New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
French Line to
Appeal Liquor
Ruling to Hague
World Tribunal To BE Tn.
voked If Test in Supren,e
Court Fails to Uphold
Right 10 Maintain Bars
British Firms i'm Accord
Rum as Usual Is Policy De-
cided On as Meeting of
the Directors i'm Paris

cided On nj Meeting of
the Directors i'm Paris
! PARIS, Oct. 12 by The Associated
Press) The French Line has decided
ito fight in the Supreme Court the
Washington ruling against the Carry
ing of liquor by foreign-owned liners
within territorial waters and in the
/ event of an adverse decision there
Will move to obtain an appeal TO the
international Court 81 Justice at The
| Hague, it was learned today.
Liquor as usual" up to the three
mile limit, was the decision the board
Of directors of the French Line made
to-day after two long sessions. "Thes,
4 seal UP the bars and let international
law take its course"
This was the only information ob-
tainable at the general offices of the
FreEch Line this evening.
The British lines are understood to
be in perfect harmony with the French
company in this matter. The first test
case is likely to arise when the White
Star liner Majestic, which is scheduled
to sail from Cherbourg October ls,
| reaches New York. The steamship
Homeric, which cleared yesterday
from Cherbourg. and the French liner
Lafayette, sailing Saturday, are within
the limit set by the latest Washington
edict.
Paris Awaits Ontceme
/ The French government decided to
await developm ents, leaving the ques-
| tion for the present entirely in tho
1 hen of l~ clt 80.
| 1t will. however, make representa-
tions should the vested rights Of it's
| nationals, represented by sailors and
| stokers aboard French-owned ships
| and flying the French flag, be deprived
of their half or entire litre of wine
M. Rio, Minister Of Merchant Ma
| rine, is preparing the data on the sub
ject for Premier poincare. The latter
may take up the matter with Washing
ton should the French h-owned ships be
seized. NJ. Rio has asked the opinions
Of French experts on International
law. Among them is Professor F. Lar
School, who, with Gabriel Hanotanx,
| prepared the French thesis for the
League of Nations covenant.
Concerning the privilege of the
United States to accept or reject the
jurisdiction Of the International Court
of Justice at The Hague, members Of
the Cabinet have expressed the opip-
ion that, although the United States is
! not q member of the League of Ma
tions, it has one judge sitting therein
| ir the person Of John Bassett Moore.
1t is the opinion here that the United
States government would be unwilling
to go on record as refusing to arbi-
trate matter of this sort before such
tribunal.
Ruling Amazes Owners
| French Line officials are absolutely
| appalled, at the Washington reports
| that their ships are liable to seizure as
common smugglers. They declare that,
be irremediable, there is the question
| Of personal privilege and liberty, on
| which they would be unwilling to yield
| "It cannot be true" said General
| Manager o. ]. Dal Piaz Of the French
Line this evening. ave have not been
| officially informed of anv such radical
| changes and shall continue as hereto
fores
Taking wine away from our sailors
| and stpkers is just like taking milk
away from babies" said NJ. Villiers.
| head quartermaster of the French Line.
| Il am positive that We would be unable
| to muster crews fer New York should
the edict be upheld. Wine is one OF
the primest necessaries of life for
! these boys"
Financial Angle Important
| The financial loss to the French Line
| would be hundreds of thousands Of
| francs monthly. On one trip in Au-
gust, with 1,o11 passengers aboard, the
| steamship Paris sold 1880 bottles of
| champagne, 252 bottles Of fine Bur
! gundy aad Bordeaux wines and eighty
seven bottles of liquor Besides this,
there was the ordinary red and white
wine which was allotted to each pas
| senger with the noon and evening
/ meals.
The Partisan evening newspapers
| take decided attitude gainst the
American ruling. ia Liberte" says:
Wine is our patrimony, the same
as our literature, our art and our
science. 1t cannot be taken away from
U.S."
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 12.-The Swedish
emerlcan liner Drottninghoim left
Hothenburg to-day for New York with
1882 passengers aboard and the Gus
somary supply of wines and liquors.
bukMOS AYRES, Argentina. Oct. 12
by 1he Associated Press With
twenty-five cases of liquors abandoned
on the pier, the steamship Southern
.ross sailed from Buenos Ayres to-day
Tor. New York, inaugurstinr a dry
| regime on the Munson Lines feet be-
tween, North and South America in
accordance with the United States yov-
ernments ruling prohibiting the sale
OF liquor ON American ships. Some Of
the passengers fortified themselves
against the dry voyage officially pre-
scrlbed for the liner by Carving thar