Foreign News: A Summing-Up

Sir Auckland Geddes, ex-British Ambassador to the U. S., was entertained at a dinner by the Pilgrims Society on his return to England from Washington. In his speech Sir Auckland touched upon several points:

Rum Running. He was glad that the treaty to put an end to rum running had been successfully negotiated. Nothing, he said, had humiliated him more than to have to go to the State Department, week after week, to request the release of some wretched schooner, sometimes rightly and sometimes wrongly flying the British flag.

Prohibition. Given the American problem...

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