NO MORE LIQUOR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 198, 7 June 1929, Page 4

NO MORE LIQUOR.

UNDER DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGE. SIR ESME HOWARD'S DECISION. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 6. The British - Ambassador (Sir Esme Howard) has informed the Secretary of State (Mr H. L. Stimson) of his contemplated action not to import into the United States any more liquor under diplomatic privileges.—Australian Press Association, United Service.

"USEFULNESS IMPAIRED."

NEW YORK PAPER'S CRITICISM. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 6. The "New York Evening Post," in" a leader entitled - "Sir Esme Impairs His Usefulness," comments: "We do not know the motives of Sir Esme Howard in decreeing that the British Embassy at Washington shall no longer import liquors. He may have done so out of a desire to make a courteous gesture to the United States. Unfortunately the change has different public aspect.' Willy-nilly, it makes the Ambassador take sides on a most pressing question of American domestic politics. He will not only embarrass his fellow-diplomats but will plunge anew the question of ' diplo- [ matic liquor' into the cauldron of ! the Prohibition fight. He will become a symbol in the fight between ' Wets ' and 'Drys.' To one faction in the country to which he is accredited lie will be a hero, and in another part of population his act will arouse deep resentment. An Ambassador should hold no such political position. Sir Esme has definitely impaired his use-, fulness as British Ambassador to the United States."" Australian Press Association.