The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-13
Law Enforcement
MRS. JARRET j. BENSON

program of the Regional Confer
ence of the Anti-Saloon League of
America, held at the Trinity church
June 29th and 30th. On June SOth
DR.. Ernest Cherrington, General
Secretary of the World League
Alcoholism, gave a htirring address
on "The World wor4 4>AA@
The following hx lights from
DR.. Cherrington's address, are op-
perfume coming at the time of thS
celebration of the NatioxIbirtbAay
Of America. II
"The outstanding factm the his
tory of the Anti-Saloon League and
like organizations, is, that every
victory won brings new opportuny
rnd new responsibility. 1t is a
new age in which we are living with
new relationships and new and
greater demands that began when
twenty-four nations of the world,
representing every race, every
creed, every language and every
social group, Joined together for a
common cause, in common defense
Ct the Christian ideals and stand.
ards of the world. An age of Ma
tional Cooperation, brought about
by diffusion of the daily press, by
popular education, by the greater
facilities of transportation and COM
munication, all of these being fac
tors in bringing into closer speaking
contact with the remotest parts of
the world.
The Democratic Institutions and
governments have created in the
hearts of the people of the world a
yearning for recognition of common
values and the greatest factor in
creating. this yearning or satisfying
it is the great principle and pro-
gram of the Christian religion en-
phasizing the. fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. 1t is this
great principle that is breaking
down the walls of hatred and jeal-
ousy that have separated the nations
Of the world throughout the past
ages.
A patriotic American citizen is
one who, not only believes in, but
liz willing to live for and die for the
fundamental principles upon which
the American government was
founded. These fundamental prin-
ciples are found in the Declaration
Ct Independence and read, eve
hold these truths to be self evident,
that all men are created equal, that
by are endowed by their Greater
with certain inalienable rights, that
among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness"
These words stand as they were
first written without any amend
nent, and this great principle en-
rhasized for the first time in the
Constitution Of the United States
has formed the trend and tendency
of American history and the line
along which international policy has
naturally followed.
Government for the people, by
the people, religious liberty and pub
lie morality cannot be circumscribed
by national boundaries and every
war in which the United States hns
engaged has served to insure and
maintain these great fundamental
principals. The great problem in
America today is law enforcement
relating to the 18th amendment
which 10 a part of the constitution.
Some Of the difficulties in enforcing
this law are border countries,
merchant marines, air ships ETC., and
the only way in which the problem
can be solved is thru diffusion Of
religions and moral standards. If
Increment Of the prohibition law
is IN American problem then it be-
comes world problem, for if it is
true shat no Democracy is safe as
long o. there exists anywhere in the
world a strong autocracy then pro-
hibition is not safe us long rs the
liruor traffic exists anywhere in the
world. II in the early Christai, era
the infant church Of Jerusalem had
tc preach the gospel to the world IN
order to save its own soul then
America must help to establish the
Prohibition law Throughout the
world in o,ier to preserve and
maintain her own welfare. And
now that the religions and moral
forces OF other nations are finding
themselves upon this question the
call to America is loud and insist
ant.
America today stands on the