RUSSIA'S SELF-DENYING ORDINANCE
SIX MONTHS OF PROHIBITION. London. March 7. •The correspondent of ''The Times" with the Russian troops is, he says, a profound believer in liquor Prohibition. He says he never imagined how farreaching could be its benefits. "The prohibition of vodka has increased efficiency. ' The first levidence of. this was in ' the promptness with which army mobilisation was carried out during period when money was tight. The deposits in the Savings Banks _ bava .enormously increased. It is impossible to buy even a glass'of beer at any hotel or restaurant,'
"I have not," adds the correspondent, "seen in sis months a tipsy officer or soldier. At one stroke Russia has freed herself from a curse which had paralysed her peasant life for genera-, tions. This is nothing short of a revolution. Graft and corruption have been stamped out, and the army service shows an improvement in organisation and added comfort in the soldier's life, resulting in the highest morale.— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 5
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165RUSSIA'S SELF-DENYING ORDINANCE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 5
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