Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
LIFT EMBARGO SOON
SENATOR'S SAY WILSON is NEAR.
~ PREPARED TO LET MExI-
CAN REBELS Buy ARMS.
READY FOR NTERvENHoR
President Discusses Problem With
COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations at
White House Conference That Ends
at MidHlsnt

sen and members OF the foreign rela-
tons committee of the senate held an
Important conference on Monday on
the external affairs of the government.
The discussion covered numerous
subjects of pressing moment The
most important being the Mexican sit
Hation
Some OF the committeeman declared
that they expect the president viii
within the next few days take action
toward raising the embargo on arms
so that the ccnstitutionalists and other
rebels who for the last several months
have been deprived of the opportunity
of obtaining arms in this country may
iobtafn the weapons and mupitions
they need The president, 1t is said,
believes that the time has come to let
idown the bars and to permit the CON
Istitutionalists to obtain all the arms
land ammunition they require.
Secrecy was enjoined upon all those
EITesent at the conference by the presi-
ident. and 1t was understood when the
conference broke UP shortly before
midnight that anything to be said
would be said by the president him
lself The president said nothing. how
lever. that gave any clue to the situa-
ltion 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 ap
sproaching a crisis-if the crisis al
ready has not been reached-and i'm
lportant developments may be expect
ed at any moment. One senator, on
leaving the conference said: Il would
like to tell you great deal but | feel
that the patriotic duty | owe to the
American people is not to say any
thing. III anything is to be said. the
president is the one to say IT,"
Conditions in Mexico for some weeks
have been almost intoierable and, al
though pressure has been brought to
bear on the president from foreign as
weii as domestic sources to intervene
for the protection OF lives and proper
ty of Americans and other foreigners,
the president has insisted that It was
duty of this country to keep hands
on the internal situation in Mexico UNI
til il is absolutely certain that inter
vention 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
reTFained from taking independent ac-
tion.
The Huerta administration has been
In dire straits for the last several
weeks with no prospect Of any i'm
proyement Practically the only part
of the country where he holds undis-
pHted control is in the City OF Mexico
and the surrounding district. His
armies in the north have been defeat
ed and many federal soldiers have
been driven across the international
border into Texas Practically the en-
tire tier Of states along the northern
border are independent of control from
Mexico City. Outlawry and brigand-
age prevail In the rural districts.
In addition the economic conditions
are bad and the people are bordering
on starvation due to the repeated raw
aging of the rural districts by the sue
cessive revolutionary movements OF
the last few years. In Mexico City the
foreign residents are not sure OF their
safety.
With this condition confronting the
administration practically every mill
tary precaution preliminary to inter-
vention has been taken.
For the last several days there has
been 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.
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. arts.
ing out of the secession of Panama In
1903, was taken up for short time
and the committee members were In
formed that all details of the proposed
agreement for fhA sattIepont ~ tha
QUESTION had been arranged except the
amount OF the indemnity to be paid by
this government.
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