Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-24
PROHIBITION. BLESSING.
SAYS FATHER CURRAN
Victory in Moral War rs Great as
on Battlefield. Says Roosc
velt's Priest Friend.

Writing from h,s homo At Wilkes Rarre,
Pa, the Rev. j. J. Curran, the lcading
and perhaps the most influential priest
IN Central pcnnsylvanla, expresses great
abstraction over the prohibition victory
IN the nation. In his letter 10 the N"rth
American this friend and admrer oi
former President Roosevelt says
History has been gong AT snch .
rapid pace IN recent years that y require"
extraordinary agility Of miud Z" Keep
abreast of H. The world war came hkG
flash and a roar from serene SKY ana
IL ended almost rs abruptly and unex-
pectcdly as it began
"Far-rcachmg and fundamental causes
however, were ~ work long before the
sudden eruption convulscd the harmony
of the human family, 50 thai IN the ma
turc al things. the inevitable bad 10 hap
non AMI dId happen with a vengeance
sIhc moral war, which parallccd and
gwen nptedatcd the bloody one IN ITS
formative and creative causes. was
brought - an end almost As suddenly,
and Ia some people ~ Unexpectedly rs
the so-callrd world war
"1hev az both over now thanks bc to
God lor IL. The wears 1918 and 1910 will
be- forever memorable ON that account,
and when this generation and many sue
cce,linc ones shall have passed away. II
will bc written down bv the wise ones .
thousand wears hence that truly Ihcrr
were giants m those DAYS
Maritime prohibition Will dry ny thc
land ia prcclsclv - O'Clock midnight "i
the Suh at June next II was also d'S-
tuned 10 keep II dry until the very last
soldier hov should be brought tnmr from
his European RCtIVitiee And in'lSi'T'u
oui of the service after getting here
lut thc mighty ayalsnchc ~ prohih-
tion sentiment wtlch had tfrn gathering
force tud 1Itahnng ,umpac'ncss t"f
msuv rcncr.,,iou. m b., pasf wts l"osci
fr,m r~ .4stucs> md began :" roll rs
huge totnrdus NJ md down Tho land.
arr.,.- u,ourtsu ,nd streams, dalce and
Eili>la,. crushing md tiattcnInG oppo-
-ttl,t. INTO Im,,-t tnltcognlrahlC heaps
II rulu ,verNV h"r,
~, IS IS tAt ptvSical ORDER of the
universe. thrr, l.,y, AMI will hc M
ha,e,h and ,.ntul-.an~ " nature $"
al>o h the uur4l ,rd riNl, order ot hu-
fuan ,nic9Nat, there vii come cataclNsms
.r,tv m.tr may hc rcgcncrated and
cd II proper conception 81 hls dutics
towards ~. isIiaW u.n and " has wur-
sh,pul scr,irc - Gnd
And i. % tll SUE ruuvulsive disturb
aNtCN Hi the ltiIN~lDti NAlhl WINCH HAthf
amt unmskc The fac % the earth 80 ~
ihc uphcaysl ii moral and oiylr lnStItu-
mons - thr human race, some, m"rc
,tom only compared 81 the whole will
..urer ID Tho u,N }, msic Ararat ~ So
frIriN honestly and prosperity
However th, -uticrur~ ot the few vii
- shori lncd, whiic the happiness 81
Il, many hall D, everlasting
&. uuc who aricd SnmcV hat IN the
.ormatlon 1T this mountain 81 national,
II not yci worId-wid, prnhihitIon. tccl
proud today Not because any slnElC IN
9l,lduAl. ~ collection III surh, maN he
lhIurcd, ~ Inconvenience ior Whih
Lut hc,ausc these same people together
with IN tht rus' oi mN fellow atlycns
Throughout IA, Uni. w,ll hr lenchtcd
morally. pattIott-saN ,ud phN N-lrsllv hc-
vond Tho n.,u79tau ~ thcr present
Antlyipaflon>
'ltotl church ststo viii share
equally IL IN hgs~,ng- which sober
natIon shall hrug. aud feel dcrp down
al uy heart and witt conscience as
lnrgh IS the NORTHERN lolC that those
who r,n,urr IL TODAY may NCt hvc "a
tfstr af thr hcue6reut fruit al oW HhurS
nua .hall have reason III hank Good fri
fhr universal blessings which nation
wtie PROHIBITION viii btne o. fhcir homes