New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Prophet of Reform
Says Germany Will
Lead in Dry Drive
Man Who Predicted an Arid
United States Declares
End of Hohenzollerns Is
Doom of National Habit
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 20.-Ger-
many has not yet heard the worst.
From the inner sanctuary of the Anti
Saloon League OF America, in which re-
Gently has arisen the World League
Against Alcoholism, came the pro-
nouncement to-day that, in addition to
dismantling her feet, surrendering her
colonies and paying forty billions in
reparation, Germany probably will be
the first European country to 60 bone
dry.
Ernest H. Cherrington, executive Sec
retary of the league, is authority for
they penetrate to Inter den Linden
should be met with something less than
serious consideration, it will not be
amiss to inform the inhabitants of Ber-
lin. Munich and other centers of the
drinking industry that Mr.. Cherrington
Is the same suavc person who used, IN
days past, to voice predictions of the
utter aridity to which the United States
soon was to be subjected. The unre-
generate were wont to receive these
with raucous laughter. Mr.. Cherring-
toH lS UOlHS Lnc iduSulIS HoWs
Doom of Beer Pronounced
He goes into detail concerning the
grounds upon which he bases his opin-
ion that beer is doomed to be banished
shortly from the Teutonic diet.
Much of the experimenting, whose re-
suits proved the malignant effect Of
alcohol upon the human mind and body,
Mr.. Cherrington says, was performed
by German scietinsts. They can be
relied upon, he adds, to spread the joy
Gus tidings throughout their native
land, and the traditional German re-
spect for laboratory arguments to do
the rest.
The Kaiser and the other powers in
pre-revolutionary Germany were aware
of sciences verdict against rum. but
hesitated to apply it, even to improve
their chances of winning the war, Mr.
Cherrington declares. because they
we're financially interested in the beer
and liquor traffic. But, the Hohenzol-
lerns being in the discard, the apostle
of world without an oasis goes on,
nothing stands in the way of dry
Fatherland save the Germans appetite
for his Pilsener and Muenchner. And
now Mr.. Cherrington looks to see that
overcome.
Conservation His Lever
"Conservation IS a strong word in
the vocabulary of the Teuton and ef-
iciency is another" he says. "rhe
leaders of the new republic are calling
for both in reconstruction. The Ger
mans know what q dry army did for
the United States and it's allies during
the war. They know the United States
has gone on prohibition basis.
Rivalry of the United States, a desire
to put Germany on plane where she
will better compete with this country
these things will influence the leaders
Of thought in Germany"
Mr.. Cherrington also emissions the
millions of men and women of German
blood in the United States swamping
the mails with letters to the old folks
at home telling them of the great and
benefcent effects of prohibition here
and thus contributing gratis to the
propaganda of the World League
Against Alcoho olism.
Among other peoples he expects to
influence the Germans to look no moro
upon the foaming seidel Mr.. CHEERING
ton includes the Scandinavians, in
whose countries the liquor trade is
narrowly restricted. He also makes it
known that there are few temper
ance" societies already functioning
beyond the Rhine and that they are
determined to make their country dry
before France and England get that
way.