LIQUOR SMUGGLING.
AMERICA’S LAWS EVADED. FURTHER APPEAL TO BRITAIN. By Telegraph.- -Prefis Assn. —Copyright. Received April 28, 5.5 p.m. Washington, April 27. The United States has again asked Britain’s diplomatic support in the suppression of the smuggling of liquor, suggesting that the United States be informed whenever large liquor cargoes leave Britain, while the United States would reciprocally appraise Britain of American exports that might illegally be used in British territory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PLAN TO BEAT SMUGGLERS. NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES. Received April 29, 5.5 p.m. Washington, April 28. A White House spokesman has announced that President Harding has completed a plan providing for the full use of naval and military forces to. suppress liquor smuggling. The President has requested the Department of Justice to rule whether such forces may b ’ used to enforce civil prohibition, and if the ruling is favorable a fleet of fast submarine chasers will immediately be assigned to patrol the coast, with military guards ashore to prevent smugglers landing. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1923, Page 5
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