The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-02-07
WILSON REMOVES
!. EMBARGO ON ARMS
PRESIDENT ISSUES PRocLAMA.
TON PERMITTING SHIPMENT
OF ARMS ACROSS BORDER.
Under New Order the Constitutional.
lists viii Be Able TO import NUM-
tions Of War, Placing contendino
Factions on Equality.

Washington-Pres; Wilson. b.
an executive order made public CT
Tuesday February 8, removed all re
strictions against the expectation O
munitions of war into Mexico from
the United States, placing the con
tending elements en- basis of equal
ity with respect TO the purchase OF
arms and supplies in this country
The executive order emphasized
that 1t was the desire Of the United
States to be In the same position Of
neutrality toward the contending fac
tions in Mexico as were the other
powers.
The text of the proclamation fol
lows:
Whereas, BY a proclamation of the
president, issued on March IA, 1912,
| under joint resolution of congress,
approved by the president on the
same day, it was declared that there
existed in Mexico conditions of do
nestle violence which were promoted
| by the use of arms or munitions OF
war procured from the United States
and
| Whereas, By the joint resolution
above mentioned 1t thereupon became
unlawful to export arms or munitions
of war TO Mexico, except under such
limitations and exceptions as the
president should prescribe;
! Now, therefore, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States of
America hereby declare and proclaim
that as the conditions on which the
proclamation Of March IA, 1912, was
based, have essentially changed and
as 1t Is desirable to place the United
States with reference to the expcrta-
ton of arms or munitions Of war to
Mexico in the same position as othei
powers, the said proclamation is here
by revoked.
/ Accompanying the order, the White
i House issued the following statement
Of explanation:
The order under which the exporta-
ton of arms and ammunition into Mex
leo ia forbidden was departure from
the accepted practices of neutrality =
a deliberate departure from those prac-
tees under q we'll considered joint res
olution of ongress--determined upon
in circumstances which have now
4 ceased to exist 1t was intended to DIS
courage incipient revolts against the
regularly constituted authorities O.
Mexico. Since that order was issued
the circumstances of the case have
undergone radical change. There is
now 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, thai
Mexico shall be allowed to settle her
own affairs and as soon as possible
put them upon constitutional foot.
ing by her own force and counsel. The
order is therefore rescinded.
Dispatches from Mexico City, Tues
day night, announced that President
Wilson's determination to give beth
factions in Mexico liberty to obtain
war material from the United States
!, will not cause President Huerta to
deliver to the American Charge d AT.
flares his passports; nor will 1t affect
his attitude toward the United States
or toward Americans in Mexico. This
assurance was given by General Hu.
erta.
Many of the Americans resident Of
Mexico City, on learning of President
Wilson's decision to raise the embargo
on the expectation of arms from the
United states to Mexico, made prepar
ations to leave the capital for the
coast on the night train.