The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-13

leadership will SAY is perhaps the
best word
And this ts trse NJ prohibition. II
should describe or should attempt -
describe in one word the attitude Of
the nations If the world or the REP
resentst:~es Of the pecrfee. that have
met in some twelve or fifteen cnuu-
tries. tho attitude has heen that Of in
ereduiity and II waiting Men who
nelicve iust as nrmlv as Wa do tina t
they should in Their own nation mt
TIE han on the liquor traffic as an ont
law as the enemy OF the economic So
clA and moral veafa~e. yet can hardly
realize that 1t Is possible with the
greed. N. appet1te and eoxetnusne~s
cf man that such things can come ~
pass.
found upon my desk today in wasta-
iuKtcn = cory Of the Capetown Times,
cs@retowns- South aAfrsca- containing q
report Of 4 debate In th. Dutch Ra-
formed synod on the areettor Of p,c-
tihitien in which leading speaker De.
r,ared that total prostitution IN the
United States Rad not been IN force
sufficiently long - show whether Il
WAS a success or not
In the Federal conncsi meeting or
yesterdsy r~preseutiag as IL does al
of the great or ues~i~ All Of the great
Protestant denominations 90 THIS cour
try. the following rsaoluttor vaa
Passed
"Rceo,~-- W. -eioEc- in the steady
Growth cf tne Worl1 movement against
Nicholson The lsho~s ~ ev~~w Nts
sion Board sre harsnered and often
tinors ru}ii.ee nv ths operations ~ the
Iiauor traffic The workers fer world
Prob bfftnn are mos, efficient allies ~
the missionaries The United States as
the frst great Prob its:ion ratioo Of ths
world should Of neces5tty TAXI a lead
ing part IN. extnndi@G the frontiers ef
sohrfsty. THE greatest possible cortri-
button which we ran make tn wor 4
Prohibition IS effective enforcement ~
our nation wlds prohibition law. W.
pledge to crohiht:to- workers in ctsrr
countries IF the word cur hearty 80
operation with them IN every proper
way TO fr~e their ouu reorle from re
curse ~ the ho'ior traTie and eSpe
ciaily will We AID them b. sraeavoi-
ing TO prove that nation wide r-ohihi r
ton can he enforced in cur own great
country"
nv friend whreie- quoted a sentence
yesterday which | expected him 70
anote tonight from nishor Mcconnell
that II all the good that VIC ha,
brought to TIE heather islands by our
n, missionaries were weighed IN the bal
ancs. they would rTohah'v rot OUT
weigh the hsrr that We have brought
~ them by our vieas cannot sav
that is true. because I have not tho
facts, not unworthy - our NEST earn
esr thought
NV friends ws are tehtiuE the
worlds battle nov in abe Same w-sT
that we fought it wien We adopted tire
Eighteenth amendment TIE whole would
receive IL with inc-eduiity, ard thes
said il was ,he result. OF rave Of en-
thusiasm" and that il could rot roe
sibiy br enforced tl1r battle ie tcday
to move the world that We arc not
simply nation % enthusiasts. that
we are mt reopio . GO into BAL
lie and adcrt rolicv, and then leave
cur Officers To Ugh. II cut as they
can without backing nr pathy. hut
we are people who after adopting
a policy which we believe tc he sound
land as Or. Anderson saiSe, II II Is
morally right. il is socially and eco
nonicsIiy rtSht-btana always, We must
prove to the york that this policy can
he enforced and will be enforced ht
our nation. ~ we are victorious in this
matter. I predict here and now that
1880 is not too early a date IN whiciI
we can put the han m the liquor traf-
flr in the great nations OF Ire ~orio
Why. in the meetings In which
spoke in England. Scotland and Ire
land last snring. wehenever the cues
ton was sauarcfy faced by those PEG.
pie they said that any nation which
could develop sohricty in its peorsc
must OF necessity cverpower Ia trade
the nation which had not developed So
briefly in it's people: that We were eco
nomically compelled to overcome Grea'
Britain and Scotland II we had II nfteer
or twenty rcr cent greater efficiency
among our people
Bishop Moore told me coming ar
the boat from Brazil that no was IN
company with various gentlemen or
that boat. They were all drinking nrH
and yet he said Two prominent rne1
enc from Great Britain and one from
Brazil. The Britcn man said he ~ouln
hate TO be deprived To liquor, but AZ
certain as America iaakes good ON this
law. Great Britain Will be obliged y
adopt prohibition. ANA the Braziiia :
said the same for EyaSil We are tied
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