South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-29
G1-O70th OF Prohibition Movement and Its
Reorganization to Envelope Whole World

go cry He thought it would re-
quire so years; Scotland. the Brit
ish delegates said. probably would
be dry within four or FIVE years. II
is expected by japanese temperance
workers and observers from other
nations that the orient aili 80 dry
sooner than Europe. france y ex-
pected 20 Gust fae liquor traffic
sooner than Great Britain. Even
bolshe-fst Russia, II It gets order
restored. IS confidently expected 10
restore prohibition also.
That was a determined gathering
Of delegates in Washington. 1t or
ganized on a permanent basis. II
provided means for getting the
necessary money. 1t ordered the
estab lishment Of an international
temperance news bureau and the
publication OF an international
journal. Il decided. so far as pos
sible. to follow the methods by
which prohibition had been won in
the United States. 1t voted enthusi-
astically for complete harmony
among the constituent organiza-
tions. Finally, it put into Office
some of the biggest men known TO
the reform world.
Officers Are Chosen.
-Four presidents were chosen for
presiding purposes. These are: DIR.
Robert Hercod, Lausanne. Switzer-
land, secretary Of teh international
Temperance bureau; Lief Jones.
London. member Of Parliament and
labor leader; DR.. n. n. Russell.
Westerville. Ohio. founder of the
Anti-Saloon League and now its as
sociate general superintendent, and
Emil Vandervelde, Brussels head of
the Belgian Commission on Alcohol
ism. a vice president for each
country also was chosen. Miles
Vokes, Toronto, president Of the
Dominion Temperance Alliance,
was made treasurer.
Executive authority was vested in
the general secretary. Ernest II.
Cherrington ,Westervle. Ohio. gen
eral manager of the Anti-Saloon
Leagues publishing interests.
Will the world be made dry?
Well. every Christian denomination
in the world either has been or will
be enlisted in the world dry pro-
gram as a missionary responsibility.
The oriental religions are abstinence
religions. The worlds Sunday
school convention is TO be held in
for a prohibition boost. Speakers
for prohibition will be heard in ev-
cry city town and hamlet in every
nation, from this time on. just as
they have been heard in the cities.
towns and hamlets Of the United
States Literature sent out by the
ton in America will be sent out by
the dozens of tons into other lands.
Delegates TO the Washington con-
vention all said world drOuth not
only was possible but might come
sooner than most of us expected.
Twenty-six We rs AGO mighty little
of the United States and Canada
was dry and wetness in other lands
was practically universal. Why,
liquor was even sold in the national
capitol buildingl
But the United States and Canada
have adopted prohibition Great
areas in other lands are dry, and
there are few countries that have
not SOM form of liquor restriction.
With all this accomplished in a
quarter Of a century; with the con-
science of the world awakened by
the great war as it never was awak-
ened before; with America in har-
mony with all the nations and TAX
ing the lead in things for human
betterment. with great denomina-
tons engaged in a mighty forward
movement, and church unity hardly
dreamed Of ten years ago-with all
these things is it too much TO ex-
pect that not only will the whole
world go dry but that that event
Will occur within the lifetime of
those readers of this paper born
since the close Of the Civil war?