Chased from Atlantic but Doing Well in the Pacific At the moment critics. are beginning to rejoice at their apparent euceers in the rum fleets from the Atlantis Coast, it is report California that 2 considerable ram fleet had appeared on the Pacife Ce Five 10,000-ton steame: with liquor, ave Belgian are said to Taanche: of ecnfersedl chat t rum flee:'s euston The siege of fenstying. Prohibition ff ale A. petty officer of a Government Fatrol bent was hailed bya rum-gummer yesterday offering to change whisky for water.
The bargain was declined.
Only eight remain anchored, en-
American Service.
Note: The American Government jon May 5 started an attempt to sweep the rum. Armada from the seas before June 1 by throwing its "Blue Fleet" of rum-chasers up and down the coast fifty miles with strict orders to overtake and arrest the law-breakers and even, if it should be necessary, to sink being
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