Evening star., 1923-07-01

ton by the prohibition organization
poured down on the Treasury off,
cials like a ton Of bricks.
May Break Seals.
British cabinet officers maintain
that the United States is entirely
within its rights in breaking the
customs seals and seizing the bev-
erage liquors brought into this
They say the United States has a
right to do 1t, but that it is a viola
ton OF the comfy OF nations. In
plain language the comfy of nations
means the Keeping OF good relations
with ones neighbors.
fisnt forfnna, In the nsr rum n iHbsoeiso the uno
ATMOSPHERE That @ is Ae being ans'F created rs snf
by it. The governments understand
each other, but the peoples do not.
The English people feel that the
United States is attempting to i'm
pose its own views. its own sump-
the world and that 1t is distinctly
insulting Great Britain. English
newspapers. unfortunately have
made much of this liquor question.
and the anti-American feeling in
England is growing day by day.
Americans indignant.
Here in America there is growing
American laws in the deliberate send
Ing. Of foreign liners to New York
with beverage liquors on board.
There Is Indignation that Marquis
Curzon should say In effect that these
liquors were sent here as call to
government sees In this merely
the foundation for test case
in some court or a basis for diplo-
matte negotiations; The public sees
English papers are pointing out
that II conditions were reversed. that
II America was the wet country and
England dry, the American people
twisting the lions tail at any at
tempted seizure of American cargoes
or American vessels in circumstances
similar to steps already taken or
contemplated IN New York.
Skip Seizure Feared.
The reluctance Of Washington off,
oials even to threaten officially the
ing on board a small amount OF
liquor under seal. is largely due to
the tnhaming effect that such an act
would have upon the British or
French peoples. Once a nation is
infiamed against another it is only
One unfortunate word leads to an
other and thus the germs Of possible
war are spread.
Wy frankly it is stated here that
unless the foreign governments do
this the chances of amending the
law may vanish. The greater the
feeling engandered now the more
difficult it would be to obtain modifl-
cation later. The drastic dry advo-
Gates even now are opposing any
change. They are perfectly willing
that all foreign ships should cease
to call at New York unless they are
willing to call bone dry"
II appears today that unless the
Washington government can go to
stantial cooperation on the part Of
Great Britain, in stopping rum
ming to this country from the British
Atlantic; Isles, Congress- will turn a
deaf ear to any sort of modification
Of the volstead act affecting sealed
liquors on British ships. OF course
the British claim that their ships, ly-
ing outside the three-mile limit are
breaking. no American laws. This
it possible for others to break the
law by running the liquor to shore.
and therefore they are morally law
breakers IL not physically.
sides of the water that disagree
able situation" exists, that delicate
matters" are under discussion and
law are involved.
And all over q provision Of the
law which may be wiped from the
statute books next December.
Copyright. 1929