NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 6

NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

To the Editor of THE SUN. Sir,—rThe statement of |he JPresiJenjfc of the. Wellington"Licensed Victuallers' Association that the fight in 1914 is going ,49< bg life of .the trade for' both sides .are int<? t „,tke^conflict-wifeli v a,.gjim. * |o" win.A, matter. that trdtibies- one" is the attitude of proembers .of- tlie flying squadron, "who' loudly oi," their ; d,einoc^ t tic !jjsahc!ple& bii 1 iKe pile hahil aud. cleai-iy , show with the' other, by favourfhg "thje handicap that,-they are Hidebound" Tories. . It- is! well-known,. in the second ballot for Avion in. 1911 the Trade secured _the return of Mr Rus- - hS' ■is under an • obligation* to stand tyy their cause; but it"discouhts Mr Russelli's: alleged sympathy the porkers/- for' 'what., .hitsthe worker harder than .the. ramifications of the liquor trade?.' Wheiv^l I '.jMassey replied to tlie deputation a fortnight ago lid stated.that three-fourths of the brewers are opposed to tlie ReformGoverninent, andyeti we . find democrats like Messrs Forbes aiid Isitt. stunning the country in favour of a party whose prominent men are- out for a perpetuation of an antidemocratic, principle a& applied tb-the.piajhibition/jqlttegtion. -Is. it any wonder that numbers* of people"" 1 -' are losing faith in members of Parlia l inent and are coming.''io. r 4 . the sake of-:iWi4y tlwiy. sire prepared to sacrifice their convictions and the real interest.s...'pfA; th£/ people. 7' • Messrs Aitihoreand -Russell^ who - are. prospective- members - of "tfee next Liberal. Cabinet, .truly, the policy of-.the Liberals .on:,the ; question, well, let it be, stood so, and I thousands like "myself - who have; voted oh the Liberal side wilt be compelled to transfer! our.votes to \e stand for genuine and'' not*& •'•**'- Liberalism. V' ' ' '

' The columns of TB® SBN' reveal to your.large circle of" appf the disastrous effects; of; the open bar, arid no division in the ensuing session pf v vt'iH be'inoVe- cibs6is~i&su'r thaii; that oii Mr Masaey's Bill to rednee. the f• CONSTANT