The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-28

condensers, pumps and accessories
thereof; all electrical equipment: cru
cibles: emery. emery wheels. car
borundum and all artificial abrasives,
copper. including copper ingots, bars
rods, plates. sheets, tubes, wire and
scrap thereof; lead and white lead
tin. tinplate. tin cans and all articles
containing tin, nickel. aluminium. zinc.
pIumbago and platinum, newspaper,
print paper. wood pulp and cellulose.
ash. spruce. walnut. mahogany. oak
ana birch woods, and Industrial dia-
nonds, shall not on and after the thir-
tieth day of August in the year one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen,
be exported from. shipped from Or
taken out Of the United States. or its
territorial possessions to Abyssinia, At
ghanistan. Argentina, that portion of
Belgium not occupied by the military
forces of Germany or the colonies,
possessions. or protectorates of Ben
GUM Bolivia, Brazil. China. Chile,
Columbia. Costa Rica, Cuba, Domini-
can republic Ecuador. Egypt France.
her colonies. posse ssions. or protec-
Italy. her colonies, possessions or pro-
tectorates; Great Britain, her colonies.
possessions or protectorates: Japan,
Liberia. Mexico. Monaco, Montenegro,
Morocco. Eepa1, Nicaragua. the colo
MES, possessions o. proteCtorates OF
The Netherlands Oman. Panama,
Paraguay. Persia, Peru Portugal, her
colonies possessions or protectorates;
Ru1nania, Russia. salvador San Ma
rino Serbia, Siam. Uruguay. Ncnezue-
In excluding any portion Of the fore
going occupied by the military forces
OF Germany or her all.es). or any ter
r.tory occupied by the military forces
Of the United States or by the nations
associated with the United States in
the war.
/ The regulations, orders limit9-
/ tons and exceptions prescribed VIII
I Re administered by ard under the au-
/ thority OF the exports administrative
/ board. from whom licenses. in con-
formity with said regulations, orders
limitations and exceptions. will issue.
I'm witness whereof. | have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States of America 10
be affixed
/ (Signed WOODROW WILSON"
I In Hands of Export Board.
The administration Of the procla-
nation, except as it refers TO coin
bullion and currency. is placed in the
hands Of the exports administrative
board. This board a few days ago
had no authority to act. Its members
headed by Vance Mccormick. chair
man, advocated a strict rationing sys-
tenn with regard to allies and neutrals
alike.
; The embargo council, composed OIL
members of the cabinet. were divided
on the subject with Secretary of state
Lansing holding out for policy thai
would not antag onize neutrals. The
+, administrative board made an appea
TO President Wilson. which was fol
lowed by an executive order giving
all powers to its members, and TAX
=, ing control away from the department
!, OF commerce, which heretofore hat
! acted with Secretary Lansing.
The administrative board took &C
tive charge of the embargo situation
in Gussnilately upon issuance of tbs
presidents proclamation. The boer'
: will Immediately establish branch Of
! fees in New York, Boston, Chicago
!, St Louis, New Orleans. San Francisco
$ and Seattle, where applications 70
!, export licenses can be presented I
: is suggested that applications for Ii
: censes be sent in two weeks befor
:, the proposed date of shipment to pre-
II vent delay.
Y The first order OF the admnistra
q tive board was a ruling that specifl
= licenses vonld be required immediate
n " hereafter for all raw materials en-
l. tering into the manufacture OF eX
+ plosives. SO that the board may b
= assured that the goods II export e
= will be used strictly for war purpose
y or purposes which will directly cor
s. tribute to the war.