Evening star., 1935-10-06
EnbargoOrder
Limited to
Munitions.
NEUTRAL STAND
IS MAINTAINED
Commodities May
Be Added to
List Later.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Frankly recognizing state OF
war" between Italy and Ethiopia
President Roosevelt late last night
declared an immediate embargo on
American shipments of arms, NUM-
tions and implements of war to
either nation.
Acting under provisions OF the new
neutrality act in an effort to assure
the United States shall not become
involved in the conflict. the President
confined the embargo to implements
and munitions actually used in war
fare.
These included airplanes, airplane
engines and parts, rifles, guns. ammu-
milton, poison gas, warships and their
equipment. Hereafter any American
who violates the embargo may be
punished by a $4,000 fine, five years
imprisonment, or both.
President Issues Statement.
At the same time the President is
sued the following statement:
In view of the situation which has
unhappily developed between Ethiopia
and italy, it has become my duty un-
der the provisions of the Joint resolu-
ton of Congress approved August 81.
1885, to issue, and / am today issuing,
my proclamation making effective an
embargo on the expectation from this
country to Ethiopia and Italy of arms.
and munitions and implements OF War'
Notwithstanding the hope we en-
tertained that war would be avoided,
and the exertion Of influence In that
direction, we are now compelled to
recognize the simple and indisputable
fact that Ethiopian and Italian armed
forces are engaged in combat. thus
creating a state of war within the in
tent and meaning of the joint resolu-
ton.
I'm these specific circumstances. /
desire it to be understood that any
OF our people who voluntarily engage
in transactions Of any character with
either Of the belligerents do so at their
own risk"
Can Expand List Later.
If the President chooses, he may
later expand the prescribed list to in
clude such things as cotton, copper
and other raw materials.
Now on the Pacific aboard the
cruiser Houston, the President has
kept in constant communication with
Washington by radio. Upon receiving
cf11cial advices that the Italo-Ethi-
opian clashes had resulted in state
Of war" he directed Secretary Hull
to issue the embargo proclamation.
Issuance of the proclamation and
clamping on the embargo were made
mandatory by the neutrality act as
soon as it had been determined that
q state of war existed.
Carefully maintaining neutral
position, however. the Roosevelt proc
lamation made no attempt to define
either italy or Ethiopia as the "ag-
eressor."
On September Is the President is
sued a proclamation declaring that
after November 20 persons exporting
listed arms, ammunition and imple-
ments of war" must obtain licenses
from the y-established National
Munitions. Control Board.
Divided Into Six Categories.
These were divided into six cate
eories:
l. Rifles, machine guns, guns and
Howitzers, ammunitions over 26.5 cal
iber; grenades and bombs, tanks, and
armored vehicles.
2. Warships of all kinds, including
airplane carriers and submarines.
8. Aircraft equipped with machine
guns and bombs, and their accessories.
4. Revolvers and automatic pistols.
5. Aircraft and equipment other
than those in category 3.
6. Livens projectors chemical
throwers), flame throwers, mustard
and three similar poisonous gases.
Shipments of actual war munitions
to italy during 1885 have amounted
to less than $500,000, mostly airplanes
(See EMBARGO. Page a.