RELEASE OF SCHOONER.
SEIZED BRITISH VESSEL.
APOLOGY FROM AMERICA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. CBecd. 7.35 pjn.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. The Government haa ordered the release of the British schooner Emerald, seised laat week. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. A. W. Mellon, declaring th« seizure was a blunder. All the liquor belonging to the Emerald will also be returned intact. It is understood that the American Government will aend an apology. *
It was reported last week that the British Government had protested to the State Department against the seizure of the British schooner Emerald, eight miles from the American coast. The United States prohibition authorities alleg,ed that the Emerald was engaged in smuggling liquor.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18233, 28 October 1922, Page 9
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