The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-20

There also was lodged in the far
sighted intelligence of United States
Senator Elihu Root, who drafted the
Joint resolution passed by Congress Civ
ing President Taft authority TO declare
the embargo. the possibility OF his con
ungency. IL the United States should
ever be compelled TO invade Mexico In
protection of American lives the guns
which would be used against u soldiers
would be the guns the Government of
the United States permitted to pass'lnto
the hands OF the Mexicans.
President Taft's warning.
Thai there should be no mistake Of the
weighty Importance OF the strict enforce
ment OF the embargo President Taft In
his proclamation of March ~, 1912,
said:
| do hereby admonish all itiSe OF
the United states and every person to
abstain from every violation OF the
provisions OF the joint resolution
and I do hereby warn them that all
violations OF such provisions Will be
vigorously prosecuted. And | do hereby
enjoin upon all officers OF the
United States charged with the exc
cution of avs thereof the utmost
diligence IN preventing violations of
the said joint resolution . n
In bringing to trial and punishment
any offenders against the same
The Wilson Administration took office
March 4. 1918. Al his time the TAFT
Administrators embargo was operative.
Prosecutions against is violators had
been actively carried forward by United
States Attorneys Charles A. Boyntor
Of Texas. Joseph l.. Morrison of Arizona,
d. J. Iehv OF New Mexico and \, ]. Nc
Cormick OF California The enforcement
Of the embargo during 1912 had efec-
tually squelched the -Madero revo-
tuition In Chihuahua OF Pascual orozco,
who in consequence did not have rifles
and cartridges successfully 10 oppose
Huerta, then a General commanding
FEDERAL troops and faithfully support
ing Madero This is the am orozco
who motored to Newman. y. NJ. to well
come Huerta and was arrested with
Huerta.
Supr~me Court Improves.
Further buttresslng OF the principle
involved in the joint resolution author
izIng a Presidential embargo anne al
most Unexpectedly from the United states
Supreme Court before the Wilson Adj
ministratior had got the dust OF private
life of it's shoes. ON MAY y, 1913, thei
Justice White rendered an opinion IN the
! Chavez case, his Associate Justices con
CURING. which established the legality
and far reaching force OF the joint reso'
lution
The decision not only ruled that II WA
a crime to export arms and ammunition
from a place in the tn!ted states To /.
Mace I'm Mexico but ruled that II was q
crime to ship arms and munitions oi
war designed for Mexico from one piac,
to another in tho United states.
Thus we find the Wilson Administra'
ton at its inception OF authority In ful
possession Of the power of "A law that
mad been upheld unanimously by h,
highest court of the land. The three
branches Of our Government had agreed
the Legislative, the executive and th'
judiciary. The presidents were estab'
iished. An open course spread out DO
fore the new executives at Washington
in the matter Of snuiiing out any use al
the United States as a base where MeAl
can revolutions could he organized
financed and supplied with the materials
OF, war, and IRON WhiCh cNpcullloH'
might. be started.
Ornaments In America Of the eXistin'
uu.rta Central Government in Mexico
which came into power "A week anttdat
ing the Wilson Administration, %rcjoic"'
when President Wilson, on March II
1918. in a personal statement on Mexico
said
We can nave no sympathy with
those who seek to seize the power NJ
government to advance their own per
sonul interests or ambitions. We ar"
tho friends of peace, but We know
there can be no lasting or stable peace
In such circumstances. As friends,
therefore. We shall prefer those who
act in the interests Of peace and
honor, who protect private rights and
respect the restraints Of constitutional
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