AMERICAN PROHIBITION
13-MILE LIMIT TEEATT. SERIOUS OPPOSITION CRYSTALLISING. Press .Association— li} telegraph—Co pyr Iff ct WASHINGTON, November 1. (Received Nov. 2, at 9.35 p.m.) The proposed treaty by which Britain would p.ermit the 12-mile right of search in return for the privilege of bringing in ship’s liquor under seal will be strenuously opposed from three directions when it is submitted to the Senate for ratification. First among those who have expressed displeasure arc the so-called “constructionists” in the Department of Justice, who contest the validity of any treaty which overthrows the Supreme Court’s interpretation of a Constitutional Amendment. Secondly, there is the AntiSaloon League, which fears that British ship liquor will be smuggled over the side into bootlegger craft. Thirdly, the American shipowners are contending that the sealed liquor privilege will give British liners undue advantages in the trans-At-lantic trade, since American vessels are prohibited from serving liquor except on the homeward voyage.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19009, 3 November 1923, Page 10
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