The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
ARMS TO REBELS !,
IN MEXICO SOON.
SENATORS EXPECT
Wilson Confers With Foreign
Relations Body.
PREPARED TO INTERVENE
President Seals Lips Of Senators, But
II 10 Reported Drastic Action viii
BE Taken Soon in the South
ern Republic.

LUdL tHe MeAlCdn SITUATION IS cTltlcd
in the extreme. President Wilson had
the members OF the senate foreign re.
lations committee with him for three
hours last night and, while various
matters bearing on our international
relations were discussed, the Mexican
problem was the main thing.
Some Of the committeeman declared
that they expect the president will
within the next few days take action
toward raising the embargo on arms
so that the constitutionalists and other
rebels who for the last several months
have been deprived Of the opportunity
OF obtaining arms in this country may
obtain the weapons and munitions
they need. The president, it is said,
believes that the time has come to let
down the bars and to permit the con
stitutionalists to obtain all the arms
and ammunition they require.
Senators Lips Sealed.
Secrecy was enjoined upon all those
present at the conference by the presi-
dent, and il was understood when the
conference broke up shortly before
midnight that anything to be said
would be said by the president him
self The president said nothing. how.
ever, that gave any clue to the sltua-
ton respecting our relations with the
republic south of the Rio Grande.
The attitude Of the conferees as
here stated is most significant. 1t in.
dictates that matters are certainly Bp
preaching "A crisis-if the crisis al
ready has not been reached land I'M
portant developments may be expect
ed at any moment. One senator, on
leaving the conference, said: II would
like to tell you great deal, but feel
that the patriotic duty J owe to the
American people is not to say any
thing. II anything is to be said. the
president is the one to say il.
Conditions Are intoierable.
Conditions in Mexico for some weeks
have been almost intolerable and. al
though pressure has been brought to
bear on the president from foreign as
well as domestic sources to intervene
for the protection Of lives and proper
~ OF Americans and other foreigners,
the president has insisted that il was
a duty of this country to keep hands
of the internal situation in Mexico un-
til it is absolutely certain that inter
yenton by the United States is the
only method OF solving the problem.
While the foreign governments and
financial and commercial influences
have been anxious TO bring about the
restoration OF order in Mexico, they
have been willing TO await definite
action by the United States and have
refrained from taking independent ac-
ton.
The Huerta administration hes been
in dire straits for the last seyeral
weeks with no prospect OF any i'm
provement.
important Move Is Near.
With this condition confronting the
administration practically every mill
tary precaution preliminary to inter
vention has been taken. Every ar
rangement has been made and all
military dispositions have been
planned for Intervention when the
proper time comes.
For the last several days there has
been a strong belief in official circles
that something was going to drop" in
regard to Mexico. The White House
conference and the secrecy imposed by
the president upon the members Of the
senate committee after their departure
tended to strengthen the belief that
some important action by this govern
ment is in almost immediate prospect
Treaties Arc Discussed
Among the other diplomatic subjects
discussed at the conference was the
ratification OF the limited arbitration
treaties with Great Britain, Japan,
Italy and Portugal. which has been
pending IN the senate foreign relations
committee for several months. The
president urged their prompt approval
upon the members OF the committee.
The controversy with Colombia, aris-
ing out OF the secession of Panama in
1903, was taken up for short time
and the committee members we're in.
formed that all details OF the proposed
agreement for the settlement Of the
QUESTION had been arranged except the
amount OF the indemnity TO be paid by
this government.
II is understood that the president
informed the members OF the commit.
tee that he was willing to agree either
TO the suspension or the repeal Of the
free toll provision OF the Panama canal
act exempting American coastwise
vessels from the payment of tolls for
passage through the canal.
Another subject OF discussion was
the question with Japan growing out
OF the passage by the California legis
lature of the anti-alien land law
which the Japanese government claims
violated the rights Of its subjects un
der the treaty of 1911. The state de
partment takes the view that this leg
islation does not violate the treaty and
the two governments are deadlocked
upon the question without much pros
pect OF reaching an agreement