AMERICAN OUTRAGE.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4496, 27 November 1922, Page 1

AMERICAN OUTRAGE.

BRITISH SHIP HELD UP ON HIGH SEAS'. ~ - LONDON “EXPRESS” INDIGNANT. The lengths to which u fanatical officialdom can go are -illtistrjated in the recept cases of British- vessels being held up outside the thlree-mile limit off the American coast. These ships jvere stopped by prohibition officers under suspicion, of smuggling liquor, ahd a. protest was promptly lodged by the British government. . Of course an apology was forthcoming, but now the ' American prohibitionists are -hgitating for an extension of the territorial linjit to twelve ntiles from shore, instead, of three. The Londoji “Daily Express" comments on this as follows: . * “We hope ‘Pussyfoot’ and his '-coare pleased at the elevation of their 'cause- into, a diplomatic incident between Great. Britain ahd ; the United States. America, jt seems;' would' like to search British ships beyond the three-mile limit, so as to catch whisky-laden smugglers from West Indian ports, which lie outside American territorial waters, and on nights transfer their precious cargoes to bootleggers in small boats. ,

“This we qleariy cannot permit. Such a c'onces'sipn might be used; to our detriment, by other Powers in' inconvenient ways. The ‘American argument that we search their'ships when we were at war with Germany, and that the United States is at war with alcohol, is probably not meant more seriously than it sounds. ' ‘'There is a serious side to this situation which we trust ©’Pussyfoot’ and his friends will ponder well. If fanatical .legislation Which thes promote ’ever' succeeds in causing fric--tioh between the twb great Englishspeaking peoples, more haftn will be done thereby than has been caused by all the alcohol poured down human throats since A'nacnepn flrsf composedimmortal odes in his cups.” The mischief-making propensities of the crank-in-bffice are a danger to every community. Keep prohibition with its’ officialdom l out of Nqw Zealand. Vote Restoration and National. Continuance.*