The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-27

DEBT TO KANSAS
World Owes State Much for Its
Dry Leadership.
High Tribute Paid by Interna.
tional Delegation Visitors.
GUESTS At LUNCHEON TODAY
London Canon Told of British
Liquor Traffic.
Union Labor Is for Prohibition,
willis Asserts.
GUESTS At LUNCHEON TODAY

Five honor guests of Topeka, to-day
united in paying high tribute TO KAN
sas, IF the first dry spots of the
world and the desert dryer than the
Sahara to lovers OF alcoholic liquor.
Canon John Howard Bertram Mas
terson, of London. England; DIR. Her
bert Hercod, of Lausanne, Switzer-
lard, and James Marion. of sydney.
Australia, were the men from foreign
lands who were the guests honor
today. Ex-Gov. Frank B. Willis, of
Ohio, vas another guest of honor.
and the principal speaker Willis,
with G. Arthur Holloway. of Denver,
is the conductor of the tour of the
foreign international prohibition dele
gates in America.
Pay nsas IlfRh Honor.
The visitors spoke in turn at the
monday luncheon at the Chamber os
Commerce today. each one paying
high honor to Kansas. Each one
pointed out the fact that Kansas is
known the world ar~Ind as the pio-
neer of real prohibition. Each one
pointed out that Kansas is the one
spot in the globe which is 10 ked to
to lead the fight for worldwide pre-
hibition.
The speakers were introduced to
the diners today by H. J. Herwig. of
Topeka. superintendent of the Kansas
Anti-saloon leagu Herwig was In
troduced by j. A Fahsler, assistant
secretary of the Chamber of Conn
merce. Mayor II. J. Corwine well
coined the visitors to Topeka in a
short speech.
In his Introductory remarks made
after assuming the toastmaster's chair
for the meeting today, Herwig went
into the history of the prohibition
movement in Kansas. laying especial
stress on the better moral and physi-
cal conditions of the people Of Kansas
under the dry" regime.
I.iGuer Traffic In England.
The first of the visitors to speak
was Canon Masterson of London, Eng
land. The canon spoke of the liquor
traffic in England and of how for
sixty years a small coterie of British
ers has held the torch of ultimate
dryness uppermost and has prevented
the alcohol trust" from having nm
disputed sway in the island empire
He told of the gains made by the pro-
hibition forces in England as a war
measure, but he held out small hope
that the dry forces there would be
able to hold what they have gained.
In fact he intimated that the war
measures are already being allowed TO
lapse, and the traffic is nearly back
to its old basis. One of the peculiar.
features of the canon's talk was his
longing for local option laws in Eng
land He calledthis form of prohibit
tory law local veto" and expressed
the hope that England would soon en-
joy it.
Australian Was brief.
James Marion, of Sydney, Australia.
made one of the shortest speeches ON
the program-but the language he
used and the way he used 1t showed
NhV the YanI< dnnphhnu
high regard for the Australian. Mar
ion Indicated that the prohibitory
fight is now on in his country and he
says 1t Will stay on until the fight is
won. A feature of Marion's speech
was his pronunciation of the word
kansas" He accented the last syl-
liable.
DR.. Herbert Hercod, of Switzerland.
said he could express his thoughts as
regards prohibition Kansas in no 9TH
er was than one word. "thankfulness."
Enlarging on the subject. he said that
it is Kansas the world must thank for
its first lesson in the practicability of
prohibition.
Labor for Prohibition.
Ex-Governor Willis of Ohio made a
short address at the noon luncheon
today, in which he took occasion to
set right the stand of union labor on
the prohibition subject. He quoted
no less dutnOrltleS tnan Officers OF the
great railway brotherhoods and the
national treasurer of the American
Federation of Labor in his talk. He
ascribed to each one of the gentlemen
quoted the statement that union la
Dor. as an organization, is for the pro-
hibitory law and not against it."
In his talk he took occasion to point
to the city of Milwaukee as the hotbed
of rampant Bolshevism and disregard
of law in America-'but," he pointed
out. "even in Milwaukee and in Wis
consin the business men are agitatinR
the prohibitory movement and are
backing the national amendment"
In closing the meeting II. J. Herwig
announced the mass meeting to be
held at the auditorium at $3.50 o'clock
this evening. He also called attention
to the convention of the International
prohibition forces in Washington. d.
C., June 4. 5. 6. He said that delegates
from fifty countries will be present
at this convention and urged that
Kansas keep its place in the forefront
OF the fight by sending a large delega-
ton.
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