The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-11
Aid Other Countries.

The Anti-Saloon League OF America
has already done much to aid some
of h countries In their drives against
the liquor traffic, at the present time
having representatives abroad In va
rious countries who are both assisting
in the temperance work. participating
in conferences and studying conditions
to aid in adapting present highly sci
entifc methods of intensive opposition
to the traffic as developed through
long an dsuccessful experience of the
Anti-Saloon League in America. In
line with this purpose, Bishop James
Cannon. chairman of the national
legislative committee, DR.. r. J.
Moore assistant national superintend-
ent of the Anti-Saloon League of
America, were sent to England and
France to investigate conditions re-
)atfng to temperance and the wal con-
duct and also to confer with various
temperance societies in those
tries, AT the present time Hon. W. E.
Johnson has gone to Scotland to aid
in local campaigns and lecture
throughout that country.
The methods to he pursued in the
fight against the traffic in other oun
tries will of course be developed in
relation To the character of the stu
alton which each country presents.
These cannot be announced until the
/ conferences determine the plans to be
used and methods necessary to be
adopted. Each country may require
a different style of warfars. One
item. however. will remain largely the
same. The campaign of education is
essentially a standard campaign as
has been shown in the experience of
America. Through the headquarters
Eof the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
lea will be supplied the necessary ed
ucational matter and from the big
publishing house OF this organization
there will continue to come the liter
allure, phamplet, paper and book in
formation useful the world over.
tBut-the plans, while immature, pro-
vide that there shall be supplemental
centers Of literature distribution
through the establishment of branch
publishing houses in various points
in the nations OF the world. At first
these branches are considered likely
of being established at Glasgow, on
don. Paris. Singapore, Petrograd. To-
kyo and Buenos Avres and eventually
branch houses in Christiania. Calcutta,
Peking, Hongkong, and Melbourne.
These will publish the current jour
mails and papers and also act as dis
tributing points for the literature
prepared at the mead publishing plant
in America.
Enlist Missionary Agencies.
The work of carrying on the cam
paign in many of the countries Will
be directed through the various mis-
~sionarv agencies. This wherever they
are without temperance societies but
where they have their established or
carnations. they will he utilized
largely for the direction of the work.
1t is impossible to get definite in
formation as to complete plans for
these ccn only be known after they
have developed rs a result of the
great conference billed for Columbus.
November 10 to 81. The leaders of
the Anti-Saloon League of America
state that the first purpose OF the al
lied temperance people is to render
every aid and to devise ways and
means to make this aid TO the maxi-
mum of efficiency in bringing the war
10 a successful conclusion n which
will be the keynote Of the great gath
lering. They indicate that upon Amer
les today Is laid the hand of respon-
EsibiHity for aid and direction In meet
ing the problem Of alcoholic intern
i~perance in the otr~r nations. for II il
tAmerica which has waged relentless
warfare against this enemy of man
kind and 1t is America which has I'm
ally stood forth as one OF the great
est nations Of the world n has out
lawed the liquor traffic as an institu-
ition and has the benefits of experience
to substantiate with force the message
to other nations and people that the
beverage liquor traffic is both a curse
and a crime in the life OF any country