El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-05
Fl PasOans Almost Unani-
mously Endorse Pres
ident's Action.

and preserve peace in It, thus result (
ing in the restoration OF business ana /
fhe stimulation or trade with FL Paso /
others saw they think the embargo /
should have been raised simply be
cause they think the rebels are en-
titled to get what ammunition they
can nav for Various reasons are ad-
vanced. but it is almost unanimous /
approval that the presidents act Is /
given. .-..-4,.o,7-- .,,o-
gested that It would pc necessary ~
the United States soldiers to race uhese
same arms and feel the same ammunl-
flor should intervention become neces- /
sary. a.
question from purely diploma w
Iight thought that the president hau /
D}aved. q clever card in raising the am
munition embargo, as II places Ile /
United States on the same tooLlI5
with the other powers, at the same /
time making possible a solution OF inc I
Mexican situation without the inter
ference Of the United States
Triumph for villa.
THAT looks like triumph Tor NlI1e
and he should send over a brass oanu !
dorff There is no doubt that the /
lifting Of the embargo will assist NlIla 1
while the lifting of the embargo is
taken as a villa victory said James Z
Hambleton, formerly OF Parral MsA-, |
sT believe it will also act in favor OF
the federals as well as the reDels, I
THE embargo. as it was in effect AFTER /
the presidents order that nelther sue
should get ammunition, reacted against
the federais more than it did the reDelS !
for the rebels controlled much OF the (
northern border and were in better
position to get ammunition across
40 not think that the lifting Of the
embargo will have any erect IN
e.,,,-glinr- Was Easy.
cit has not been so very dltflcult
for the rebels to get ammunition across
in the past" said well known amer
lean rancher in Mexico. w hen
-,-ieI,e5 ia get some ammunition across
To protect my ranch from banultS IL
was easy enough to have II oellNereu
at JuareZ in any quantity ueslL -
For this reason do not see now the
presidents act VIII ald the IeDelS ca
cept in a moral way IN
saThe lifting Of the embargo WIZ
save US a lot of grief and worry, saIu
collector of customs T. L. Cobb "Ihere
1-es not a single day that someone
was not in the office trying 10 nave d
sneeiaI exception made to the applca-
ton of the law and a special IaVof
granted" ,
with the lifting of the embargo on
arms and ammunition thlnk lIldI
some one should start a petition Lor
the hardening of those poor devils VINO
we're convicted and sent up for snug
-r7i-e snmunition." declared county
clerk Park Pitman. Il believe IhaI
something ought to be done to nave
pending charges OF smu lggIIz VI A
tempted smuggling dismissed
Endorses Governments Change-
ct believe now that Villa viii 90
what he said he would dO-be IN Mex
leo Citv in six month" said speclal
iudee r r Thounason. 4 believe IN let
ting the rebels and 1ederals nave an
the ammunition they want so thaL tHeS
always get IT through the proper cnah-
neIs believe that the present acton
in lifting the embargo is right, espec-
ialiv when the Huerta government
was never recognized as the cOnsuJu-
tionaI government of Mexico hearl-
ilv endorse our administration IN TINS
as in all other things IL has done.
George Huffman said: 81 have al
uvavs believed that both sides should be
allowed to have all the arms and am
71unitfon they wanted Lifting the
embargo equalizes matters IN TINS re-
spect I also believe that II VIII AOI0S
the issue"
cure worse Than Disease.
ct think that the cure is worse than
the disease" said judge W. N. Cold-
well. Wilson, I know, whenever ne
thought of Huerta was filled with DIS
gust villa though, is worse. LIJln5
the embargo will result IN putting Il
times more wind in Villa"
Lifting the embargo I believe viii
result in eliminating Huerta, but 90
not think that it VIII tend TO spr4hS
about peace" said J. H McBroom-
DR.. Hugh White said: Il think tnal
It will help the rebels IN quleJlIng
things I am inclined to believe that
It viii help the situation
sCVVEu Shorten Civil War
sHThere is no doubt but that the
raising of the embargo is one OF tne
greatest humanitarian acts done py
the United States in decade, salu
Gen. f. A Benavides, Of the Juarez
garrison 'Tt will shorten the civil
war in Mexico by many months, ana
that viii mean the saving OF many
INSTEAD of being a move that viii
cause bIOodshed, the lifting Of the arms ms
and ammunition embargo IS JUST Ine
reverse" said 1t Col Lauro Guerra,
chief OF staff to Cen Benavldes. II
will save life, rather than Destroy -
although many persons seem 70 IIl "a ~
it will result in splitting more Dlooo'
APPROVES Embargo Raising
ct think that Wilson has done Ihe
right thing in raising the Dars ~
allowing the rebels to get arms anu anu
ammunition" said William Walz- II
he had done that months ago the war
in Mexico would. probably be over oy
'rHuerta's men claim that the rails
inc of the embargo viii not AID US
oreat1v. because we have been getting
all the ammunition and arms We want
via the smuggler's route, Sald CdpI
lose Casta. of the staff of Cen MAKING
Garcia at EscalOn. why, I've peen IN
Juarez two weeks trying to buy lVO
rifles and 10000 rounds of ammunl-
ton without success You can see
what the action Of president wilson
means to US
ssBest Thing That Could Happen
Next to capturing Huerta, the pest
thing that could happen for the cause
of ConstitutiOnalism is the raising
of the embargo on arms and ammunl-
ton" said Rafael Muzquiz, rebel con-
sui in FL Paso.
II wonder what some of these am
munition smugglers are going to do
for a living. now that they are out Of
job2'. asked Ed Bryant, deputy
United States marshal. Il know doZ-
en- men who have done nothing else
since the revolution started but snug
gle ammunition. Now there will be
no demand for their services and they
viii have to so to work at some honest
business"
CattIemen Are Benefited.
1.-THE raising Of the embargo on arms
and ammunition viii help wonderful
"" said %. +. White, a cattleman- 1T
VIII enable Villa TO stop the raids
along the railroads and keep the rail-
roads open into the interior. 1t VIII
benefit FL PasO in q business way, and
particularly viii it benefit catuemen