The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-07-18
GENERAL NEWS REVIEW
OF CURRENT EVENTS
py EpwARp W, PlckARo.

The United States has launched the
great experiment. Just Ntter tlN
treaty was signed that ncmnalE
brought the war TO an end, our war
time emergency prohibition ACT went
into effect aud the entire country ne
came officially hone dry.' Presuma'
hly disqualification will he completed
within iva months or So and there
win be a ',wet spell at least IN some
states until the constitutional amend'
mcnt goes into effect on january lo~
Al present there is considerable CON
fusion concerning the scope and the
enforcement ot the emergency law y
federal court has ruled IN favor OF
beer and wine containing not to eN'
coed e% per cent Of alcohol aud W
many localities the dealers are ieSms
a chance aud dispensing those drinks
In most states the old and new laws
ON prohibition prevent even this. Ia
any case the manufacture and sale OF
all drinks with the greater alcoholic
content are barred and Attorney Cen
ieral Palmer has ordered rigid enforcc'
lncnt Of the law relating to ,hem
The ewcts' have hecp making u
game but hoslng fight, and the ~'lrys
have refused 10 yield at any polat'
The forces OF the latter IN congress
are planning 20 pass measures 20 pr's'
vent the country from going on
whisky.drinking basis between the
time Of siemobllization and January l6r
and TO put stop TO the sale Of weak
beer aud light wines at once. regard,
less Of court rulings.
Though the United States is nov Tho
only ''drys country, there May be am
ether before very long, for the United
Kingdom alliance, encouraged hy the
success .og the American prohihitlunssyS.
has Opened campaign 10 put Great
Britain on the same basis. American
methods will be followed and Ancri.
can speakers imported. London CORE
spondents predict that 10 deprive the
Britlsher of his ale, porter and beer
would almost precipitate revolution.
British labor is against prohibition,
hut so IS American labor; and II may
be that John Bull will in the not dis
tant future be reduced TO drinking
.lemon squashes" and minerals" The
world will watch the American expert
Inent, one OF the greatest ever made
in economics, with intense interest.
His great task abroad completed SO
far as might be. President Wilson has
returned to his domestic duties. On
the homeward trip he signed bills and
read documents and otherwise pre-
pared himself for the contest that con
fronts him ii, the United States. The
goal he has set for himself is the rati-
fication by the senate Of the peace
treaty, including the covenant Of the
League Of Nations. Victory win not
come easily, though It probably will
come, maybe after the covenant has
been amended to meet the objections
now made by considerable number
of senators. Those who are against
the league in any form are very few,
but stubborn. Ii Mr. Wilson is equal
~ StuDDOrhf tue Ni4oic 1uuttFA - ttN''S
10 become partisan issue despite the
efforts OF many party leaders 70 pre-
vent this. II is intimatcd that, II III"
senate makes evident Its intention e.
refuse to ratify, the president will
withheld the treaty for the time being.
and that would at once make 1t an ont
iand-out party question, There is pre-
lcedent for snch q course.
III the Issue is put up to the people