The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-30
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES MEXICAN AND OTHER FOREIGN slTuA.
 TONS FREELY.
THINKS WAITING POLICY BEST
Has Not Decided to Lift the Embaroo on Arms to the Mexican Revolu. tionists-Denies Japan Is Supplyino the Mexican Federals.

Washington, 5an. 29.-Presiden Wilson outlined informally today tn, status Of problems of American di piomacy brought into the foreground of public attention by his recent con ference with the senate committee on foreign relations.
 He reiterated with emhpasis thai no crisis was at hand in any of tn, questions he had discussed unless the Mexican situation could be con strued as in the nature of perpet ual crisis. fraught with the possibility of suddens change or unexpected de yeiopments.
 In diyulging some of the more i'm portant facts concerning the Ameri can foreign policy, the president sounded warning against unwarrant ed speculation in the press on foreign questions. indicating that govern ments frequently were embarrassed by unf1unded reports.
 The president made it clear that while he had taken up the relations with Mexico, Japan, Great Britain and the general arbitration treaties sim ultaneOusly with the senator's these problems were not grouped together as having any bearing on the Mexi- can situation With respect to Mex ico the president let it be known ttat the only settied part of his pol icy at present was to continue the course of watchful waiting, but that this was a day 10 day conviction with him, subject to deyelonments. He has not made up his mind to lift the embargo on arms, but is considering arguments for and against such course. He does not hesitate to ad- nit that thus far the practical oper- ation of the denial of arms to both factions has been to prevent the con stitutionalists from getting munitions of war from their only external source
 the American border-while the Huerta government, with it's seaports, is ab'e to purchase from foreign gov ernments generally.
 The president pronounced as false the report that the Japanese govern ment was supplying munitions of war 10 the Huerta government. This was inquired into by Ambassador Guthrie at Tokio, who learned that one ship. ment of arms had gone to Mexico from a Japanese commercial house and that another consignment is yet to be sent The president made it clear that the United States never had asked any nation to restrict ex- pcrtations of arms to Mexico, know ing that this government possessed no such right and that special regis lation would have to be enacted by each country to prohibit commercial transactions.
 The president believes that the for eign governments are doing all they can 10 show a friendly spirit toward the United States in the Mexican situation. The American government realizes that the Huerta administra- ton has a plentiful supply of ammunt- ton and arms.
 President Wilson is informed that Gen Huerta is obtaining no funds abroad. but is living on the coun- try" by forced contributions and ins CT ased taxes. a situation that is pro- ducing must classification in Mex leo. according to official reports here.
 Officially nothing is known about the reported transfer of Sir Lionel Garden. British minister to Mexico.
 Viscount Chinda. the Japanese am :assador, conferred with Secretary Bryan today. The Japanese govern ment is takin ga deep interest, 1t IS known, in pending immigration legis- lation. as it might affect Japan. Sec retary Bryan, it became known, has expressed his approval of the letter sent by Counsellor John Basset' Moore to the house immigration com mittee recently pointing out the re lations of the various immigration bills to existing treaties. In this con nection the president told callers thaI his mind was still to let" on the Il lteracy test feature of proposed I'm migration legislation
 The earnest desire of the presiden that the sixteen arbitration treatle will he renewed was made clear t' day On the question of Panama toll