BRITAIN TO HELP

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1926, Page 11

BRITAIN TO HELP

MAKING AMERICA "DRY" RUM-RUNNING DOOMED EFFECT OF NEW AGREEMENT. lUnited Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian-New Zealand Cable Assn.) N (Eeceived 29th July, 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 28th July. Prohibition officials are highly elated •ver the British agreement. They claim that the new regulations will put the liquor punners virtually out of business. An official outlined three main features, namely (1) exchange of smuggling intelligence between Britain and the United States; (2) stricter British registration for ships and closer scrutiny of papers before clearance; (3) authority for the United States Coast Guard boats to pursue rum runners into British territorial waters around the Bahamas. Officials explained that under the new plan British Customs officials will furnish the American authorities with' all the information in their possession concorning the movements of suspected ships. British officials also will appear in Court for tho United States to aid in prosecuting shipowners and masters caught violating tho law. In return the United States will give England information likely to provent smuggling into Britain.