The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Action of the Senate Makes Capture of Juarez
 Worthless
EMPOWERS TAFT TO
 PROHIBIT SHIPMENTS.
Mexican Officials Are Much Pleased
 at Action of the United States Senate-Calero Is Espe- .....s. cially Delighted

Washington, March 13-ReFolution- 1 ists, filibusters or promoters of do-
 mastic violence in any country in Pan | America hereafter may not hope for war supplies of any description from
 the United States.
 This principle, proclaimed today in
 a concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate at the instance of President
 Taft, is practically certain to be passed by the House tomorrow.
 Though aimed primarily to meet the inadequacies of the present neutrality laws to which the Mexican government called the Presidents attention, the resolution, when put into effect, will empower President Taft to prohibit at his discretion through the issuance of a proclamation the exportation of mu- nitions of war to any country with which the United States Is at peace. Shipments Stopped Anticipating summary action by the House tomorrow Representative Burle- son of Texas will take charge of the measure, war department officials sent out tonight instructions virtually halt | ing all shipments of arms into Mexico until the measure is declared in ef- feet.
 Loopholes in the laws for violation
 of neutrality, admittedly, are many, and the shipment of arms to Latin Amerl- ca through various devices are fre- quent. To eradicate this the President
 advised bill be passed to fully cover the ground.
 Senator Root immediately framed resolution to give to the President com- prehensive power and unanimously the Senate passed the measure.
 To the Mexican rebels who captured Juatez recently with the sole purpose of possessing d port of entry through which they night import, arms unrestrictedy, the resolution will prove a great ob-
 stacle. Today's action is a departure from the policy of the United States during the rev olutlon in Mexico. when ports Of entry held by the rebels received arms
 slru anrrr1ef1ttforr 1T re gulafIy coiis1giied 10 merchants.
 Roots Argument
 1 Scnator Root used but one argument in favor of breaking the precedent. how ever, that thousands ot Americans in fleeing from their homes there were im- periled by the arms which had been shipped into the country by Americans. Ma jor General Wood chief of staff of the army. said tonight probably larger border patrol will be required 10 enforce the new measure. The department of justice will exercise close scrutiny upon all exports of arms from this country and i. is believed unla shipments have been taken at points of origin. President Taft pointed out to members of the Senate foreign relations commit tee and the Texas delegates at a con ference in the White House today that the neutrality laws of the United States were not specific enough. The President is reported saving that unless Congress
 enacted new measures it would be diffl-
 cult to preserve peace with Mexico.
 Attendants on Conference
 Attorney General Wickersham. Seere- tary of War Stimson, Senator Cullom, Senator Sutherland, Senator Root, Sen
 ator Hitchcock and William Alden Smith
 of the foreign relations committee, as well as Senator Culberson, hess..ag the Texas delegation in Congress, participated in the conference.
 l The President appealed to them to aid him preserve peace by preventing viola tions Of the neutrality laws along the
 Mexican border and suggested that some steps be taken at once for the enact
 ment of more adequate neutrality laws. The conference was a direct result of 1.-the appeal of President Madero of Mex ico to President Taft through Ambassa-
 dor Martine Crespo. here that the Un- ted States put into effect stricter neg- traity in Texas.
 Mexico Anxious The ambassador had suggested to the
 President that the present laws were 1 framed in the carly part of the last cen- tury when problems such as recently have arisen, were not even suspected. Mexico in effect asked the United States to prevent shipments of arms mo the southern republic notwithstanding
 their consignment as articles of com merce into points like Juares held by the rebels. Such request is in conflict with
 the previous attitude of the United
 States outlined during the Madero revo-
 lution and recently reiterated namely,
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