Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-18
WILL DISCUSS ALCOHOLISM
BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS TO MEET IN LONDON.
First Assembly Elsewhere Than on
the Continent-Speakers From
the United States.

| Special Cablegrsm to The Star
! LONDON, March 1s-The biennial IN
+ ternational congress on alcoholism winch
Will assemble in London in July next mas
/ always met in previous years In continent
! tai cities The first meeting. twenty-1our
! years ago. was at Antwerp: the last M
! 1907, at Stockholm. The congress OF 1870
will be noteworthy az being the nrst thal
has gathered together on British son.
| The Office Of honorary president. wn'ch
was filed at Stockholm by the Sro"n
| Prince of Sweden. is to be occupied tiiiS
year by the Duke of Connaugh.. Ing
chairman OF the committee Is the Dean VI
Hereford; the Hon. Mrs. Eilot nG5's,nb
| the vice president. and Lord Bldduiph
] Of Ieebury is the treasurer. Inc oels,
! gates, who will number about I."oV. " ~
come from the United States OF AHne1 Ia
and from Canada and South africa. rue
governments of the countries when are
represented at the congress Will De III
vited by the foreign office to also seno
| official delegates. Two years ago IL. ~.
W. BranthWaite was appointed IN thls
way to represent Great brldin a. 1e
Stockholm congress.
Plans for Official Service.
The congress will be opened Monday.
| July 49, at the Imperial Institute. ou1
there will be an official service IN ST.
PauIs Cathedral the preceding afternoon.
when the Bishop of Croydon Will be the
preacher Other services in connection
with the congress will he held at various
churches, and for members of the Roman
Catholic Church q special service VIII
be arranged at Westminster Catheoral
While the headquarters of the congress
will be at the Imperial Institute the
general meetings will be held IN the Ken
sington town hall. The sectional sittings,
however. will take place in the conference
rooms at the Imperial Institute, and adj
joining buildings.
There will be six general meetings dur
ing the week. and among the speakers
on various phases OF the temperance
question will be the following: Miss Cora
Stoddart, Boston, U. 9. A; Herr J. Con-
ser. Berlin; Nine ALI Trygg-Helenius,
Helsingfors: Or. Emo Deutch. ana Or;
Imri Doczi. Budapest; Mrs. BramWeH
Booth, Sir r. P. Whitaker. NJ. p. Prof
Hercod. Lausanne, DR.. Daun, Vienna !;
Herr Victor, Bremen; Lieut.. Col. A. B.
McHardy. c. B.. Edinburgh: DR.. Legrair,
Various Special Sessions.
In the afternoon various special ses-
| sions will be held, among them An educa-
tional session, and meetings OF q scien-
tihc section. The speakers at the former
will be Miss A. ". Richardson. Mr. H.
Thulin, Stockholm. and Herr j. Petersen.
| KEEL At the meetings Of the scientific
section. papers will be read by Prof. 6.
Sims Woodhead. DR.. w. II. R. Rivers.
Prot. Latinen, Helsingfors; Prof. Clouston
| and DR.. F. w. Mott.
| An official reception for members OF
the congress is being arranged for Mon
day, the opening day. at the Imperial
Institute. Tuesday there will be a medi-
cal reception at the London Temperance
Hospital and In the evening. Prof. Lati-
| men will deliver the Norman Kerr" me-
mortal lecture. A public demonstration
will take place Wednesday, and a ladies'
meeting Friday. while Saturday there will
! be q Juvenile choral festival and process
sion at the Alexandra Palace. and a
closing banquet and farewell meeting.
The delegates will be enabled during the
congress to pay visits to various places
| of interest in London and the vicinity.