The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-20
DRYS IN NEW FIGHT
TOC0NQUER WORLD
Scotchman Calls on League Of
Nations to Danish Rum and
Other Narcotics.
FOREIGN DELEGATES HERE
Anderson Acts for Governor
and Mayor, Who Fail to
Welcome Visitors.

Sco'chmap found real work yester
day for the Leagaie OF Nations to do.
"Whiskey," said the scotchman. is 6
pseudo-stimulant-narc and should bS
classed with cocaine, opium and Other
deadly narcotics. 1t Is not matter Of
prohibition but of personal, national
aya. even International hygiene"
And. the Scotch being familiar with
logic as we'll as with other things Or. c
w, 6aleeby, eugenist and author Of
Edinburgh. speaking at the. warm-ur
meeting OF the Anti-Saloon League in
the Calvary Baptist Church easily ratio.
cinated from personal hygiene TO this:
''All narcotics will be eliminated even
tually by the League OF Nations. There
fore the League of Nations eventually
Will eliminate the traffic in liquor"
The warm-up meeting was preparatory
to q countrywide series in which the
Anti-Saloon League is engaging; the
countrywide campaign Is merely by way
OF keeping the sinewg OF the league in
training pending the annual convention
In Washington early In June the annual
convention In June will DO followed by q
II
come brethrep, from fifty, other countries
less fortunate than the United States
and when these delegates return to their
homes they will carry the great white
light not only of prohibition but OF how
tits enshrined In the basic law of a land
Anderson Welcomes Delegates.
William H. Anderson. head OF the New
York State Anti-saloon League. apollo
Eised for the bad start the meeting got
here In that neither the Governor of the
state nor the Mayor of the city waS
present to- welcome the delegates.
But IL welcome you" said Mr.. An.
derson, Ito the greatest wet city Of thu
world. the stronghold of the liquor traffic
The headquarters of the pro-GermaI
brewing interests and ! apologize be-
cause we cannot give you an official well
come from the Governor OF this greatest
State or the Mayor of. this greatest city
But under prohibition we expect to de.
stroy the power for evil of the vicious
political organization which has fat
tened on the liquor traffic, 80 that IL you
come back here ten years from now, OF
even five years from now to find Out
exactly how national prohib tion is work.
ing In America, we expect to be able to
have you welcomed by public officials
who are In sympathy with the policy OF
tho nation and by a city which has come
TO realize that 1t IL not necessary to b
drunk in order to be great" (
Malcolm Patterson, once a Governor
OF Tennessee. the prize prohibition State
and who will Join his voice to that OF
William Jennings Bryan and others In
the series of training meetings about Il
be pulled of. whether Gov. Patterson q,
Mr.. Bryan are or are not out of training
also predicted great international futures
for the League OF Nations and prohibj.
ton.
"Sober. intelligent and Christian men,
he said, do not engage In private brawls
or commit murder and nations made UT
or sober, Intelligent and Christian men
will abandon war with all its awful con.
sequences as a means of settling dis
putes, There must be a sober world be-
fore We can have a Christian world. The
liquor traffic in modern civilization car
ind no excuse for existence
In fact the entire assemblage of meI
and women. including delegates alread,
from twenty-five foreign countries, ac-
cording to the statements OF the pro.
motors, was quite confident that the
world Is going dry. In letters which
might have been made of the gold fol
which used to wrap the tops OF the rarel
vintages and on background which 8
InoVlsle WOuiu uescrlbe as champagne
colored blazed the motto: When thor
passeth through the water / will be
with thee" r
The league is taking no chances or tina
effects of the wet propaganda. which |,
recognized TO be sweeping the country
in reverse English protest against the
Eighteenth Amendment and Mr.. Bryan
and Gov Patterson are sea anchors
thrown into the raging waters TO keer
the good ships head into the wind oil
Righteousness. Their campaign will END
on June 4, when the convention meets In
Washington.
About that time more foreign dele
gates will be landing at both New York
and San Francisco. and on June the
international conference will begin In
Washington. The foreign delegates vill
take part in the warming up campaign
II they arrive in time and will be taken
on tours Of triumph after It is over and
about the time Demon Rum and John
Barleycorn arc being carried Imply
from the ring.
Yesterdays meeting was full of the
world conquest spirit A folder pro-
claimed that "the world cannot remain
half slave and half free" meaning. II
was explained. that the free part is that
from which the Anti-Saloon League has
STRUCK the shackles of intemperance, for
20 quote further. America has freed
herself from the slavery OF alcohol she
must now help other nations and lead
the worldwide prohibition movement"
Tho folder promises that America will
show the foreign delegates "how America
did IT," Then. 1t predicts, they will pre-