The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-03
BY United Press.

forces, reinforced by the Anti-Saloon
League of America, are completing
their plans, and marshaling their
"sturmtruppen7 for mighty offen-
siye commencing this fall. And John
Bull is sitting up and watching with
considerable interest, - uncertain
whether he ought to be amused,
scared or angry.
Immediately the lid went on in the
United States, William Z. Pussy
foot" Johnson, "Field-marshal Com
mander-in.chief of Americas dry
army established branch G. Fl. @
in London and proceeded to show To-
cal prohibitionists just how to wage
war on booze. Hitherto although
there had been a noecasional prohibi-
tion movement in Great Britain, the
"drys" had made very little headway
the only really prominent man identi-
fled with the movement being the
late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, who aroused
controversy some years back by
emptying his inherited wine-cellars
down the drains.
Prohibition was represented in
England by the United Kingdom al
lance, but the organization was not
well equipped with funds, and was so
out of date in its methods that the
"wets" ceased to regard its members
as anything more dangerous than
'bun-wallahs" a strange sect who par
ticjpated inorgies of tea-drinking and
bun consumption. But 'Pussyfoot'
Johnson has changed all this.
q Canon Masterman, president of tho
u. X. A. recently visited America to
fin dout how the "wets" there had
been overwhelmed. He fixed up an
alliance with the AntiSaloon league
with the result that another A. F.. +.
was son on the high seas.
Johnson established himself quiet
ly in Fleet street.-The home of news
papers and publicity, but so skillfully
were his opening moves made, that
he succeeded in avoiding attracting
attention for some months.
Then he disclosed himself IL
would be rash to suggest that he cap
tured the. powerful Northcliffe Press,
but it says much for his generalship
and tactics that he managed to Sc
cure a magnificent advertisement out
Of hostile organization.
Lord Northcliffe's papers discover
ed his presence and taking up the
role of Dickens Fat Boy, the Daily
Mail proceeded to make Johnny Bulls
flesh creep with lengthy stories of
"Pussyfoots" aims, antecedents,
methods and chances of success. j.
Bull was slightly amused, but as the
whole Northcliffe artillery the
Times, Weekly Dispatch, Evening
News, Daily Mirror and others
Joined in the attack British VETS
began to realize that they must get
busy.
A big defensive campaign was
opened, and hair raising stories OF
American prohibition methods were
published, stories of Machiavellian
cunning, hysterical campaigning and
Napoleonic victories. The vets
tearfully appealed to that much criti- |
cized autocrat, the British Working
Man, to repudiate the sponsors of
grape juice and similar soft drinks |
with fantastic names. They remind
ed him of his old war-cry "Damn his
oyes, whoever he tries, to rob poor
nan of his beer And they succeed
I'd in making Mr. B. w. M. sit up
and think there might be some
thing in it,"
Meanwhile the much discussed
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, satisfied with
his first demonstration, had depart
ed for Finland to organize an often
sive in northern Europe, but he left
a promise to return in the fall. The
full weight of the counter-offensive
accordingly fell upon the poor old
United Kingdom Alliance, which
bucked' by the prominence
given to its aims and the promise Of
solid support from American "drys," /
nevertheless wilted before the storm
Of protest
The announcement that many lead
ng American temperance orators are
IN their way to England to take part
n the fray gave the "wets" a popular
with the Inevitable warn
ng Hands Off, America. Mind your
9wn interference" or words to that
sfiect The U. x. A. hurried forward
Yish flat denial but Investigations
,rosed coaclusively that the Anti
salon League had volunteered to pay