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64 Civil War Not An Impossibility.” The REV. McCLOREY. ©.©., is Professor of Theology at the University of Detroit. Michigan, U.S.A. UNIVERSITY£OFJfDETROIT> 651 E.'Jefferson'avenue/ Detroit.’Michigan 18th June, 1988. A. PERSONAL LETTER TO NEW ZEALAND. The rich are drinking in private throughout the country. Members of the U.S. Congress and even members of the Federal Cabinet are drinking. Young ladies of so-called toney society who in past times would have "ditched" a suitor for drinking, will ditch him now if he is not laden with a hip-flask. The country at large is flouting the Amendment and by consequence lawlessness in other respects is growing. Crime was never at such a height as now in Chicago for instance, and Detroit. Possibly some working men are saving more money than formerly; but they have been made dry slaves by a sumptuary law which leaves the rich still wet. It seems to me that civil war is not an impossibility by any means. At any rate bitterness has become acute between dry and wet factions in the country. Shooting of innocent people by dry enforcement officers has aroused the ire of every self-respecting man. I doubt seriously that the Amendment will ever be withdrawn. I know that multitudes of respectable men will continue to drink. What a prospect for America! Sincerely, Prohibition brings ‘Bitterness , Hatred and Strife V ote Continuance