Show Ruling on Three Mile le Limit Active June 10 WASHINGTON June 4 AppU Application cation to the letter el he the supreme courts court's decision barring all aU beverage beverage bever beyer- age ago liquors from territorial waters ot of the United d States is Ss provided in regulations issued by the treasury to take erre effect t after 1201 a. a m. m June 10 Specifically the regulations as published today apply the threemile threemile threemile three- three mile deadline to liquor carried d for tor beverage use on any United States or foreign vessel e sel as sea stores It was by finding means of ot exemption exemption ex ex- emption for tor liquor carried that treasury officials had hoped at first to avoid conflict with foreign la laws Besides the exemption g granted liquor for tor medicinal and sacramental sacrament sacrament- al 01 purposes the only exceptions In Inthe Inthe inthe the wall wan thrown up against liquor transportation within the threemile threemile threemile three- three mile limit are the usual Immunity accorded diplomats and the privIleges privileges I Allowed foreign vessels of ot war var Also Abo ves vessels els forced by distress into an American harbor and ad able ablo to show that the necessity of refuge was grave will If It they ha have ha liquor I aboard he be permitted to e give bond for tor faithful observance of ot the dry I law I I REGULATIONS MADE I TO FORCE SHOWDOWN Copyright 1923 b bv by U U. PW P. P I W WASHINGTON Tune 4 Secre Secre Secretary tary Mellons Mellon's rum regulations were I purposely made as drastic as possible pos- pos sible ibl to force torce a showdown with congress congress con con- gress on the whole hole position of ot prohibition pro pro- enforcement on land and water Mellons Mellon's regulations form form the climax climax climax cli cli- max of ota of-a a s series rles of events which go goto goto goto to make rum um the biggest domestic domes domes- to tic and r issue before the American government and peo peo- pIe Domestic politics foreign trade international relations all re revolve re- re volvo volve now around tho question of ot prohibition and its enforcement Not Kot since slavery has hae any issue slue so BO dom dom- mated Politicians of ot both parties have abandoned all hope that the issue can be avoided in 1924 New Yorks York's repeal of ot the sta state e enforcement law emphasizes tim tho in the Democratic P party 7 over prohibition Mellons Mellon's regulations re reveal reveal reveal re- re veal a division In the Republican party parey Mellon Is Ie a wet in his 1115 sym sym- Ho Ito feels reels that congress ss went beyond the eighteenth am amendment amendment amend amend- nd- nd ment when it passed the law He lIe favors liberalizatIon liberalisation of the enforcement act By making his regulations on tho supreme courts court's interpretation of ot that act so drastic drastic drastic dras dras- tic an and rigId as to serious International complications he has hasto airl ori tor r ls to ether eth- eth er cc to stand on existing stringent provisions or to modify those af affecting affecting at- at tor foreign s ships INTENSIFIES ISSUE Governor Al AI Smith of New York Tork Intensified a domestic Issue by signing the repeal of the state en enforcement enforcement en- en law Ho lie put up to the federal government which will ill have to put it up to congress the question quell ques tion of oC making prohibition effective through the tho federal courts He lie tore tor the tho lid off ott the question in domestic domestic domestic domes domes- tic politics But Mellon 1 went ent much further His Ills regulations flew In the face tace o 0 of seven Reven of ot the tho leading maritime nations nations nations na na- na- na whose laws require their ships to carry liquor some somo of them theta in Sn ra ratIons rations rations ra- ra for the tho crows crews At the very time when another branch of ot tho the government is launching a plan to extend foreign trade and capture new foreign markets Mellon strikes a blow at American commerce o and ancl raises raise a new International Issue Mellon 1 und and Smith are equally the mouthpieces mouthpiece of ot those thole forces in the nation which demand immediate re relaxation re- re of ot prohibition They havo have made mado the paramount |