The New York herald., 1922-10-08

[. y was argued. and would work to the
Sfeat advantage OF American liners
NJ Canadian port has the necessary
~uSo handling Facilities and most pas
lisenger travel woald not undertake the
'Ssra and uncomfortable railroad jour-
ney To northern Canada. with ships
;'siiing from New York and other
snited States ports.
Chairman L.asker of the shipping
Board dispatched messages to-day tc
al Shipping Board vessels to stop the
Gale OF intoXicants Immediately. Such
rtores as are left over will be turned
over to customs Off, iais ON arrival al
home ports. II is not anticipated that
these stores viii Be large.
Chairman Lasker's Message.
ss Mr.. Lasker's message follows:
a54 Under a ruling by Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty the sale. transpor-
tation and possession OF liquor on
ships In American territorial waters
Is prohibited by law. BY direction
fof the President it Is incumbent
fn upon you 10 make sure that all in
~ toxicating liquors in the possession
'R OF ships operated by you for the
7. Government and all liquors owned
, by officers or members of the crew
y thereof be removed and returned to
The proper officers representing the
Treasury Department Immediately,
where such ships are now in their
home ports or as soon thereafter as
they come into their home ports, and
thereafter there must not be any
liquor on ships.
'r-e If any officer or member OF crew
81 either on passenger or cargo ship
b is found in possession of liquor on a
/ 8 ship he shall be Immediately removed
permanently from the ship and his
~ violation OF the law reported to the
proper District Attorney.
AT present there are thirty-one pas
4 senger carrying ships operated by the
! Shipping Board. These ae In the
trade between New York and Lor don.
and Bremen. Another line
3 Is operated between New York and
5 South America and still another be-
tween Los Angeles and Honolulu. Yes
sells also ply between Seattle and the
Orient, and San Francisco and the
Orient
While Administration officials are
i somewhat uneasy over. the handling
of international questions involved in
the liquor opinion, they view it with
much equanimty in it's relation to do
mestic politics. Disclosure OF the fact
Ethat Shipping Board vessels were sell
~ ing intoxcants was a hard blow to
e the ship subsidy bill-an Admnistra-
ton measure. The stopping or such
sale. placing another handicap upon
American ships, offered a very real
argument in favor of the subsidy bill
and one which it Is expected will be
: effective In the farming and real dry
districts of the country. mostly in the
West
Political Maneuvering.
In addition to this political maneu-
vering in the last two or three months
has largely forced the drys to take
sides with the Republican party and
the vets with the Democrats. !, The
drys are militant and organized.
Wayne B. Wheeler for the drys is
sued statement to-day commencing
the decision. He said:
The decision by the Justice De-
partment against beverage liquor on
American ships on the high seas
and on foreign ships within the three
mile limit is sound law and based on
good reason. 1t viii help law en-
forcement greatly Il sustains the
: contention which we made at the
- hearing and in cur brief.
The status OF liquor outside the
three mile limit is uncertain. Ex-
- listing law extends the limit to twelve
rmiles for certain purposes The
Il courts have thus far sustained these
laws. England protests their en-
\ forcement- and the matter is held in
abeyunce during the conversations
< with Great Britain. Reason and
n precedent indicate that any nation
may extend the limit of its jurisdic-
n ton beyond the three mile limit in
order to protect itself from rum
smugglers and those who violate or
ganic or statutory laws. Practically
all nations have enacted such laws.
y American ship owners who have
communicated with the Shipping Board
{ sexpress alarm over the stringency of
tthe regulations promulgated by Chair
man Lasker. They hold the view that
the keeping of liquor from all stores
will make it exceedingly difficult for
American vessels to sign crews in for
eign ports, as foreign sailors particu-
larly viii not sign on vessels where
\ they not only have no rum allowance
but vii! Se penalizcd II they furnish
4 their own.
I VOLSTEAD FACING