New Britain herald., 1917-06-18
ALCOHOL REQUIRED ].
 FOR WAR PURPOSES
C. N. Howard Declares Distilling
 Machinery Could Be Used

MaClllMy C0QlQ & used .
 Clinton N. Howard of Rochester, N. r., ono of the best-mown speakers in the East on prohibition, spoke last evening at Trinity Methodisst church on the subject 'sThe World on Fire" Following his talk he called for sigma lures to telegrams to send to Washing ton. which. he explained, were for tho purpose of demonstrating to President Wilson and Congress that the state of Connecticut is in receptive mood in
 regard to prohibition.
 According to Mir. Howard he had sounded President Wilson or, his views in regard to prohibition and the pres ident had told him that he was in fa- vor of the movement but he wished to sound the people on the question. If the president received . deluge of tele- grams. said Mir. Howard, he would be convinced that Connecticut wanted prohibition. At similar meeting held in South Manchester and Hartford yesterday practically everyone signed the telegrams. stated MT. Howard.
 The World on Fire lecture of MT. Howard follows: l ..ssvv~ SAo~vV OAAAO0A ASu uQOIl A t&Sh that for three years has proven too much for the combined military and naval powers of the world, excepting our own. We are not insensible to our numbers, our wealth or our size as compared with the foe we have challenged; but 1t is not a question of numbers. wealth or size; 1t is a ques- ton of organization, efficiency and preparation. War Is no longer . col- lision between two armed forces; war Is q contest of economic resources. The man It the forge and the man with . hoo is as much a soldier as the man with the sword. The secret of victory. Nestor told the Greeks, is get ting good ready. To be prepared is half way to victory.
 We arc wholly unprepared on land or sea, and cannot be prepared for months and months to come. If the war is prolonged, it will tax the finan- cial industrial and agricultural re- sources of the nation as no previous war in our history. To fight it and win 1t. we need to conserve every re- source of the nation.
 The Compensations of War
 ''What compdnsation shall be ours for this expenditure of countless treas- use. this sacrifice of human blood? If the war stopped today 1t might with truth be said that 1t was worth all 1t cost to the nations that were plunged into 1t in self defense by the unsheathfng of the Prussian sword. :. But what shall be our reward? If we are to. pour our our money and blood we must insist that we shall have a fair return for the price we pay. How can 1t be done By the imposition of an inden1nity upon the nation which suffers defeat lat our hands? Let Germany pay-No! not one dollar indemnity from the Ger man people shall be ours; but the crown of Emperor William must be laid at the feet of Uncle Sam! The House of Hohenzollern must fall! The men who made this war must not be allowed to dictate the terms of peace. Punish the rulers who have commit ted the world assassination without consulting their people. and of their own subjects as well as those of, other nations but not one dollar indemnity from the German people in tho event that we, together with the Allies, shall ! win the war. IF the terms of peace should Include war indemnity, let it go to Belgium. Serbia, Poland and Armenia.
 Our Heritage
 e.we of America must find our com pensation at home. How can 1t be done? Nearly all the compensations which the other nations have gained | are already ours. Our sword has been sheathed for a generation; civil go1- ernment with us has always been in I the ascendant over milttarism and
 peace over preparedness; democracy ! is ours; we have Q free press. we en- I 1oy free speech and a, freeman's vote; 1 woman's vote Is here in a score o1 states and coming tomorrow In all the
 rest; religious liberty and equality without regard to race prevails under Old Glory as nowhere else in the
 world.
 for the war into which we have SC
 unwillingly been drawn for the bene.
 fit of others? @
 l No Other Way Under Heaven
 "Only in one way that Is big enough
 to be named in the same breath witt
 Europe,s gain; the abolition of the
 liouor trafrc! by nationwide, bone
 dry. rock-ribbed, bomb-proof, never
 leak prohibition as the largest possi
 ble military preparation and the onl,
 adequate compensation for the price we pay.
 Russia has it with all its blessings { why not we? Canada has 1t. and hal
 been able to make contribution tt the war in money, munitions and mel
 out of all proportion to her numbers and finds herself richer and mor' prosperous than before the sacrifice S ~r,1nx aok oha adnnf ed this policy as an internement fo %h~ x,,or. ord Q m . zad of <ha hen ef1cen