Word: liquorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Foreign nations have taken no little interest in the decision of the Supreme Court which forbids their vessels to carry liquor as part of their ship stores, or even under seal, when in United States waters. There was a storm of protest in the English and French press...
...more impetuous, had Ambassador Jusserand visit the State Department and talk with Secretary Hughes. It, too, will probably make no formal protest until it is evident what the United States actually purposes doing. French, Italian and Spanish law requires that seamen on ships of those nationalities have a daily liquor ration. So there will be a direct clash between the laws of at least three countries and that of the United States. Ambassador Jusserand pointed this out to Mr. Hughes...
...Amendment of the law to allow foreign ships to bring in their ship-stores of liquor under bond. Since this must wait till the next Congress convenes, serious foreign complications may arise in the meantime...
...Amendment of the law to prohibit American vessels from carrying liquor on the high seas as well as within the three mile limit...
Take this matter of the recent Supreme Court ruling on liquor on the high seas...