Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28

As If there weren't enough moisture
| in the air anyhow, along comes prohl-
bition as the Midsummer issue of the
hour. dividing the front page with en-
| durance flyers, tree-sitterS, automobile
| accidents and other seasonable dog day
| news. The American Bar Associations
} impending referendum on the eight
zenith amendment-and prognostica-
tions that it will be sopping wet-have
| the drys ito use an appropriate meta
phor) decidedly on the tip. Since
| Dwight Morrow's performance in New
| Jersey nothing has disturbed the VOL
Steadians so much as the lawyers pro-
posed inquiry into the wisdom of keep
| ing Uncle Sam on the water wagon.
| Perhaps the Sahara brothers and sisters
will take heart of grace from Senator
| Morris Sheppard'S handsome renomi-
| nation victory in Texas. The author
| of the liquor amendment has just snow
ed a wet opponent completely under In
the Lone Star primary.
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Synchronizing with all these devel-
opments in the prohibition universe is
| the latest effort to dry up the British
embassy at Washington. 1t is l0-to-1
/
! lottesville, Va, who suggests that Sir
Ronald Lindsay is breaker Of Amerf-
can laws, will fail to paddock Britain
MAS diplomatic establishment. In the
| first place, a foreign envoy in the
| United States is not required to be an
observer of American laws. He enjoys
| extraterritoriality. which, in interna-
tional law, is defined as "the state or
privilege Of freedom from local terrific
rial jurisdiction accorded to foreign Sow
ereigns, to diplomatic representatives,
! their suites and, to a certain extent,
| their dwellings" Long before Sir Ronald
| Lindsay took up his official abode in
Washington the liquor question was
thoroughly considered by him and his
superiors at London. They had before
| them the action of Sir Esme Howard in
voluntarily renouncing booze importa-
tons. Sir Ronald was given the option
of doing anything he pleased in the
matter He resumed embassy importa-
tons No one at Washington is going
to stop him-or try to. That comes
from exalted authority.
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| Senator Claude A. Swanson OF Viz
| ginia ranking Democratic member OF
both the Senate Foreign Relations and
Naval Affairs committees, Is the happy
recipient of commentators from two
/
| port of the naval treaty in the Senate
| Gen Dawes cabled Swanson from Lon.
| dom Your constructive views ana
| suggestions before and during the con-
| ference were a decisive element IN tne
negotiations. ] send you my congrat-
ulations." From Paris Ambassador Edge
cabled "You always take broad
helpful position on international con-
| troyersies" Both messages were apropos
| OF Senator Swanson's speech on tne
treaty, which opened the case Tor raul
| f1cation.
Despite her systematic stunning OF
the publicity limelight, Alice Roosevelt
Longworth finds herself Midsummer
| magazine feature" in no fewer than
two different monthly publications. II
, "Nick's" vivacious consort were not SO
we'll known to be averse to personal
| political preferment thered almost DC
a suspicion that some kind of racket
| Is afoot to get her something Ger
i tainly nobody besides the former Kaiser
Calvin Coolidge and Queen Marie are
| at the moment hopping up mort
| printers ink than Princess Alice. IheIe
are suggestions that Mrs. LongWortIi
| will renounce her inhibitions against
politics long enough To take tine stump
for her budde. Ruth Hanna MeCor-
mick, in the Illinois senatorial cam
paign. AS a yotemaker she'd pc haiu
| TO beat
No barefoot boy with cheeks 81 tdil
ever had anything on Charles frane :.
Adams, Secretary CT the Navy, WY :
back on his Job. brown ae oerry, 80. -,
sailing Americas CuS defenders ID trlal