If people here do not recognize that the adoption of
Prohibition for the whole of the United States during the war represents the measure of American enthusiasm, nothing can make them ever appreciate the extent of that enthusiasm. The breweries are to be closed on December 1st, and it is believed that the beer will run dry in about six weeks afterwards. Canada has voted for Prohibition " for the duration " (except, of course, the Province of Quebec), but not one of the Allies has done exactly what the United States has done. When we reflect upon the distance of America from the theatre of war—distance is always said to be a great factor in chilling the imagination—the decision of the American people to lay this obligation of abstinence on themselves seems the more wonderfuL Even the fact that Americans have been feeling their way towards a dry policy for years does not take the bloom off this most remarkable event. Mr. Lloyd George once said that " the drink " was a worse enemy than Germany. It seems now that it is to be our part to defeat only our less formid- able opponent.
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