We believe it was Mr. Stephen} Leacock who gave the most category ical warning to Great Britain that! unless it took heed it would follow the example of the United States and go dry, that practically the thing would be accomplished while. as yet the people were only beginning to wake up and rub their eyes. The warning was taken, and when the Prohibition issue came on in Scotland money without stint was forthcoming to fight the drys. Today Japan seems to find itself in a somewhat similar position, and for fear that the growing Prohibition movement will succeed in robbing the people of their cherished sake, a campaign on the side of the wets has been inaugurated. A report of the initia] meeting deserves pubplicity.
Imperial Sake ca Shope Sheba The gathering wag organi: Suzuki explained the chemical action of sake to the audience. Mr. Kano-mara declared the higher the level of the. consciousness of people, the greater amount of rest they need. Thera is! nothing, he declared, like sake to give the greatest amount' of rest in the shortest time. Mr, M. Sasaki. member of the House of Representatives, sid in his address thai it is just as unreasonable to force a man to stop drink. ing as it is to force cake down a pro. hibitionst's throat.
It seems very much like carrying the war into ihe enemy's camp, and the temperance lecturer who has facta and figures about the harmful effects of alcohol on the
rival. human body, has now a first-class
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