The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-02
LIQUOR AGAIN CHIEF
ISSUE AT CAPITAL AS
RESULT OF DECISION
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developments involving every phase
date offing.
At the White House. before the
cabinet meeting, Chairman Lasker OF
the shipping board conferred with
the President and indicated after
ward that the policy of the chief
serving on its vessels outside the
prohibition deadline would be set
| forth shortly in a statement His
observations led, too, to the impress
| sion that the shipping board fleet
probably would stay dry as a matter
| of policy.
Treasury Is Busy.
The treasury department., which is
responsible for administration of the
| Volstead act, began likewise the pre-
| paration of statement which will
| lay down the principles on which
the decision of the highest court
| will be applied to shipping at Amer
| lean ports on arrival and departure.
Attorney General Daugherty whose
bone dry opinion was partly up
| held and partly overthrow by the
| court studied the text of the decision
and prepared statement holding
that the real effect was to strengthen
| the position taken by him in favor
| of drastic enforcement.
Among the foreign diplomats and
az the state department there were
| evidences that a prolonged and per-
haps delicate international exchange
of views was in the making. The
French and Italian governments re-
| qure ships flying their flags to pro-
tvide wine to the crewa. as part Of
| the regulation ration and the anOmo-
lous position that thus will be occu
| pied by French or Italian merchant
marine in an American port here is
expected to give rise to vigorous rep
reservations by Paris and Rome per-
haps with the backing of London.
Officials PerpIexed.
What the state department VIII
say in reply to such representations
no state department official is will
| ing to discuss for the present.
Intimations that the administration
might ask Congress to amend the
law so as to exclude foreign ships in
American ports from the sweeping
prohibition laid down by the supreme
from the dry battalion in the SEN
ate and House. There were predic-
lions from their leaders that such a
proposition not only would be showed
under but that a majority would vote
to make the law even more strin-
from having liquor aboard outside
| the three mile limit.
The more immediate consideration
of the administration, however, re-
lates to the course to be followed be-
! tween now and the time Congress
meets in December 1t is expected
that the statement under preparation
by Secretary Mellon at the treas
ury will set forth the enforcement
plans that are to go into effect as
l.
down its edict to the lower court in
New York, where the cases decided
yesterday originated.
Mellon Holds Conference.
Mr.. Mellon was engaged most OF
today in conference with his sub
ordinates who have to do with prohi-
bition enforcement and he will meet
them again tomorrow before he an
nounces his conclusions.
1t is evident that the treasury re-
CARDS the question of stoppage OF
foreign ships at the three mile limit
If they have liquor aboard as a most
intricate phase of the situation. II
involves many troublesome possibil
titles. not the least of which is the
sanction which the decision appears
to give to America craft to run ex-
cursions outside the three mile limit
obtain their liquor stock there, and
maintain floating barrooms until
they are ready to return to port. On
the face of the decision some Off
Gals believe there would be no way
of checking such a practice.
DECISION is CALLED
PIECE OF ARROGANCE
LONDON. May 1.-tRy A , ociatet
Press IA high handed piS e of ar
rogance toward foreigner. is the
way the Star today characterized the
United States supreme court rulinl
against the transportation of liquor
within the American three mile limit
by American or foreign vessels. The
Star, which is the only London news
paper thus far to make an editoria
expression on the matter, says:
''The United States is, of all civil
Russian soviet government, yet the
two countries are now as one.
The decision of the soviet govern
nent to seize and imprison the crew
of a British trawler caught fishing
within limit of ! . miles Is simply a
piece Of high handed arrogance in
the face of the plain doctrine of mod
ern International law that the limi
of territorial waters is three miles.
1.-The decision of the United State.
supreme court yesterday thai
neither American nor foreign ships
may carry Intoxicating liquors intc
American territorial waters or Amer
lean ports is an equany high handed
piece Of arrogance toward foreigners