Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-01-30
JAPAN POWER
BEHIND HUERTA
PRESlDNET TO ISSUE ORDERS
RAISING EMBARGO ON SUP.
PLIES FOR REBELS.
EMPEROR SUPPLIES
SINEWS OF WAR
Masdalena Bay Station May Be Price
Demanded For Keeping MeSlcsns
Equipped With Arms.

Western Newspaper Union News service.
Washington What was character.
lied by a senator who attended the
white house conference as the "haunt.
Ing activity OF Japan in Mexico form
ed the most serious subject for dis
CussiOn between the president and the
members OF the foreign relations com
mittee. The mystery thar surrounded
she conference was somewhat dissi-
pared, but senators were exceedingly
guarded in their references TO Japan,
evidently believing that a situation
has been created that must be dealt
with gingerly. but, as they hope firm.
ly, by the administration. Disclosures
that have recently been made TO the
administration concerning the actiyi-
ties Of Japan in Mexico are Of such
character that they can not be le.
nored There is no ground for beliey.
ing the situation 10 be alarming, but
senators who attended the conference
are convinced the day is at hand when
a decisive step must be taken TO show
The world. and Japan especially, that
the United States, undeterred by the
acts Of any other power, intends TO be
abe dominant factor in settling the dis
turbauces in Mexico.
Both Moral and Material Aid.
That Japan has extended both her
mora and material support to tluerta
has been Conclusivcly proved, il is
said For some time this government
has been endcavOring to ascertain
where Hucrta obtained his military
supplies. That he is well equipped
with guns and ammunition the admin
iStratiOu has known. Ii was supposed
he has been purchasing them in Eu
rope, but where he obtained the
money has been an unsolved mystery.
1t now is stated that those sinews
OF war have been supplied, not by
Japanese firms willing to take the risk
of ultimate payment, bur by the Jap
anese government itself. Adyices TO
this effect, the accuracy Of which is
not to be disputed, have been received
IN Washington.
These guns consist of the csst-ofi
equipment of the Japanese troops in
the war with Russia. now out Of date
but ample for the use of the Mexican
federal army.
1t is with these arms that the latest
levics of Mexican troops have been
equipped, and through their use Huer-
"a expects to wreSt victory when the
conflict comes between his troops and
the CoustitutiOualjstS now preparing
,he.r plans for their march southwark
Why Wilson Reversed Himself.
This is the information, it is be.
lieyed. thar has caused tho president
To reverse himself in The matter OF
raising the embargo against munitions
OF war for the Constituencies from
this country. In no other way can
the Constituencies hope to compete
against the superior armament OF
Huerta's troops
Everybody knows that Huerta is
bankrupt; that the Mexican govern
ment has defaulted on the interest on
its national debt, and thar until re-
Gently it was impossible for Huerta TO
pay his army. The Japanese people
are too good traders 10 give value for
nothing, and il is not Improbable 70
suppose that a considerable on OF which
we now know nothing may be at the
bottom OF this transaction"
Says United States Should Act.
WHY" asked this Senator, may
not Japan demand a concession for a
naval base in Magdalena Bay in re-
"a. IA no
Huerta government? II Huerta,
whether as falling ruler or as one
who sustaius himself in power through
the aid of Japan, grants such con
Cesson the United States must pro
test against it as il did before. More
than that, the United States must pre-
vent that concession, or any other
move of Huerta that would endanger
the peace and safety Of the United
States.
is il going too far 10 ask ourselves
, whether Japan in her present actiy
lily in Mexico, is not deliberately seek
ing to create a situation that will
bring the relations between thar gov
eminent and the United States near to
the breaking point? The situation in
Mexico, with Japan intermeddling, is
full OF possibilities, and may well
cause the president and the country
serious concern
ta With frankness the president is
said to have discussed another phase
.,sroi Japanese activity, that senators say
y looks as il il might be part Of a pre-
? pared plan. Recently there arrived
on the west coast Ct Mexico the bat
.leship IdzumS.
II is customary for officers OF ships
visiting foreign countries to pay 4
visit Of ceremony TO the officials Of
the country visited. To the amaze
ment OF the administration. however
A, was learned that ooincident with
ahe arrival of the Idzuoa nranaraffon,