The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-30
ARMS TO REBELS
IN MEXICO SOON
Wilson Confers With Foreign
Relations Rody.
PREPARED TO INTERVENE
President Seals Lips of Senators, But
1t Is Reported Drastic Action Will
Be Taken Soon in the South
ern Republic.

ern Republic.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-President VIII
son and members of the foreign rela
tons committee of the senate held an
important conference Monday night on
the external affairs of the government
The discussion covered numerous
subjects of pressing moment. The
most important being the Mexican sit
uation.
Some of the committeeman declared
that they expedite president will
within a short time 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, 1t 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.
Secrecy was enjoined upon all those
present at the conference by the presi-
dent, and it 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 situa'
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 ap.
preaching a crisis-if the crisis al
ready has not been reached-and i'm
portant 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 If anything is to be said. the
president is the one to say it."
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
ty of Americans and other foreigners,
the president has insisted that 1t was
a duty Of this country to keep hands
off the internal situation In Mexico un-
til it is absolutely certain that inter-
vention oy 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 &C
ton.
The Huerta administration has been
In dire straits for the last several
weeks with no prospect of any i'm
provement.
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.
70 For the last several days there has
been a strong belief in official circles
that something was going to DROP in
regard to Mexico.
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 cut 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
custom had been arranged except the
amount of the indemnity to be paid by
this government.
1t 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
upan the question without much pros.
pect of reaching an agreement.
King to Visit Argentina.