Show I NAVY MAY AID AIDIN AI I IN RUM RUI Britain and Norway May Help Abolish Whisky Fleet WASHINGTON WASHINGTO April n l II 21 n unofficial sun survey ey Is In progress In Inthe inthe Inthe the na nav nac department to d what hat facilities ar are available to 10 carry out any order that might come from Pr President larding I-larding bringing the nay navy Into the tho fight to make the United States dry from the shore line lino to th the three three- threemile three mile mile limit While there thero has been no Inti- Inti Intimation Inti Intimation mation front from the White House louse or official channels that such an or- or order or order der Is la Immediately In prospect naval officials accepted Fridays Friday's semi official declaration that the matt matter r was as under consideration as being sufficient authority to war war- warrant warrant warrant rant preliminary ry steps OTHER R NATIONS n HELP LP NEW MEW YORK April 21 Confidence d dence that British and would aid them in stopping stop stop- stopping stop stopping ping the flow of liquor Into AmerIca America ica ira through the tho operations of smugglers on rum row was ex- ex expressed ex expressed I pressed today by customs officials Captain Glosner Armstrong British consul generel gent h here r it II Is understood will III the rum fleet off the New Jersey coast to deter deter- determine determine determine mine why w wearing uni- uni uni uniforms forms of it the British merchant marIne are aboard the yacht Ita the flagship of ot the fleet TRADE FALLING ro orr Customs officials say the Nor Nor- Norwegian consul In New York Ia last t week weck tk sent orders to the trin IprI then then a member of the fleet to proceed d to her listed des des- destination des destination I He re warned the v s essel captaIn captaIn that the tho th cleft might might seized by American revenue cut cut- cutters cut cutters tars at the eh behest st of tho Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian gian government go The customs sort er ervice Ice has established a dally daily po- po potro pa patrol tro trot to the whisky fleet officials said One One vessel osel gO goes 9 out and checks the tho number of rum anchored off oft the tho hook Our roe roe- records rec records show that the tho fleet Is gradually ally diminishing because of the tho Dory o-n o owners rs are fear fear- fearful fearful ful vi thit th their craft will bo be seized and libeled and consequently are aN kt keeping away from the tho contraband i vessels H Hence nc trade on rum row Is gro growing Ing slack 00 00 |