Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-08
DIPLOMATS ASSERT THEY
tKE SURPRISED ny KIIINt;

~ Associated Press
NhHfii MILTON. oct. 7-Diplo-
matte representatives her" ~ Euro
pean nations, although not 50, or
II ally advised of tho opinion Of At
,"rney-Gencral payEherty mat IN
i@N''tnnS liquors may not, under
lauy circumstances. b. brough, with.
IN IN" torrilSrial waters 81 tne
United states have notified their
home Eov"rnmcn,s as 4 preliminary
measure. intending 10 supply Oil
cial information "a soon as it can
BE- obtninod 10y them from tn. De
par,mcnl Of Justice.
The decision Of tn" A;toiuoy-Ccn-
eral took the embassies completely
by surprise rs 1t had been conn.
IDENTIFY expected that tho construy-
ton 10 be placed upon IN" pronIhi-
tien ann ndmcnt ana NuIs,ctd act
so far ns 1t relates to foreign vcs-
Ecls n: least would bc In Tia. dir-c-
ton q! iibcraI!iy rather than !ur-
thcr restrictions
Closure az tao bars on liners ana
placing OF The !iGuor ia ships stores
under seal upon entering the terri
torial waters %! tn" United states.
rs at present prIc;i,cd, were be-
licv"d 10 have I'm; met Tho intent
OF the prohibition amendment.
Niny Desert I. y. Forts.
None Of The VARIOUS cmhassy OF.
ficials were willing to prcdtct what
might be tn. outcome az this now
development ia The international
phase Of dry law enforcement, Ru,
In anticipation of som" such d-ci-
sion. rather a. a possibility than a.
probability. some Of In. foreign
diplomats have expressed the belief
that British and other foreign ship
matters. rather than submit ,hnrr-
selves TO rigorous application of the
American law. would largely desert
American ports ot entry, making tho
western terminus Of the trans.tl.u
tie lines in Canadian and british
West Indian ports.
There had been sugEoStions olsn
of tramssh shipment of alcoholic fluids
by vessels headed westward to sta
lion ships lying outside of the three
mile Limit, the same stores to be
rcshiprci upon The return voyage OF
the vessels. i!ut this plan is re-
Tardcd as impracticublc except in
special cases
Might Hiring Retaliation.
When attention was directed To
the fact that vessels dying the
American flag ana plying directly
between Europe and American ports
might have Il considerable advant-
, age and thus secure most OF the
Transatlantic passenger trdliiC II
European owned ships limited their
voyages to Canadian ports. a strnng
hint was given that in thai ease
some measures OF retaliation might
surely be expected. What might he
the nature of these measures has
not been Indicated. hut il is he
lievcd that IL is contemplated to i'm
pose restrictions upon American
ships entering Western Europcan
ports that would countcrbalancc the
advantage that might realize from
capturing the best part Of the busl-
ness OF the pres ent foreign owned
liners.
Another question raised in diplo-
matte minds by the Attorney-Gen-
erals opinion was its possible ef-
feet on repicnishmcnt of embassy
and legation liquor supplies. Tho
only comment made by administers
ton officials. however. tended to al
lay approximations, along that live.
Foreign representatives in the
United states now are authorized 10
procure stocks OF liquors from
abroad under special regulations
which require that all such ship
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