New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1924, Page 3

WORLD AS SAHARA, PUSSYFOOT'S DREAM Jomson Tells of Spread of Pro- hibition Movement “Never in all the history of the| world has any reform movement made | such rapld progress as it has since| America “went dry,” sald William . (Pussyfoot) Johnson, spéaking to sev- eral hundred people in the First Con- | gregational church last evening under! the auspicies of the combined Pro- testant churches of the eity. The meeting was in charge of Rev, Henry Hailer, who opencd by asking the audience to rise and sing “Ameri- ca.” The opening prayer was made by | Rev. Dr. J. E. Klingberg. Rev. Wil-| liam Ross and Rev, R. N, Gilman were in the audienece. Mr. Johnson was intr torney A. W. Upson, president of the Civic Safety League, a “man with a ! world view who sces a dry world by 1934." duced by At- “America started something in al- most every corner of the land,” said | the famous prohibition lecturer, re-| terring to the 18th amendment and its | passage here, “People are continually | starting all sorts of movements ever! since looking for liberation from the| oppression of rum, when previously | thiey had for years been afraid to do| s0. | “The world league against aleohol- ism is the oatgrowth of this movement | and it represented in almost 30 coun- | tries in the world. Progress in Other Countries “For 60 years the people of Engalnd have been struggling for local option, One result n be seen by the recent iritish clections when the DBritish labor party was swept into power on the local option issue. Premier Ram- say McDonald never touches a drop, neither does Arthur Hende n or Philip Snowden, cablnet members “Norway and Belgium have gone dry insofar as distilled liquors ar. concerned, Japan, Italy and Poland have enacted temperance laws, two weeks ago the new parliament of Aus- | tralia started under a prohibtion law., I"inland has gone on record in favor of prohibition, Turkey has followed suit, most of the provinees of Canada have gone dry, two states in Mexico nd five in India are dry and in the I'rench chamber of deputies over members are piedged to prohibition, “Not for 20 years hus any civilized parliament on the fa of the earth looked upon the liguor business as a decent business. | “Why is the prohibition movement | spreading so rapidly? | “It started with local option 50 years ago and at the time the prohi- | bition act was passed 1200 mupicipali- ties and 32 states had voted it ont,| Would this have happened if prohibi- | tion had been a fallure? The people of the United States will not stick to a fallure, After trying out the license system for 100 years America found it a fallure and scrapped it. “After trying prohibition in 3200 ommunities and 32 states America ound it a success and wrote it into the fundamental laws of the country with the most overwhelming display B0 Incor porated These are all new ring Hats When hats are as smart, as new, as chic as these you expect to But thi: pay far more! | of popular apyroval the and are regular $5 and $6.75 hats NEW BRITAIN DAILY “The Cup That Cheers” delicious "SALADA” TE A refreshes, stimulates and invigorates. AsK your grocer for it today. world has| ever seen.” | Explaining that the whole world| has its eyes on America and the sue- cess or failure of world prohibition de- pends to some eftent on this country, he said the liquor interests abroad ! | were spreading all sorts of wild storics | tabout the alleged failure of the cause He said the liquor rica in this coun people are saying people in Am can get all the booze they want then turn right around and winking an ecye say that «in America 2 king to drugs becanse they can't get liquor, Admits Laws Arc Violated “The difficulties of enforcing the prohibition laws are simple compurcd to the dificulties of trying to g somewhere under the old licen @ws,” he said, “Of course prohibition laws are being violated every day, possibly every hour, No law has ever been written in the history of the | world, that hasn't been violated every | hour. We have had laws against steal ing every since the Pilgrim fathe landed on ourshores, yet everyone you will go home tonight and ur doors because you Know thieves still steal. “After four years of effort force them the prohibition luws being violated far less than the license laws were after 100 years of effort.” He called attention to the fact thut aull sorts of Keeley cure institutions have gone out of business in America and cited this as an argument that the need of these institutions has passed away H countri to the of lock that to en-| said that in Africa and Oriental § the pagans were attracted Moslem religion rather than the Christian religion prior to the past four years because the Moslem ligion climinated drink and the Chris. tiun religion did not. Moslems Favor Prohibition “America s regarded throughout the mission flelds as the suprec paramount Christian nation of the world,” he sald. Speaking of the Mos- lem religion he sald “Over six hundred million people in the world have heen taught total abstinence as a religions | precept. “There are more an 300 temper nece societies in Indin, On the Island of Ceylon prohibition was voted in by! a vote of 1300 in favor and 11 against In the Sultanate o nzibar the tives I & prohibition law for them. selves, which applies to 200,000 peo. ple. The whites, representing 4 mora) Christian nation, have ligu for thely 2,000 people and everybody is satis. | tled. | “There are 1,000 Moslem news. | papers in the world and everyone is| for prohibition. Turkey, the only Mos- ' me Palmolive Soap lem pation free from the Gomination of liquors. “We moment, are on this Shall we th just for a be like the hyena and live just for our stomachs, plant- | and pitfalls for our | ing weaker to tr death traps brothers? and make for our weaker little ones? “I can sce the time when father ned not bow his head because the boy does not come home at 6 o'clock. “I ean see the time when mother need not worry about that dirty drink Or things brothers and we going little safer their are | shop around the corner, “I can see the time when every little child born into this world will have an equal chance with others. “It’s a dream that will come true if men and women will put their hands to the ment,"” A short Guorge M. address was made Hammond of Tenncsss Religious Into ests al Yale Under Secial Board New Haven, Feb, 12.--Religious in- terests of the student body at Yale are 1o be looked after by council to be headed by the president and to ln- clude the deans of departmen tor of the university church, pro- fessors and several o under a decision of the Yale corporation at a recent meeting, The general outline of the objects of the council given out tod: It will have general oversight of the religious life work in the university, supervise re- ligious services pund extend friendship to students in sickness or ne peration with the student or tions will also be promoted, M- Pope Today 7Ohscr'\cs Coronation Anniversar Pope Pius coles anniversary of his coronation, holdinfg o stately fune- tion at which the entire pupal court, diplomasts aceredited to the Vatican, the members of the aristoc- racy and numerous invited guests, in cluding many Americuns, were pres. 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