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...commonly spoken of as striking and " mysterious." Recently two reliable political journalists, William Hard and Mark Sullivan, took occasion to make emphatic denial of this common conception. Mark Sullivan, indeed, went so far as to assert absolutely that President Harding himself was solely responsible for bringing up the ship subsidy proposal-that Mr. Lasker merely formulated its details and pressed it in accordance with the President's desire...
...decision of the Supreme Court that the nationality of a ship " partakes more of the characteristics of personal than of territorial sovereignty" altered the problem of enforcing the Volstead Act. As the decision pointed out, foreign ships, like foreign persons, when in United States territory (which extends to the three mile limit) are subject to the National Prohibition Law. Likewise United States vessels, like United States citizens, are not bound by our law when outside of United States territory...
...regulations give rise to some delicate international questions. Government officials, anxious to avoid complications, may be expected to draft the new regulations " with discretion." Theoretically a ship carrying liquor, bound for example, from the Bermudas to Canada, would, if its course should chance to come within the three mile limit of the United States, be subject to seizure for illegal importation and transportation of liquor. It is understood, however, that no seizures of foreign vessels will be made; that at most the liquor will be confiscated and certain other penalties imposed. Besides, foreign ships will be allowed to bring into...
...Committee on Military Affairs and the Appropriations Committee. We want them to get first-hand knowledge of the army and what it is doing. We have enough supplies and troops on board to justify the voyage and its expense, even if there were no Senators or Representatives on the ship," said Mr. Weeks. " For heaven's sake, don't call this a junket! A junket is a trip where the people's money is spent unnecessarily...
Allies and S. A. Allied Over Capitulations The Lausanne Conference, which began its second session on April 23, promises to be a long affair. The rock of capitulations (treaties granting foreigners extraterritorial rights), upon which the last conference foundered, has once again become a danger point for that rickety ship-the Near Eastern Question...