RUSSIAN DRINK PROBLEM.
A CORRESPONDENT’S VIEWS. (Times and Sydney'Sun Service.) (UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPTEICHT.J LONDON. March 7. Tlie "Times” ' correspondent wun the Russians states: "I have the prrlouiide.st beliei m prohibition. 1 never imagined how far-reaching would be the benefits of the prohibition of the use of vodka. It- has increased efficiency as was first evidenced by the promptness of the armymobilisation. During a period when money was tight the deposits in the savings hanks have enormously increased. ft is impossible to buy even a glass of beer at any hotel or restaurants. I have not seen in six months a tipsy officer or soldier. In one stroke Russian has freed herself of a curse that paralysed peasant life for generations. This is nothing short, of a revolution. Graft and corruption have been stamped out of Armyservice, and the improvement in organisation has added to the coiiiioit of the soldier’s life, resulting ;n the highest morale.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3873, 9 March 1915, Page 5
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155RUSSIAN DRINK PROBLEM. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3873, 9 March 1915, Page 5
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