Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-12
BRITISH SH|PMEV
TALK OF QUITTING
DRY PORTS OF us.

'DRY' PURISUF Us,
LONDON, Oct. 1O.-By the Asso
ciated Press).-The London morn
ing newspapers, which, hitherto
have given little prominence to the
ruling of Attorney General Daugh
erty, in Washington, prohibiting
liquor on vessels within American
waters, devote considerable space tc
| it today, printing interviews with
ship men, reports of the genera
feeling in the shipping trade, de
tails of liquor sales aboard liners
and speculations upon changing the
ports of destination in the event
the ruling is upheld and enforced
1t is stated that a meeting OF
the members of the North Atlantic
| conference will be held in Londor
this week, at which the whole ques
ton will be discussed. It may also
| ly meeting of the conference ir
that any final action will be decid
ed upon at either meeting.
The interviews published by til
newspapers confirm the general at
titude previously ascribed to the
British shipping coppanies--that is
1--WE shall say nothing and do moth
! ing"
In some quarters there is amused
incredulity at the "crank proposal,
as it is called, and the belief is
declared that 1t is likely 20 be soor
| dropped when the Americans real
ize they will be the chief losers. as
British lines undoubtedly will trans
fer their sailings to Canadian waters
The Times prints details purport
ing to show that travellers would
| lose little time and. gain in other
ways by going to Quebec and Mon
treal, instead of New York. The
newspaper believes that even il
some liners continued to make
| New York their western terminus
there would still be an increase ir
the popularity of the Canadian
route. ~,
The Daily Telegraph quotes ar
official of the Cunard line in Liver
pool as saying the British steam
ship operators stand to suffer a
big loss if they are unable to sell
liquor aboard their vessels, and that
1t would be better for them to divert
some ships to Halifax or other
northern ports, than to lose the
profits from the sale of intoxicants
He did not doubt that many
Americans would prefer the inco1
venience of making the rail journey
from Halifax to New York rather
than sail on a dry shin
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS MAY
YET LOSE THEIR LIQUOR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-Inpor.
tation Of liquor by foreign diplomats
stationed here, hitherto freely Ter
Dlitte6, may yet be banned by the
American government as a result ct
the Daugherty ruling, it was au-
thoritatively learned here today.
The status of, the diplomatic priv
ilege which has enabled foreign en-
Voys to dispense a recherche hoSp17
tality to official Washington since
July, 1919, is admittedly shrouded in
uncertainty.
Inquiry at the state department TO-
day ELECTED denials that the depart
ment had ruled the privilege unaf-
fected by the Daugherty ban as re-
ported. On the contrary, it was
stated, the attorney generals de-
clsion had raised grave doubts as to
the legality of its continuance.
A feature of the situation that Sc
riously embarrasses diplomats here
is the statement that Secretary of
State Hughes will not definitely de-
eide for or against continuance un-
til some diplomat presents him an
application to import liquor. The
secretary desires concrete case
in hand to work upon, it is said.
An established rule of diplomacy
is never to run the risk of a refusal
"a rule that is rarely violated. The
problem that confronts local ENJOYS
is whether to suffer empty cellars,
with the winter social season ap-
preaching, or to make application
and suffer the diplomatic humilia-
ton of a negative ruling by the
state secretary.
Unless Secretary Hughes recedes
from his present intention, or a dip
lomat is selected by his colleagues
to brave the refusal, it is probable
that the matter will remain in status
quo until the return from France
of French Ambassador Jules Jusser-
and, whose position as dean of the
diplomatic corps, will enable him to
sound out, with strict propriety, Sec
rotary Hughes views.
Extension of the blanket of pro-
hibition to their extra territorial
domiciles here is unthinkable to the
foreigners; but they do not hesitate
in confidence to declare that they
believe anything is possible in the
light of the Daugherty decision.
FRANCE WILL PROTEST
RULING OF DAUGHERTY
BY William e. Nash
Especial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News-COpyright, 1922
PARIS, Oct. 10-On official au-
thurity the writer is informed, that
France will fight the decision of At
torney General Daugherty forbid
ding the presence of liquor on board
foreign vessels in American waters.
This country feels that it must fight
in order to protect interests vital to
the prosperity Of the French nation.
The action, it is understood, will
take the form of a protest to the
Harding administration, and in case
that fails there will be a customs
reprisals against American shipping
bound for French ports. 1t also
seems possible that France will ap
proach other European natoins with
a view to concerted action.