Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-07
Wednesday Morning, April 2, 1915.
GREAT BRITAIN GOING DRY

or all the unforeseen effects of this remarkable war nothing has amazing than the widespread repudation of alcohol
 It seemed that when the abolished The vodka traffic throughout the Russian Empire by one Of his autocratic pen the limit had been reached pro. hibition. But now even greater revolution is prom ised. Democratic Britain is abou; dry"
 It seems incredible Drink may not have so firm a hold the British people has the Russian masses; but in Russia the vodka habit Of compsra lively recent growth whereas the English, Scotch and Irish have been accustomed whiskey. gin and generations aeI to malt liquors from time mmemorial An English authority declares that "Brains drink bill is twice as much per capita Americas. four time as much as Cauada's, the highest any try in Che world" large part of the population has the alcohol craving. The practice of drinking come a social tradition and habit nterwoven with tonal manners and modes of thought And these ha- bitual drinkers no unrehecting moujiks. submis sye to .he order of a czar. but free Britons demo cratic as any people in the world
 If the British nation gives up liquor. it will the greatest triumph for abstinence the world seen.
 Though the final step has not yet been taken. it now seems inevitable And should be observed thai
 
 ly as a practical war measure The British government has found that drink decreases human efficiency sc greatly that it mterferes with the national business ol fighting and threatens disaster LloydGeorge no visionary social rerormer declared recently was more serious peril to Britain than were German bullets. cabinet committee has been Investigating labor conditions in the great shpyards and the tories ha. make war suppIies-recenty taken over by
 
 ships guns, powder shells cartridges uniforms, etc, cannot be produced sufficient quantities for Kitchen CTS armies unless the workmen stop drinking.
 "The days lost by drinkers" are told reduce their working time on average to three full days week" There is "an appalling contrast between the work done by drinkers and that done by teetotalers And the frequent ncspacitating of men by drunken less throws the whole works out of gear hamperina the output of the sober
 Little less serious is the accusation brought against the community general because of the genial ing habit Brons prone treating as Am orleans are; but the popularzed practice and everybody insists buying drinks for the soldiers and sailors Many army home leave have asked to be ordered back duty once, because h was SO hard resist being piled with drink by their friends Drinking has greatly increased, too, among women as anodyne for loneliness and grief when their husbands and are the front and nearly ouc-thrd of all the in England, Scotland Ireland and Wales have gone to fight
 Little by little the conviction has been growing British government circles that there way. The king himself has prepared the country for the stroke by setting the example His announcement that he himself forsworn the Of alcoholic liquors, and that he will hereafter permit no wine other lrrik to be served in tle royal household may have as much cnect act of parliament for In England, more than anywhere else the king the social t,lu. 1T the king does drink how his subjects drmk without shame though it be to pledge the kna or his army?
 It will require national law to make the prohibition legal. That may be expected from parliament at any time It is a complex business; h will be necessary to reimburse to some least Che liquor manu facturers and dealers France las done in suppre sng the absiuthe industry and there win be tens of thousands idle workmen be cared for "I will be a social revolution says the refoumers. But they have counted the cost and seem ready to pay it.
 The prohibition Is frankly @ war measure merely