New Britain herald., 1923-06-13
WHAT'S GOING 0N M THE WORLD
By Charles F, stewart NEA Service Writer

By Charles F, Stewart
 NEA Service Writer
 Tine editorial writer who said the eerk Al smith popped was heard round the world spoke a mauthful, judging hg the news from places pretty well an aNeE not 0nly this country, hut quite generally through out Europe and even the Antinades,
 There isn't any question that Ans erlea's experiment with prohibition has been mast inleFestedly watched from many lands and press comment indicates that foreign observers. who aren't altogether familiar with this cauntry's governmental system, inc cline io look far immediate results from ihe New York governors sigma. lnre of the state dry repeal hill that can't possibly snsue unless and until the Nolstead laws changed also,
 Nevertheless vets and drys preb- ably will agree that smith has put in concrete form, for tine first time, the wet demand for amendment of the Nolstead one-half of l per cent standard up to what the governor calls an "honest, eomman-sense" di- vidlng line between legal intaAieants and non.intoXieants,
 furthermore il appears 10 he the consensus Of opinion that smith has made the wet and dry issue one which will count. perhaps predomi- Rantly in the next national cam paign. whether the politicians like it or not.
 ENFORCEMENT SLOWS UP
 New York has withdrawn its state police border patrol against rum smuggling from Canada.
 Commissioner Enright announces his decislon to terminate prohibition enforcement duty by the New York city police.
 The federal government is rushing dry enforcement agents to New York state from other parts Of the country.
 The New York State Chamber ot Commerce has adopted resolutions aslsiKg Congress for national pro- hibition amendment on reasonable, fair, just, practical lines"
 The Chicago City Council. by reso- lution. has complimented Governor Smith of New York for signing the state prohibition repeal.
 The Wisconsin House Of Represen- tatives has passed a state dry law res peal bill and sent it to the Senate.
 Representative Britton, Illinois, an- nounces he will offer bill when Con- gross meets authorizing light wine and beer, taxing them to provide sol diers' bonus.
 MUST OBEY LAW
 The State Department has refused to confer with foreign governments relative to the supreme courts ruling that no ship may bring intoxicants. even for use solely on board when at | sea, within Americas three-mile limit. The governments view is that this is | the law, so there's nothing to confer about.
 Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, whose job includes enforcing prohi- bition on ships in port, is understood | to have made the rules as strict as he can, hoping to force Congress to modify the law.
 However, the latest ruling is that ships doctors may keep in store such as they deem necessary for which may provide a way out of the difficulty.
 OTHER COUNTRIES GROWING
 Spanish ships, which depend largely on anti-volstead commodities for their cargoes have cancelled their stops at American ports.
 France. Italy and Portugal, whose aws, like Spain's, compel their ships 10 serve wine to their crews, are pro- .esting vigorously against the dry aw's application to their vessels in A merican waters.
 Tn Parliament in London law Is pending requiring ships within Eng and's three-mile limit to have intoxi- ,ants on board. this being proposed in retaliation for the American dry rule.
 The British government Is under stood to have asked It's Washington to report on the work ng of prohibition.
 Switzerland. by heavy popular majority, has turned down proposal 0 nationalize liquor, as step toward 
 REVOLUTION IN BULGARIA.
 Bulgaria's peasant cabinet under Stambulisky has been over- urned and It's members locked up, he result of revolution engineered y the military class.
 Prof. Zankof succeeded Stambulisky IS premier, The revolutionists, although they pledged fulflllment of Bulgaria's peace reaty obligations and abstention rom military adventures" favor orcible recovery of territory Bulgaria ost in the Balkan and World wars.
 The country may not accept the hange quietly. Fighting is reported n many districts
 DOESN'T SUIT FRANCE
 Germany has made another repara- ions proposition to France and Bel ium.
 It suggests German payment of war beginning in 1927, by sys- em of "annuities'' of about 2s5 mill lon dollars reckoned in American honey, an international conference to ecide how long they must be con- lnued. The money would be raised y railroad mortgage, a mortgage n commerce and industry. and a lxury tax,
 France likes this offer 50 little that he isn't even answering 1t. She ob- scts especially to the absence of a |erman pledge to stop passive" re- lstance in the Ruhr, Neither does he want to wait until 1927 before eglnning to get any money. nor oes she care to leave the total to Il international conferences decision. The British view seems to be that he proposition, while perhaps not yet at least is more so than le last one.