AMERICAN PROHIBITION
THREE MILE LIMIT DECISION. “ENFORCEMENT A DELICATE MATTER.” (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, May 2. (Received May 3, 7.15 p.m.) Following a conference with officials, Mr Mellon issued a statement fixing June 10 as the date after which no vessel, foreign or domestic, will be permitted to bring beverage liquor within American territorial waters, although medicinal liquors wiil not be molested. Mr Mellon admitted that such an enforcement would be a delicate matter saying that the regulation under the Supreme Court’s decision affecting as it does the rights of Governments under intennational treaties as well as rights of American citizens will require extraordinary care.
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Southland Times, Issue 18932, 4 May 1923, Page 6
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