Arizona sentinel., 1916-11-16
(By Associated Precs.)

shortly to be presented to the Britisl government by the Strength of Brit ain Movement" asking that the Brit ish government follow the lead of the greatest of the allies to prohibit the sale of alcohol This remarkable ap- peal has already been signed by 100 representatives of the brain power O. the nation, including leading officers in the army and navy directors of mu- nitions, privy councillors, prominent men in literature, art and music, fl- nance and industry, university and cOi- lege professors, heads of public and secondary schools, prominent scien- tists and medical men.
 The memorial claims that 1.-two grave dangers stand before the coun- try, holding back the power of tarly victory and throwing a shadow over the vision of peace. One is the Was,- ing power of alcohol; the other is the imperilling of infant life. Anon all the factors of weakness these COL front us with terrible vividness ano they lie within our own control. Wit the weakening power of alcohol remov- ed, our national effort against the en- emy would gather increased strength; {; with the increased strength and more rapid supplies our losses in six cam paigns would have been substantially reduced"
 The following facts are given con- corning the effect of alcohol:
 Tt flinders the army, delays muni- tions, keeps thousands of men from war work daily, makes good workmen second rate.
 Hampers the navy, delays trans ports, places them at the mercy of submarines, slows down repairs and congests docks.
 Threatens the mercantile marine, absorbing during the war between 60 and 70 million cubic feet of space and retards building of ships.
 Destroys food supplies; in twenty months of war it consumes over two an da half million tons of food, with sugar enough to last the nation eighty days and uses up more sugar than the army.
 Wastes our financial strength; in the first twentymonths of the war our people spent on alcohol three huidred million sterling.
 "Diverts the nations strength; it uses 500,000 workers, one million acres of land and one and a half million tons of coal yearly; during the war it has involved the lifting and hand ling of road and rail of weight equal to fifty million tons.
 "Shatters our moral strength; it's temptations to women involve danger to children and anxiety to thousands of soldiers"
 The appeal goes on to say that dur ing the eighteen months since the gov ernment appointed the beard of co" trol it's work though successful socia ly, has had little effect in the great industries on which the armies rely, and the men in the trenches are be- trayed by an enemy at home.
 Russia and her prohibition is made much of in the memorial which con- cludes
 "We are no temperance reformers as such. We stand for the great de- sire of all good people to strike the mightiest blow for freedom of which Britain is capable. We support the demand for prohibition made to the government by it's own investigators, and by the Shipbuilders' deputation, with not a teetotaler among them, in March, 1915. Believing, in the prime minister's words, that No sacrifice is too great when freedom and honor are at stake,' and that rich and poor alike should bear it, we ask the gov ernment to suspend all drink licenses throughout the kingdom for theperiod of the war.