5 FEBRUARY 1927, Page 3

We publish this week the .first of a series of

articles on the Drink Question by a contributor who describes himself. as an Ordinary Man. There has not been much discussion lately in the Press about Temperance Reform, and that fact indicates that the time is due for a. revival,. The Bishop of .Liverpool's Bill, which is a revised form of the Bishop of Oxford's Bill, will be introduced, again next session. Our contributor has formed opinions which run counter to several of the . cherished opinions of those unending combatants, the Temperance Reformers and the Trade. . His conclusions are not necessarily those of the Spectator; all we. can say at this stage is that the articles . will be found worth following, for they deride certain assumptions which have become familiar in this controversy and they suggest lines of thought and action which have not before been contemplated.