Milford chronicle., 1914-02-06
WILSON RAISES
BAN ON ARMS
Goth Factions in Mexico Gan
Get War Supplies Here.
FOREIGN POWERS NOTIFIED

Proclamation Setting Aside Ruling Of
President Taft Issued From the
White House.
President Wilson issued an executive
order at the White House removing
all restrictions against the expectation
OF munitions of war into Mexico from
the United States, placing the contend
ing elements on basis Of equality
with respect to the purchase OF arms
and supplies in this country.
The executive order emphasized that
It was the desire of the United States
to lie in the same position OF neutral
ity toward the contending factions in
Mexico as were the other powers.
The embargo has been lifted with
the idea that, rather than adding to
hloodshed, the importation Of arms by
fastening an end of the war will re-
duce bloodshed
It was said that the development
would not affect the American en-
bassy in Mexico City nor the Ameri
can troops on the border
Foreign governments had been ad-
vised OF the impending action of the
United States through the embassies
and legations abroad, and diplomatic
representatives in Washington have
been notified.
Coming after a year of warfare and
bloodshed, which began with the slay
ing of President MadeTo and Vice
President Suarez after the street bat
ties in Mexico City, the raising of the
embargo marks climax Of months
of strained relations with Mexico, dur
ing which President Wilson has re-
iterated that the United States would |
not recognize the provisional presi /
dency of Victoriano Huerta in any cir /
cumstances and has repeatedly stated I.
that the United States could recognize /
only those governments which were [
founded on Flaw and order"
Repeated exchanges OF diplomatic |
notes. in which the United States |
plainly demanded the retirement of |
Huerta, were met with replies which
denied the right of the United States
to make such demands.
4 tA@ elNNN lfAeAAN1 VI AAAN ANf'Ae1AAt+tANA-
of Henry Lane Wilson as ambassador
to Mexico, which had preceded most
OF the diplomatic negotiations, had
surrounded the whole situation with a
great deaf Of delicacy.
Finally after repeated exchanges,
during which the foreign powers, even
those which had recognized the gov
ernment of Huerta, consented to let
the United States take the lead, Presi-
dent Wilson went to congress and per
sonally read an address Aug. p, 1913,
disclosing the entire correspondence
with FREDERICK Gamboa, then Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, and re-
iterating his belief that with a policy
of "watchful waiting" on behalf Of the
United States the reign Of Huerta
must crumble.
His position on the embargo on
arms at that time the president out
lined in his address as follows:
81 deem it my duty to exercise the
conferred upon me by the
law OF March IA, 1912, to see to it
that neither side to the struggle now
goin gon in Mexico receives any as
sistance from this side of the border
shall follow the best practice of ma
tions in the matter of neutrality, by
the expectation of arms or
of war OF any kind from the
United States to any part of the re-
public Of MeXico-a policy suggested
by several interesting precedents and
certainly dictated by many manifest
of practical expediency.
We cannot in the circumstances be
he partisans of either party to the
contest that now distracts Mexico, nor
ourselves a virtual umpire
between them"
Following that declaration the bars
lpOn all exports of arms and ammuni- {
ion were put up tighter than ever
md the activity of the border patrol
vas increased. The operation Of that
Dolicy, the president believes, has been ,
o create inequality instead of neu-
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