TO AID AMERICA
ENFORCING PROHIBITION
BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFER
CONFERENCE IN LONDON.
(Unitod PreM Awociatiou—Copyright.) (Reuter'i Telegram.) "WASHINGTON, 4th May. Great Britain wants to do its part toward preventing the smuggling of liquor into the United States. The British Government has so advised the Secretary for State, Mr. Kellogg, in suggesting a conference to work out by informal agreements co-operative measures for tightening the rum blockLade. The invitation to a conference to be held' shortly iii London ha 3 been accepted. Correspondence between Washington and London on the subject made publi- discloses that tho idea for tighter restrictions with Great Britain's aid originated with the British authorities, and that the invitation to a conference has been extended as "a proof of the desire of His Majesty's Government to give such assistance" to the American Prohibition agencies "as it is possible to give in the circumstances." Mr. Kellogg said tho American delegation would arrive in London by tho end of May.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 9
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159TO AID AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 9
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