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Show IWILSDN HIES EMBARGOON ARMS PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION PROCLAMA-TION PERMITTING SHIPMENT OF ARMS ACROSS BORDER. Under New Order the Constitutional ists Will Be Able to Import Munitions Muni-tions of War, Placing Contending Factions on Equality. Washington. President Wilson, by an executive order made public on Tuesday February 3, removed all re-Htrictions re-Htrictions against the exportation of munitions of war into Mexico from the United 'States, placing the contending con-tending elements on a basis of equality equal-ity with respect to the purchase of arms and supplies in this country. The executive order emphasized that it was the desire of the United States to be in the same position ol neutrality toward the contending fao tions in Mexico as were the other powers. The text of the proclamation fol-'ows: fol-'ows: Whereas, By a proclamation of the president, issued on March 14, 1912 under a joint resolution of congress, approved by the president on the Bame day, it was declared that there existed in Mexico conditions of domestic do-mestic violence which were promoted by the use of arms or munitions ot war procured from the Untied States, and 'Whereas, By the joint resolution above mentioned, it thereupon became unlawful to export arms or munitions of war to Mexico, except under such limitations and exceptions as the president should prescribe: Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United x States of America, hereby declare and proclaim that as the conditions on which the proclamation of March 14, 1912, was based, have essentially changed, and as it Is desirable to place the United States with reference to the exportation exporta-tion of arms or munitions of war to Mexico in the same position as other powers, the said proclamation is hereby here-by revoked. Accompanying the order, the White House issued the following statement of explanation: The order under which the exportation exporta-tion of arms and ammunition Into Mexico Mex-ico is forbidden was a departure from the accepted practices of neutrality a delierate departure from those practices prac-tices under a well considered joint resolution res-olution of congress determined upon in circumstances which have now ceased to exist. It was intended to discourage dis-courage incipient revolts against the regularly constituted authorities ol Mexico. Since that order was issued the circumstances of the case have undergone a radical change. There is now.no constitutional government in Mexico; and the existence of this order or-der hinders and delays the very thing the government of the United States is now insisting upon; namely, that Mexico shall be allowed to settle her own affairs and as soon as possible put them upon a constitutional footing foot-ing by her own force and counsel. The order is therefore rescinded. Dispatches from Mexico City, Tuesday Tues-day night, announced that President Wilson's determination to give both factions in Mexico liberty to obtain war material from the United States will not cause President Huerta to deliver to the American Charge d'Af-faires d'Af-faires his passports; nor will it affect his attitude toward the United States or toward Americans in Mexico. This assurance was given by General Huerta. Hu-erta. Many of the Americans resident of Mexico City, on learning of President Wilson's decision to raise the embargo on the exportation of arms from the United States to Mexico, made preparations prepar-ations to leave thev capital for the coast on the night train. |