Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-01-28
|JAPS AID HUERTA;
we'll help REBELS
Accurate Information Will
Cause Embargo to Be
Lifted.
PRAISES CARRANZA.
President Wilson Now Declares He Is
Fighting for Principle, Like
the Colonies Once Did.
PRAISES CARRANZA.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The veil of
myatery by which the President at
tempted ito hide @the subjects dis
cussed at the Monday night White
House conference with the Foreign
Relations Committee, was lifted to-
day.
The following vital facts concern
ing foreign relations were discuss
ed:
First-President Wilson has learn
ed that Huerta, whose government
he refuses to recognize, is being
supplied with arms and ammunitions
of war by the Japanese government.
| Second-These arms are sold at a
| nominal figure. 1t is feared that
Japan may demand a Huerta grant,
a concession for a Japanese naval
base in Magdalena in full payment
for war materials furnished.
Third-President Wilson told men,
| bers of the committee that he be-
lieves "immediate'' action should be
taken to permit the rebels to obtain
arms in this country. Senator's
would not be surprised if a procla-
nation were issued tomorrow.
Fourth-Congress is to be informed
of the Presidents desire for repeal of
canal toll exemption for American
coastwise ships. This probably will
be done in an official message.
Fifth-Democratic members of
Foreign Relations Committe today
began the difficult task of overturn-
ing the previous sentiment of that
body for toll exemptions, expressed
through a four to one vote.
Sixth-Fight for the repeal of toll
provisions of canal act and ratifi-
| cations of general arbitration treaties
to be conducted concurrently in the
| Senate.
To Torment Trouble.
The recent acts of Japan, in con-
nection with the revolution in Next
co and what appears to be a care
| fully studied plan to torment senti-
ment against the United States was
treated by President Wilson as
creating situation that must be
dealt with automatically, but the
Importance of which he could not
ignore. 1t was upon this subject
particularly that Senators present
were reticent.
For some time this government was
at a loss to know from whence came
Huerta's military supplies. Only a
few days ago the President learned
through confidential advices from
Mexico that there were being sup
piled not by Japanese firms, but by
the Japanese Government itself,
which is sending to Huerta its cast
off guns and ammunitions. These
while no longer of use to Japan, are
invaluable to Huerta. He is re-
ported to be abundantly supplied
with the sinews of war.
! In discussing the proposer rails
ing of the embargo against arms
maintained against the rebels. the
President reversed the position he
has held for several months. He
told members of the committee that
Carranza was fighting for great
principle and that in his campaign
to drive out Huerta he was following
the example of the colonies in their
rebellion against King gorge and
should now be given announcement
by the oUnited States. Huerta, he
said, was able to obtain from Japan
and Europe. II given help, the
President said, he believed the Con-
stitutionalists soon would drive
Huerta out of the Mexican capital.
The tone of the Presidents re-
marks led his hearers to believe that
he may. issue proclamation revok-
ling the recent executive order OF the
President before the week Is not,
perhaps tomorrow.