New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
FRENCH ALCOHOL WAR.
1mcricnn Scientists and the Pope
Cited by the DistIIcrs.
Paris. February -.

Medicine, the Pastcur Institute and in the
newspapers. The Figaro is responsible" for tho
state vent that during nty-four hours the
/ word alcohol appeared over two thousand
times in the twelve leading journals 0s Paris,
as against eight hundred for the nam" Thu
reese Humbrrt." Alcohol is tn" great topic "t
the hour. and n congress for the study 0f the
usage If alcohol will meet in Paris from Mar n
1 / to March Il. Alcohol has indeed hoc0m"
! vital question, not only for the pIh!l' h"alfh.
but also for the national huIget- Alcohol -
! the mafnstay Of financial prosperity in no IasI
! than twenty d,pIrtm"uts of France. With rLs
grape growers of the south. and with tn" apI.",
plum and sugar beet cultivators Of IN" north
NJ Rouvier, in casting about for nav sources
of revenue to stop the leaks in the uat5o:.HI
budget. embndI.sl in his csti:nat"s Tasjr-"tI"as
and taxation for tn "nDTs.i-.5r- 5i.- "s-,. IT
farmers who w.:h few a~r~z Of VA .G-.r~.
pIums or beetroct hsy" hitherto been a..'9.-I q,
distn free from cxci~.-. their own -sa!.ia-.-s
for domestic rurposr--' hE.r Etres af 'L"":". Il
appears tha: tfar.. .-,. over seventy r..,sr.I
''boueurs q, rru. So. 2. Z, .va.r-- ,..ef.~.
France. II is I-".r--is'. fr'! -..rtl.' s.-.=g
of seventy ghoustE!. Win all tie e. III.
of the concentrated tiu5A that comes f"a.. -Le--
rntorta. Th.. severity tErrsrI e'ect..s~ 's~or.-.H
their Deputies. struga,"sI IN tn" Chamber =
Deputies for hva days. AMI nearly a-.-.' .a-.
Cabinet, which saved tho l=sra - @ t.u-s -
comproufse likely to cause fresh sa=aI...g- .s.
thu. budget amounting 90 upward Of 2r'rFt'-p
francs The small distiIrfs a,upi"d ca--'aE r..a=r
tactfcs and blocked the entire hueIa'se .r- Par
lament They rnaintaii.ed that taxation os r..a-
nestle distilled alcohol Was ingulsIt"r#fL ...-
iquitous and against the TeyoiUtI"ii.j
principles oe the rights oF man They go
fused to admit that taxttf"n Of h"tu" made
SPIRITS was quite as legitimate roveruuG.-.t
measure as the prohijirI"u of tn" damast.s
coinage. Of gold or silver Of IN" usfrr-i' 'Ir.i
Of matches or t"hacro. which az" m"H"p"ii,s -
the state.
Then the scientific mon took Up ti." rT"nln-.
Tho most cxhHustiv" and auth"fiiaiiFf' 'f'f'.-''
ON the subject Of alcohol a. hunrtH f"'t "..-.
