Evening star., 1936-06-21
By the Associated Press.

Declaring the Italo-E Ethiopian War
has ceased to exist" President Roose-
welt yesterday lifted the embargoes
and restrictions clamped on those ma
tions as a means of safeguarding
American neutrality.
His proclamation, revoking the ap-
plication of arms and financial en-
bargoes and warnings against trading
with the belligerents or travelling on
their ships, closed the first test OF
planned United States neutrality since
the World War.
Mr.. RooSeveits action preceded
League of Nation consideration of
British proposals to abandon collec-
tive sanctions against Italy as an ag-
gressor nation.
Coupled with specific restrictions
and likewise rescinded was Govern
ment pressure to prevent abnormal"
shipments of materials essential for
war purposes such as iron, steel, oil
and copper, to both countries.
Based on Fact" War Ended.
In a statement accompanying the
proclamation, the President said his
action was based on the fact" that
a state of war no longer existed be-
tween Italy and Ethiopia.
Yesterdays proclamation was man.
datory under the Neutrality Act. just
as that law compelled him to apply
certain restrictions once he estab-
lished that war had broken out.
State Department officials empha-
sized, however, that yesterdays action
did not imply recognition Of the Ital-
ian annexation of Ethiopia. That is
a diplomatic question, involving i'm
portant complications, which must be
left for future determination.
The Presidents statement follows
When it was ascertained that a
state Of war existed between Italy and
Ethiopia, performed the duty i'm
posed upon me by legislation, there
fore, enacted by issuing proclamationS
making effective an embargo on arms
ammunition and implements of wal
from the United States to the belliger-
ent countries and admonishing Amer
ican citizens to abstain from travelling
on belligerent vessels.
Warnings No Longer Applicable.
In doing so, I was standing upor
a question of fact Having now as
certained that, in fact, the condition!
which led to the issue of the proc.
lamations have ceased to exist, 1 have
in conformity with the duty imposed
upon me issued proclamations re.
voking my earlier proclamations
Therefore, the statements which
I issued in respect to commercial tran
sactions with the belligerentS are NJ
longer applicable"
The American neutrality bans frs
we're promulgated on October S, 1885
shortly after Italian troops begaI
their invasion which ended only {
few weeks ago in their occupation o
the Ethiopian capital of Adds Ababi
and the flight of Emperor Halle Sc
lassie and his entire government.
Under the neutrality law enacted th
previous Augustine first legislation
on the subject since the World War
the President proclaimed an embargo
on export of arms. ammunition ant
implements of war to either bellig
erent and admonished American citi
zens to abstain from using vessels op
Grated by them. In a separate state
ment at that time. he also warnet
American business men that any tran
sactions in which they engaged will
either warning country would be a
their own risk.
Supplementary Policy.
Only a short time later, both th
President and Secretary of State Hui
enunciated the supplementary polio,
that all American trade with the bel
ligerents should be confined to nor
(see NEUTRALITY. Page A-s)