LIQUOR LITERATURE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir.—Tho Rev. Clarence Eaton is evidently very angry, (11 with himself for ininring the cause of Prohibition by his public utterances in Christchurch recently, and (2) with me for venturing to express my clisappioval of his unbecoming conduct. T read his letter in to-night'a ‘Star’ with pity, not unmingled with contempt. Tl that letter be a- fair “ specimen of lira good taste and solid argument” of Prohibition advocates, it shows clearly how even a Christian minister may become so fanat’eal on the drink question as almost to lose his moral sense. Not content with reporting his impious wish that tho right hands of those who do not think with him should bo withered, he goes on to suggest that yon, sir, should break through all rules of journalistic ethics and dfsclooe the name of war correspondent. To use Mr Eaton’s own language once more, “weak indeed must be the cause seeking to buttress itself with ” —X will not be redo enough, to sav “ claptrap and flapdoodle.” but rather threats and suggestions unworthy of a minister of the Gospel.—l am, etc., Moderate. March 17.
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Evening Star, Issue 16995, 18 March 1919, Page 6
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188LIQUOR LITERATURE. Evening Star, Issue 16995, 18 March 1919, Page 6
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