CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[March 21.]
SECTION 2.
[F 1169/110/10]
No. 1.
Sir A. Geddes to the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.— (Received March 21.)
(No. 263.) My Lord,
Washington, March 10, 1922, WITH reference to my telegram No. 115 of the 7th March, I have the honour to transmit herewith copies of a proclamation by the President of the United States prohibiting the export of arms and ammunition to China. This proclamation is based on the authority given to the President by a Joint Resolution of the 31st January, 1922, which is quoted therein. It will be observed that the President has delegated to the Secretary of State the power of prescribing exceptions and limitations to the application of the Joint Resolution referred to.
I have, &c. (For the Ambassador),
H. G. CHILTON,
Enclosure in No. 1.
(Exportation of Arms or Munitions of War to China unlawful.)
By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION,
"Joint WHEREAS, section 1 of a Joint Resolution of Congress, entitled a Resolution to Prohibit the Exportation of Arms or Munitions of War from the United States to certain Countries, and for other purposes," approved the 31st January, 1922, provides as follows:-
"That whenever the President finds that in any American country, or in any country in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, conditions of domestic violence exist, which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and makes proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export, except under such limitations and exceptions as the President prescribes, any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress."
Aud whereas, it is provided by section 2 of the said Joint Resolution that "Whoever exports any arms or munitions of war in violation of section 1 shall on conviction be punished by fine not exceeding 10,000 dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both.
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Now, therefore, I. Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred in me by the said Joint Resolution of Congress, do hereby declare and proclaim that I have found that there exist in China such conditions of domestic violence which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States as contemplated by the said Joint Resolution; and I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States and every person to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the Joint Resolution above set forth, hereby made applicable to China, and I do hereby warn them that all violations of such provisions will be rigorously prosecuted.
And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution and this my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same.
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