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RUSSIA'S VOW OF ABSTINENCE

■ s Petrograi, October 20. The Russian Christian Temperance Society, which aims at the complete suppression of alcoholism, recently addressed to the Tsar a request to forbid the sale of spirituous liquors in Russia. His Majesty, in reply, sent a telegram of thanks to the Grand Duke Constantino, the president of the society, saying: "I have decided to prohibit forever in Russia tho Government sale of alcohol." The sale of spirits is a Government monopoly in Russia, and when war was declared all the spirit, shops were closed. The results exceeded the expectations of the most ardent temperance advocates. There was an instantaneous decrease in crime, and the' dissatisfaction among the spirit consumers quickly died out. Tho estimated revenue from the sale of spirits this year was over Reuter. Cable item from London "Times," October 20th, 1914.—(Published by arrangement.) . - '

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 7

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142

RUSSIA'S VOW OF ABSTINENCE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 7

RUSSIA'S VOW OF ABSTINENCE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 7

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