The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-15
No BAN ON DRINKS
IN BRITISH CANTEENS
Plea for Prohibition in Army
Eails-1.5f6 Soldiers
Commissioned.
COTTON NOT CONTRABAND

sos,.r. 'dbiS Ncsp0'ch 10 Tif SUI.
,..,,,. Nprn i4.---The House of CHM
-. ~oa.scmhlcd to-day. Except for
-, ,h.cntccS employed In the war ser
.lc. there vas a large attendance in
,,c,i4tiuu Of IT least some indication,
20, , disclosure Of the Governments
,o,,.y on the drink question. This eN-
.o.t,.nu vas disappointed. The ses-
Ia, h,gr'v exceeded half an hour in
,o,e,h. during which some interesting
NIL announcements were made.
harold J. Tenhant, parliamentary
,.,dor Secretary FOR War. refused on
,,n,lf " the Government to grant the
tc,irc Of Thomas u. Wirg. Radical mem
s.r and temperance advocate. for the
s.o,rh.,iou ~ iutoxicants in the army
,,e.ns The House checrcd the re-
fi.ai
NJ Tenant said that the only In
.,y',aut sold in cantrcns in Great Britain
beer and IN the canteens abroad only
, veht French beer.
Nr Win. appealed to the Government
b, b,p.sl alcohol from the Parliamentary
hars and dining rooms. Premier Ns-
,ul,h said that this was solely matter
t,r ,hc members avd that II had nothing
M 10 with the Government. The Pre-
.ric- undertook to facilitate discus
SON on III, subject Ivy offering resolu-
toY 20 tlls effect
Tho talk IN the l,tbics showed con
siderable Dissatisfaction with the Gov
,-rmcnts drink campaign The CON
census II omit lon among the members
,,, that rhercvcr drink was hiudering
york II IL ust be checked vigorously, but
nan, members declared that the accu-
.a,ion. were exaggerated and were hav-
H..
INC majority e whom had worked and
we're nov working harder than credit
"A. given them for doing Moreover.
ID Vas held 10y many tina; the legitimate
discussion Of tho trouble had drifted far
rom the original point. which was now
phscured Icy sSip OF huSe schemes for
r,tonal drink legislation and temper
ancs reform
Many Conservative Members Of Par
lament resent what they regard as an
attempt To- us" tho situation for party
PURPOSES and declare that any attempt
z, pass such schemes would violate the
rlr''1moutary agreement t. abstain
rom controversial legislation during the
period of the war
II will be recalled that the reports OF
projected state monopoly Of alcohol
I'd similar schemes We're not directly
rrnrfthl' to amy official source, ana ~
thousn 10 j. understood that the Cabinet
discussed State control. 1t IS not believed
that such policy is likely 20 ma
,efializc.
In reply to question whether cottot
would BE- placed ou the list Of contra
and. the Hon. Nrn irimrusc said thai
i'ter careful consideration 1t had beer
decided that tho military advantages t.
q. gained by declaring cotton contra
and were insufficient to render such 4
step oNpedient.
Lewis Ilarcourt. Secretary Of stat
'or tn. Colonies. announced that In
cciJnies would be- consulted with re
.ard to peace terms when the tim
comes
NJ. Tenant. Parliamentary tnde
Secretary for War. announced that com
missions had been granted TO i.5t6 mci
n tho ranks since the beginning OF tn
v4-
TIE Hon. Nell Primrose. Under Sec
rs,ar, for Foreign Affairs. told ques
'ionsv that the Foreign Office was in
CURING about Germany's reported re
rriStls adding that If the report wa
tue II could only he hoped that tn
RH'iSh officers and men against whom
re repris4 measures were taken woul
o., treated as well as the captured OF
erS and crews OF German submarine
ere treated here.