s.lr,.fcd for and WIS discovered IN Tn" E->-
pcrimcntaI Inquiry I;-r-tr.iiu@ th.- EI-'it--t
Value of Alcohol written Hy M~ssrz- At"ar.r
and Ecucdict and which fills iGl T"Sas o.. TIA
eighth volume of the annals "f the NaSaLt- -j'.I
Academy or Science. This ain.i~at" vs,r@ W.s@'
translated int" French and d'st:ihuf'4 u" i.-T"I-
tics u editors. In mayors "f towns and vi
IaSes, To journalists and To III" p1"I'. U'-'3i e
became an eIectiou"criEE d"rUts'Ht III I'"H. :
politics, Tie conclusions "f IL" American sr1-
entistx were discussed at length in the Fr"E.l
Academy Of NTcifcina. as Well as IN III" FE"H. 7
Parliament NJ TrucIaux. the successor "t Pa
tour as director oF t" PsfsJ"Ur Institute ~t"''i
for;h as the cutIr~ii-:ir champion 90 10
Arrss~s- Atwatcr and I;.ncGi-t, and '--r.s''.i
that alcohol in moderation WAS under ''~tt.n
circumstances baueIiriaI. h"c,'t-" tia '-'.-s
Of alcohol was capable of acting AS food lA.s'
views Of NJ DurIIux tiykieI the fancy ~ TIE
alcohol faction. and exaggerated ei@"ti"nc1rL..1
conclusions of NJ. DucIauX's statements Wee
printed and posted all over France
Then another French scientist, backed hy the
Health Department OF Paris. came 70 th@ fore
and bitterly denounced the stand IaE"n ny NJ
Duclaux and the American chemists, ElGA-
hundred thousand fresh posters IN black AMI
white denounCinG alcohol as a poison W"TN Irih'-
ed a nd posted all over the land. from the EnGltSa
Channel to the Mediterranean. GirewsoIne carl
caturos Of the evils resulting from alcoholism
were sketched by clever artists. and accom-
named the arti-aIr"hoI posters sort OF Oh
5ect lesson. NJ. Mcsurcur. head Of tn" Assist
ance Public OF national Charity Eosrt. a5-
dressed the French Academy Of 5, i@ure and IL
duced it TO pronounce in favor Of partial ab-
stfnence from alcoholic beverages
Last Sunday the seventy thousand alcohol
men returned to the charge. some on" had DIS
covered a letter from Dr, Mazzout. one - the
physicians to the Pope. in which the sentence
appeared The Pope leads Il most regular lie.
and drinks very little alcohol This Was quite
enough for the seventy th"u-lrd alcohol men
oh" they said. the Pop drinks very Ht;a
alcohol. Very Httl. alcohol AZ
ah! Well. he drinks it. anyway. Tho I"ias
drinks alcohol Cod bless the ot1 man W.
DucIaux! Down with Mcsurcur and the Health
Board Of Paris. The Pope drinks alcohol. That
is enough for us. The Pope is with us. Hoor,y''
Such We're the triumphant words with wh.eI
the announcement was received at Tn" meeting
of the alcohol men. Forthwith hundred thou
sand posters were printed and pasted all over
Paris. These posters arr rcInarhgbIe. The fol-
lowing is a translation:
PARISIANS,
Notwithstanding tn" attacks of our mics Nc
ABOUT to triumph for
THE POPE DRINKS ALCOHOL
He does not drink much. hut HIS HOLINESS
DRINKS.
THE POPE DRINKS ALCOHOL,
II Is the ropes own phE-lrltU. l'r- Nl.!Ey0'-l.
who affirmS the truth Of statement.
DO you think tha, II national 3l"0H0'5r
spirit VAS poison that the S0o,- Old Pop" UaU't
DRINK ALCOHOL YES, tn >uvrrr5-I
PontiT the SuCcrssnr of Saint Irtr~. the fUturH
Vatican. Is one Gf rs. He drinks alcohol. avn
go far as 10 say that I - Ir,IE,"
he drinks alcohol that r." is about 10 attain his
hundrcdth year of age, C'iriZ.U MS. tear ipWrl
them under YOUR feet, and drink alcohol IN hon
Orahle doses! The Pop" * with Us, Reply -
your enemies. Il do just what tn" Pope d"r~-
(Signed) The Representatives ~ Alm"rta'l1u,
These tanning posters may hr tE" w1'.S
of the city of Paris. near the bJrra~ks ana pub
lie schools They Will srrs-rI tho ID
partmeuts Thus the alcohol war ="gs on w.rE
renewed vigor and persisteury. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
the health statistics that druI"nstrtts Win
mathematical CcrtitUtin that lh. aIIJ>" uF a.
CohoI and strong spirits Is dU" thre"-fUtGt'rs
of the misery and crime recorded in the LrE'