, 1917-07-12
EMBARGO ON SUPPLIES
TEXT OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S
PROCLAMATION.


Washington.-After quoting the law
empowering the government t o take
control of exports, President Wilson's
embargo proclamation issued to pre-
vent food and other supplies from get
ting in the hands OF the central pow
ers through shipments made from this
country to neutral nations, says:
Il hereby proclaim to all whom it
may concern that. except at such time
or times. and under such regulations
and orders and subject to such limita-
ions and exceptions as the President
shall prescribe. until otherwise or
dered by the President or by the Con
gress, the following articles. namely.
coal. coke. fuel. oils. kerosene and
gasoline, including bunkers, food
grains, flour and meal therefrom. fod-
der and feeds, meats and fats, pig iron.
steel billets. ship plates and structural
shapes, scrap iron and scrap steel, fer
ro manganese. fertilizers, arms. am
munition and explosives, shall not. on
and after the 18th day of July, 1917,
be carried out OF or exported from the
United States or its territorial posses
sions to Abyssinia, ~Afghanistan, Al
bania. Argentina. AUSTRIA Hungary.
Belgium. her colonies. possessions or
protectorates; Bolivia, Brazil, Bull
garia, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica. Cuba. Denmark, her colonies,
possessions or protectorates; Domin-
lean republic. Ecuador, Egypt. France.
her colonies, possessions or protecto-
rates; Germany. her colonies, posses
sions or protectorates; Great Britain.
her colonies. possessions or protecto-
rates: Greece. Guatemala, Hayti. Hon
duras. Italy, her colonies. possessions
or protectorates: Japan, Liberia.
L~eichtenstein, Luxembourg. Mexico.
Monaco. Montenegro. Morocco. Nepal.
Nicaragua, The Netherlands, her col
onies. possessions or pro~tectorates:
Norway. Oman, Panama, Paraguay.
Persia. Peru, Portugal, her colonies,
possessions or protectorates; Rouma-
mia. Russia, Salvador, San Marine,
Serbia, Siam. Spain, her colonies. pos
sessions or protectorates; Sweden.
Switzerland, Uruguay, Venezuela or
Turkey.
THE orders and regulations from
time to time prescribed will be admin
istered by and under the authority of
the secretary of commerce. from
whom licenses, in conformity with the
said orders and regulations, will issue.
"In controlling by license the export
of certain Indispensable commodities
from the United States. the govern
ment has first and chiefly in view the
amelioration of the food conditions
which have arisen or are likely to
arise in our country before new crops
are harvested. Not only is the con-
%servation of our prime food and fodder
supplies a matter which vitality con-
Germs our own people, but the reten-
ton of an adequate supply Of raw ma
terials is essential to our program OF
military and naval construction and
the continuance of our necessary do
nestle activities. We shall therefore
similarly safeguard all our fundamen-
tai supplies.
at is obviously the duty Of the
United States in ~liberating any sur-
plus products over and above our
domestic needs to consider first the
necessities of all the nations engaged
In war against the central enpires.
AS to neutral nations, however. we
also recognize our duty. The govern
ment does not wish to hamper them.
On the contrary, 1t wishes and intends
by all fair and equitable means to CO.
operate with them in their difficult
task of adding from our available sur
pluses to their own domestic sup
ply and of meeting their pressing ne
cessities or deficits.
'In considering these deficits OF
food supplies, the government means
only to fulfill its obvious obligation to
assure itself that neutrals are AUS
banding their own resources and that
our supplies will not become available.
either directly or indirectly, to feed
the enemy"