REV. J J. NORTH'S VIEWS.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 1, 12 April 1919, Page 4

REV. J J. NORTH'S VIEWS.

TRADE DID NOT PLAY FAIR

(Special to "Colonist.")

"Thofi 4. +w .chr!Stchurch, April 11. t])n Til rst 5^ *i at struck me about the po 1," said the Rev."?. J. North today, was the entirely good humoured

.• , *efception by the huge multitude, in the ,»-Square of the different verdicts, a good , humour .which would argue this " community is perfectly 'prepared to playl the-British part when the,finalvngurss f" o up, whatever those figures, may be. fo community on this earth is . more, , likely to resolve'with.fixed Idefermination to observe the law than:ike conimu- . nity in which we have tHe happiness to dwell: "Whatever the final figures in this present .contest may prove to be," Mr «' North added,' '/the Prohibition Party Is a party, which has no use, for the woVd defeat. We believel to the last man of us that the eradication o? the alcohol . habit from the white -races Js inevitable ; it is with us merely a question of date. America's precedents in this reform will ensure for her such enormously increased efficiency that no rival community will be able to longer carry the alcohol incubus. If the numbers finally go up against us," Mr North added, "we are going to resume operations without a moment's delay. ' Our conviction is that since the Trade has voted against the reception of compensation people who believed that compensation was fair will take the position in future that the Trade themselves turned down a gener- °^ S °£ er made to them by tn<> commiinity They have therefore invalidated any further claims to compensation at the hands of the electors. ■ Those, therefore who have voted Prohibition because they believed in compensation may be reckoned on absolutely to vote Prohibition without compensation next time, while tnose who refrained from voting for the compensation issue under fear of possible financial embarrassment will swimr thousands of votes into the next Prohibition referendum."