THE WORLD LEAGUE AGAINST ALCOHOL.

White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 291, 18 September 1919, Page 4

THE WORLD LEAGUE AGAINST ALCOHOL.

At the Anti Saloon League Convenlion, held in America, and at which Rev John Dawson represented New Zc al.ind, a world league against alcohol was burned. The following extracts from speeches delivered there will no doubt be of interest to temperance workers here. “All the higher interests of the world tlie integration of the world depend upon the temperance reform. All the nations must go down in degeneracy if this reform fails. Litcncn found that parents who’ drank one glass of wine quadrupled the chances of maternal accidents. Families of alcoholic parents become extinct in the fourth generation. Nature eliminates her degenerates. Greece and Rome began to decline when they be gan to degenerate. Humanity must take steps through government to Mop the stream of poison in the race. The work of education will never be done. Aftei the whole world is dry, we must go on and see to it that all families of the world are instructed as to the drug action of alcohol. The world is very sick. The human race has reached the point where it is slowly killing itself. The human race is rotting. If they go on as they have been, the rate will go to extinction. The race is trying to save itself. If we get together now we can save the world.” (‘apt. K. I*. Hobson. “ There is no restriction on the sale of beer in Malayesia, except to coolies. Drunkenness is on the* increase. Beer is sold without license.” Rev. H. (’. 1» >wers. “China brings its best greetings and heartiest congratula lion* to Aemerica over its great dry victory. China has downed the opium tra.dic; but now it faces a menace from the outlawed American brewers. China appeal* to you to keep this monster -beer —from coming to China.”- H. C. Chen, President of H. C. Chen, President of Chinese Chinese Students’ Association. “China’s multitudes of people are an attraction to the \merican brewers. There is no police force in China, a condition favourable to the liquor traffic, as is also the fart that the Chinese are habitual night revellers.”--Rev. John Hawk, of China. Rev. John Gailey, of Ireland: “Temperance teaching is compulsory in all the public schools in Ireland.

Efforts arc being made to put emperj.nce teaching also in the sccond.uy schools. There is a rapidly growing sentiment for the unification of all temperance forces. Ireland is sick of

regulation.' 7 Dr. Jean Letort, Paris: “Poincairc introduced into the schools teaching as to the evil effects of alcoholic liquors. While people- of all classes are joining in the temperance light, yet public sentiment in France is very largely in favour of wine drinking. The fight of the temperance forces in France is to reduce grape acreage. Total abstainers may now be found in France.’’ Rev. B. Schliefcr, Hungary: “America’s greatest gift to the world was the 18th amendment. America has sent two millions of soldiers to Europe to save liberty. They were compelled to destroy life and property. Now she must send her moral forces to the Old W irld, not to destroy, but to construct and build. Alcohol has a tre mendous grip on Hungary. She needs America’s help to break that Kiip." Dr. Howard A. Kelly, John Hopkins Iniversity: “The medical profession satnds against alcohol as a drug or as a medicine.” C. W. Salceby. M.D., Chairman of National Birthright Association of England: “Alcohol i> a racial poison, jnd that is the most important aspect of it. To better the human race parenthood must be protected from alcohol. England anti Scotland are now honeycombed by alcohol and the vice diseases it promotes, that they have no more sound immigrants to spare to ibis land. I lie best hope of Europe is here in this land. If it rises to this opportunity it can repeat the triumph of • 191 Nin .» more im port.ml way. If you can help re deem England and Scotland from tins great vice you will excell .ill you have yet done fo the world. You have a super! power, and as you witness th* loricv repetition of alcohol l> down in older nations, you are called upon to help stop it. You must because you can.