11 OCTOBER 1919, Page 3

The Norwegian Referendum on the drink question has given a

majority for Prohibition. According to the Times, 385,000 electors voted for Prohibition and 275,000 against it. The proposal, we understand, refers only to the sale of spirits, which was forbidden during the war and will not be resumed. It is to be noted that the people of Christiania, like the inhabitants of New York and Chicago when America was voting on this issue, were strongly opposed to Prohibition. Probably it is easier for country people than for the inhabitants of great cities to give up the habit of taking strong drink because they cannot buy it so easily.