The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-11
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY H. 1914
Gan NOW GET Arms
MEXICAN REBELS ALLOWED TO
BUY FROM UNITED STATES

WILSON LIFTS EMBARGO
Abrosates Rule Issued by Taft. Thu:
Placing Huerta and His Foes or
EQUAL Footing-President Declares
Conditions Below Border Demand
ed Action.
President Wilson by an executive
order dated Tuesday, removed all re-
strictions against the expectation oi
munitions of war into Mexico from
the United States, placing the con-
tending Mexican elements on a basis
Of equality with respect to the pur'
chase Of arms and supplies in this
country. The executive order empha.
sized that it was the desire of the
United States to be in the same posi-
ton of neutrality towards the con-
tending factions in Mexico as were
the other powers.
The text of the proclamation fol-
lows: "Whereas, by proclamation
of the president, issued on March IA,
1912, under a joint resolution Of con-
gress approved by the president on
the same day, it was declared that
there existed in Mexico conditions OF
domestic violence which were pro-
noted by the use of arms or NUM-
tions of war procured from the Unit
ed States, and
Whereas, by the joint resolution
above mentioned, it thereupon be-
came unlawful to export arms or
munitions of war to Mexico except
under such limitations and exceptions
as the president should prescribe:
'Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States OF
America, hereby declare and pro-
claim that, as the conditions on which
the proclamation Of March IA was
based have essentially changed and,
as it is desirable to place the United
States, with reference to the exporta-
ton of arms or munitions Of war to
Mexico in the same position as other
powers, the said proclamation is
hereby revoked"
Accompanying the order the
White House issued the following
statement of explanation: "The exc
cutiYe order by which the expectation
of arms and ammunition to Mexico is
forbidden was a departure from the
accepted practices OF neutrality-a
deliberate departure from those prac-
tices under a we'll considered joint
resolution of congress-determined
upon in circumstances which have
now ceased to exist. 1t was Intended
to discourage incipient revolts against
the regularly constituted authorities
of Mexico.
"Since that order was issued the
circumstances of the case have under
gone a radical change. There now
is no constitutional government IN
Mexico, and the existence of this Or
der hinders and delays the very
thing the government of the United
States is now insisting upon, namely:
That Mexico shall be left free to set
tie her own affairs and as soon as
possible put them upon a constitu-
tional footing by her own force and
counsel. The order is therefore re-
scinded."
American embassies and legations
abroad last Saturday were Instructed
to inform foreign governments OF the
above decision. Similarly, Secretary
Bryan late Tuesday informed the
members of the diplomatic corps
that this was in line with the pol
icv announced at the beginning Of the
present administration here Of keep
ing the nations of the world Informed
of the developments in the Mexican
policy of this government.
The administration viewpoint on
the action taken Tuesday, as gathered
from those familiar with the presi-
dents attitude, may be summed up as
follows: "No one outside Mexico can
accommodate her affairs. The with
drawal Of all moral or material sup
port from without is the indlspen'
sable first step to a solution from
within. From many sources which it
deems trustworthy the government OF
the United States has received ln!or'
nation which convinces it that there
is more hopeful prospect of peace, OF
security of property and of an early
payment of foreign obligations II
Mexico is left to the forces now reck-
oning with one another there, than
there would be If anything like
mere change of personnel were erect
| ed at Mexico City.
"There are no influences in Mexico
that can be counted on to do anything
more than to perpetuate ano
strengthen the selfish oligarchial anc
military interests which, 1t is clear
the rest of the country can be made
to endure only by constant warfare
and a pitiless narrowing of the
North. The president is so fully con
vinced Of this, that after months Of
the most careful consideration OF the
situation at close range, he no longer
feels justified in maintaining an 1r
regular position as regards the con
tending parties in the matter OF neu
trality.
1.-The intent is, therefore, to re
move the inhibition on expectation o.
arms and ammunition to Mexico from
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