Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-22
FACTS AND COMMENT

a permanent national policy. The /
was passed by congress in
December, 1917. Within a month |
had ratified it, followed in
rapid succession by states north and /
south, east and west. The most san
guine advocates of the cause claim all |
the states except New Jersey. Accord |
ing to the wording of the amendment, /
prohibition does not go into effect for |
a year, but as a matter of fact it will /
be the law only six months hence. |
Under a special act of congress the |
president has already proclaimed war |
time prohibition beginning July l of
the present year and continuing till
rehabilitation shall have been com
pleted. That is hardly possible that
legal prohibition will cease before
constitutional prohibition goes into eff
feet.
The drys have had their way in
every point of the new amendment.
The manufacture, sale, transportation,
importation and expectation of intoxi-
eating liquors for beverage purposes is
absolutely forbidden. All state laws
are void when they conflict with fed
eral law, hence the laws under which
the several states license the sale of
liquors become of no effect and law
full liquor business will perforce disap-
pear Further legislation will be re-
CURED to define what is meant by in
toX1catng liquors, to permit search
and seizure, and to provide penalties
for violation of the amendment When
these are enacted the liquor business
will be on the same footing as coun-
terfeitlnG and smuggling, subject not
to local or state police, but to the i'm
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thp iianor nrieetioo a. H., oort,, on5
7rezt cenaf0,, e.ne--ls.d of ,re,-o w.,
TIE nroposcr of the amendment ana
the aelid south has eyarte1 all IFS
weight 20 compel tie North to riya M
what was fast ccming to be It's pecu-
liar Institution. md thus the wbfrli-
gig OF time briucs it's raTrensas
The mobilization, ,,,a,-,Ix,,.4 o..,...o4
4dll 10 nave 2 lar reaching effect. the
arguments for and against the policy
! are TOO Wei knoUn to bear repetition.
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- 80. ~ hle- wa, ~ 'i,ie WIS nom
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tt,,l ~ 40 IN Slto mus sum VIZ
ntl,s,. soi,.a - - >,ilt
! ct the CHARGES agalCst flUeF are true
! inc expenditures fer penal AID Charit-
| ap!a SIi.ulGh5 VIII he 50 much d.
! Inlh!shed aud HE earning power ii
/ me country SO mucn Increased that
The new taxes viii be easily carried
But, whatever the result, the amend
/ iAent VIII never be repealed, the CJun-
! Try IS lfEeYocahty committed 10 Tho
new policy, and it IS the part Of every
eood American 10 ion The pr0hiDt-
tloAlstS III EoplrS that the inn0vS1icT
! will be to the sting benefit and glory
of cur common county.
Que of the corcres. po;ate of die.
ference bef[,eer tj,a W.. iGr;t[' 'o(,i,';it,
and the e1}artacl1s faction in cter,,1a-,z
has bean 1ra date fof, con1,.1,i,er IL.
promised national assemble ,Pb,
former advocated an e9r1z- data VIII
the idea of settine +l,e now ero--af-,, w.
working promDtIv. whila t17a s,,ar+ac1,,
faction worked hard 10 postnone IN,
4 elections Indefinitely so thar fbe,
might have time tn "edI1ge ta,, II,
: people with the teachings OF Bolsbe
vism. The success of the majo9it.
socialists in bringing about an earl
election was 8. primary reason fer III
savage outbreak CT tle Reds Christ
mas end the more violent ore that fol
q lowed it a little later There wer
days OF terror much bloodshed an
very considerable material damage
: bus the Ebert government finally 20
' up courage 10 use sufficient force an
The insurfection collapsed. The lynch