The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-19
NATIONS TO JOIN
IN GENERAL DRIVE
ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Representatives Meet To-
day to Lay Plans for
Campaign.
TIME rs OPPORTUNE
A m e ri c a Approaches
Victory, Many Other
Countries Deeply
Interested.
TIME rs OPPORTUNE

| Columbus. Ohio. Nov 1S.-Repre-
sentatives OF temperance. religious
and social uplift organizations, from
! not only every state in America. but
also from many foreign countries. will
assemble in Columbus tomorrow to
start n movement for worldwide pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic.
Delegates from the British Isles are
on the way. Canada will send at least
a dozen will come from Mexico Other
countries are expected to have one or
more delegates each.
Because OF the success attending
the efforts of the anti-saloon league
of America and also because of the
thoroughness Of its organization and
the machinery OF it's operation, that
body has been chosen 10 carry out
in cooperation with the temperance
and reform orsa nizations OF other
lands. the world wide project.
The league has, In WesteviIle. Ohio,
national headquarters and the largest
reform printing plant in the world.
1t has an office in every state and at
Washington; and. again, most OF the
states have district Offices. There are
Offices In all large cities. Representa-
tises of the league hive often assist ed
foreign countries In carrying on tenn
perance campaigns, and representa-
ttves OF the league are now abroad.
giving such countries aid In bringing
about reform. LraRue methods Will
be employed so far as they are found
practicable. Branch establishments
OF the organization will be set up in
practically every world capital.
World Ready for Change
Fourteen American states have rat
ffied the federal prohibition amend
sness-~~s~ League Iaea-sas that Ia the
recent election a sufficient number Of
legislatures N@re elected 10 insure
complete ratification before July i.
the date on which war prohibition lis
scheduled to go in effect Canada Is
wholly dry, and war restrictions in
the belllgerent countries have been
such that SIS per cent of the liquor
, traffic in those countries has been ban
ished. There is no civilized country
on the globe that has not some liquor
traffic restriction. Even Germany has
its importance organization.
Temperance men in all countries
believe that this is the opportune
time. during the period of recenstruc-
ton. to make the world dry. The in
ttial step in this movement was taken
at the anti-saioon league convention
at Indianapolis in 1916. when reso-
movement at the close OF the world
war
At the conference some of the
speakers will be men known all over
the world Secretary nf the Navy jose
phus Daniels has been invited. United
States Senator Wesley L. Jones. OF
Washington. and Senator%elect Ar
thur Capper. of Kansas. will come.
Governors Charles S. Whitman, New
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Washington: Frey. of Tennessee;
Lindsay. OF New Mexico. and Good
rich, of Indiana. will make addresses.
William j. Bryan ia down for a speech
Senator Morris sheppard. of Texas
has promised to he present or send a
greeting. Greetings will come from
| many prominent men abroad who
have sent letters regretting that they
cannot attend the conference.
Eminent ClerEymen.
Among the clergymen who WIFI at
tend and speak are Rev. W. A. sun
day. DR.. j, Wilbur Chapman. Bishop
James Cannon. Jr, OF the Methodist
Episcopal church. South: Or. w. b
Anderson. secretary OF the foreign
mission board OF the United Preshyte-
rian church, Bishop Francis J. McCon-
nell. OF the Methodist Episcopal
! church. Bishop William F.. Anderson
Bishop Thomas Nicholson. also a
Methodist. and Bishop w. o. Shep-
pard, of the same church.
Miss Cora Frances Stoddard. of Bos-
ton, will speak on the scientific as
poets of the temperance question.
Franklin X. Lane. secretary OF the
interior. and Cato Sells. Indian COM
missions. have been asked to speak
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper,
OF Washington, u. C.. has promised to
speak. Ben III. Spence, OF Toronto
secretary of the Dominion alliance, will
tell Of the fight to make Canada dry.
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