MR. MELLON SLIPS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 282, 23 July 1932, Page 7

MR. MELLON SLIPS

AMERIGAN AMBASSADOR TAKES WHISKT AND SODA AT BANQtJET. WRATHFUL FEMALES. Mr. Mellon, the American Amhassador, drank a whisky and soda at the Mansion House recently when he was ; entertained hy the Lord Mayor of London. „ ■ . It was the first time for several j years that an American Ambassador • at the Court of St. James' had "gone wet" in public, and a few hours after he raised his glass a'message was received in Fleet Street that women prohibitionists in the United States were again on the warpath against him. . t> : As soon as reports reached New York that the Ambassador would j break the "dry" rule imposed by 'his j predecessoi", General Dawes, and allow I drinks to be served in the Embassy ' on special occasions, the women prohibitionists pi'otested to Mr. Hoover against wines or lquors in the American Embassies. i When Mr. Mellon went to London on ! April 8 an interviewer asked him, ; "Will alcohol be served in the Em-; bassy ? " and he r>epiied "I haven't had any yet, but I think we shall conform j to the laws of the country." "Which country?" eame th'e question, and Mr. Mellon replied, "Why, the country in which we live, not the 1 country in which it is impossible to : get a drink," But after Mr. Mellon had been in ! London for a f ortnight it was reported that the Embassy would follow the laws of the country that it represented and that h'e intended to adhere to the rule insisted upon by . General Dawes that the Embassy should be "dry." ! Surprise was felt by sonie of the guests that the toast of the President j of the United States was not given. j After the toast of the King, those present began to smoke, and the Presidential toast was not mentioned.