In connexion with the lectures which Dr. Murray Butler has
delivered in this country it is interesting to note _ an article by him which appeared in the New York World before he left home. There are five subjects, he said, which are engaging the attention of the American people and which are destined to become leading issues in the next Presidential Elections. They are America's foreign policy, Prohibition, the railways, taxation and agriculture. " Probably not fewer than 80 per cent. of the voters of the country are in favour of a constructive policy of_ international co-operation," he said. What prevents them from entering upon such a policy is a powerful minority- in the Senate, but inasmuci as foreign policy is now so bound up with the questions of the railways, agriculture, and taxation, the people will not long be denied. Upon the question of Prohibi- tion, Dr. Murray Butler feels that, although it has been " kept out of national party platforms for a generation through fear of political consequences . . . it cannot be kept out of the minds of voters any longer." " The Prohibition mania," he adds, " is the most violent and obnoxious form of intemperance that I have ever known." Although Dr. Murray Butler is a staunch Republican, the World, a Democratic paper, says of his article, " His discussion discloses an enlightened liberalism that will, we believe, commend itself to readers of both political parties." It is a sincere tribute to the high- mindedness of our distinguished visitor.
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