Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
JAPAN POWER
BEHIND HUERTA
PREsIoNEr TO ISSUE ORDERS
RAISING EMBARGO ON SUP
PLIES FOR REBELS.
EMPEROR SUPPLIES
SINEWS OF WAR
Magdalena Bay Station May Be Pries
Demanded For Keeping Mexieans
Equipped With Arms.

Washington.-What was character
lied by a senator who attended the
white house conference as the a.launt.
ing activity OF Japan in Mexico form
ed the most serious subject for dis
cussion between the president and the
members of the foreign relations com
mittee. The mystery that surrounded
the conference was somewhat dissi.
pated, but senators were exceedingly
guarded in their references to Japan,
evidently believing that a situation
has been created that must be dealt
with gingerly, but, as they hope, firm
ly, by the administration. Disclosures
that have recently been made to the
administration concerning the activi-
ties OF Japan in Mexico are of such a
character that they can not be ig.
nored, There is no ground for believ.
ing the situation to be alarming, but
senators who attended the conference
are convinced the day is at hand when
q decisive step must be taken to show
the world. and Japan especially, that
the United States, u~ndeterred by the
acts of any other power, intends to be
the dominant factor in settling the dis
turbances in Mexico.
Both Moral and Material Aid.
That Japan has extended both her
moral and material support to Huerta
has been conclusively proved, it is
said. For some time this government
has been endeavoring to ascertain
where Hucrta obtained his military
supplies. That he is well equipped
with guns and ammunition the admin.
istration has known. 1t was supposed
he has been purchasing them in Eu.
rope, but where he obtained the
money has been an unsolved mystery.
1t now Is stated that those sinews
OF war have been supplied. not by
Japanese firms willing to take the risk
OF ultimate payment, but by the Jap.
anese government itself. Advices to
this effect, the accuracy of which is
not to be disputed, have been received
in Washington.
These guns consist of the cast-ofi
equipment Of the Japanese troops in
the war with Russia, now out OF date,
but ample for the use of the Mexican
federal army.
1t is with these arms that the latest
levies Of Mexican troops have been
equipped, and through their use Huer.
ia expects to wrest victory when the
conflict comes between his troops and
the Constitutionalists, now preparing
their plans for their march southwark,
Why Wilson Reversed Himself.
This is the information, it is be-
lieved, that has caused the president
to reverse himself in the matter OF
raising the embargo against munitions
Of war for the Constitutionalists from
this country. In no other way can
the Constitutionalists hope to compete
against the superior, armament OF
Huerta's troops.
Everybody knows that Huerta is
bankrupt; that the Mexican govern.
ment has defaulted on the interest on
its national debt, and that until re.
Gently it was impossible for Huerta to
pay his army. The Japanese people
are too good traders to give value for
nothing, and it is not improbable to
suppose that a consideration OF which
we now know nothing may be at the
bottom of this transaction
Says United States Should Act.
why" asked this Senator, may
not Japan demand a concession for a
naval base in Magdalena Bay in re-
turn for its very material aid to the
Huerta government? If Huerta,
whether as a falling ruler or as one
who sustains himself in power through
the aid of Japan, grants such a con.
cesslon the United States must pro.
test against 1t as 1t did before. More
than that, the United States must pre-.
vent that concession, or any other
move OF Huerta that would endanger
the peace and safety of the United
States.
rs It going too far to ask ourselves
whether Japan, in her present activ.
ity in Mexico, is not deliberately seek.
ing to create a situation that will
bring the relations between that gov.
eminent and the United States near to
the breaking point? The situation in
Mexico, with Japan intermeddling, lie
full Of possibilities, and may well
the president and the country
serious concern"
With frankness the president lie
said to have discussed another phase
Of Japanese activity, that senators say
looks as If 1t might be a part Of a pre-.
pared plan. Recently there arrived
on the west coast Of Mexico the bat.
tleship Idzuma.
1t 10 customary for officers of ships
visiting foreign countries to pay a
visit OF ceremony to the officials of
the country visited. To the amaze.
ment Of the administration, however.
1t was learned that coincident with
the arrival Of the Idzuma preparations
have been made for a Ave days festi.
val in Mexico City In honor of the OH.
GERS of this ship.
This festival is potent with mischief,
and the administration undoubtedly
looks upon 1t with disapproval. That
II meets with the approval of the Jap.
anese government there probably can
be no doubt in the estimation Of sena.
tors who know OF the elaborate ar.
rangements that have been made.
Call II Unprecedented.
President Wilson and his conferees
consider this festivity as an unpreee.
dented action on the part Of & govern
ment supposedly friendly and at peace
with the United States.