crew running about.

3d 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.

13th 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. 14th 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 fate?

We would have perished.

16th Interrogatory. What was the fate of those who remained on board the S. S. Ancona?

I do not know.

17th Interrogatory. Did you personally seek safety in a lifeboat? Yes; I did, with twenty-seven others; there were none of the crew in this boat.

18th Interrogatory. What would have been your fate had you not sought refuge in a lifeboat?

I would have lost my life.

19th Interrogatory. How long a time was allowed after the warning signal for the passengers to take to the lifeboats before the ship was torpedoed?

About twenty-five minutes, in my judgment.

20th Interrogatory. Did the submarine cease firing while the passengers were being embarked in the lifeboats?

My impression is that there was an interval of cease fire of six or seven minutes.

21st Interrogatory. Did the submarine give any assistance or make any effort to rescue the passengers and crew after the ship had been torpedoed?

They did not help anybody.

22d Interrogatory. Did the submarine fire upon the lifeboats after they had left the ship?

No; she did not fire on the boats after they left the Ancona.

23d Interrogatory. What flag was flown by the submarine?

I did not see a flag on the submarine.

24th Interrogatory. What warning shots were given?

I do not know.

25th Interrogatory. Was the vessel fired on while the passengers were being taken off?