The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
PROHIBITION |s
 WINNING FAVOR
 AMONG IF RMANS
Wets" Alarmed by Gains in "Dry" Standardization al Suppression Law Mat
 ter of Time
BxAasociatsd Presa

Berlin, December 2. = Prohibition sentiment has made such strides in Germany that the vets are already evincing alarm. The dry forces now have a second overwhelming straw vote victory to add to that scored in Bielefeld some time ago. A bal lot they recently completed in osna- brueck. an industrial center of Han over bordering on Westphalia, shows that out of 13,547 qualified electors, s1.3 per cent favored absolute pro hibition of alcohol. This number included 5.645 men and 6.724 women. Opposed to prohibition were 427 men and 351 women.
 This was the second of a series of straw votes which the prohibitionists plan to take throughout Germany. Their cause has been considerably strengthened by steps which the au- thorities were forced to take be- cause of economic necessity.
 The federal governments recent note to the reparation commission proposing a reduction in the con- sumption of alcoholic drinks threw a scare into the ranks of those in terested in the liquor traffic. At about the same time the ministry of economics held a conference of several hours at which the Ques- ton was discussed with represen- tatives of the liquor industry and the retail dealers.
 The impression went out from that meeting that the question of na- tional prohibition was only cues
 tion of time. It Is reported that a measure Is now in preparation for introduction into the Prussian Diet by which the sale of alcoholic liquors would be regulated by dis tricts in accordance with local eco-
 homie conditions. The same law would forbid dancing In cabarets and bars and cafes.
 So much pressure has ben brought to bear on the magistrate of Great CT Berlin since he announced that 500 to 1000 young teachers would
 be dropped from the public schools at the beginning of the year, that 1t Is reported he has decided to revoke
 his decision. The ink was hardly dry on the published decree when storm of protest arose from par ents all over the city.
 In Neukoelin, one of the outlying
 districts. thousands of parents at a mass meeting adopted a resolution that unless the order was retracted by December 1 no children would be sent to school thereafter. People of all shndes of politics participated. especially socialists and communists. and loudly applouded denunciations of any plan to save the city money at the expense of the elementary educational system.
 Speakers estimated the total num- Der of teachers In Greater Berlin at 12.0o0. They asserted that 5o.o0O children would lose their instructors under the dismissal order and em- phasized that the children's health would be affected if they had to walk greater distances to consoli- dated classes and were obliged to study in crowded class rooms. The teachers themselves are en- deavoring to help parents cut down the expense of school supplies, which have become almost prohibitive fol- lowing the depreciation of the mark. The ministry of education stresses the need for production of articles usable In the homes In the manual training courses offered to higher classes. The ministry also points out the desirability of encouraging Individual creative genius in the child. thus following the policy laid down by the ministry's predecessor. I