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White Ribbon, Volume 40, Issue 468, 18 September 1934, Page 2

Already in India, more than 300 Pro hibition organisations have been form e«i, nearly all non-Christian in oharac ter. but our own Christian missionarie: have had an important part in the for mation of nearly every one of them Every newspaper in India, owned o controlled by an Indian, is clamourim for Prohibition of Strong Drink. There are approximately 1000 Moslerr newspapers in the world, every one o which Is a dry paper. There is not i wet Moslem newspaper, on earth. Ther* is not a wet Hindu newspaper on earth There is not a wet Buddhist newspapei on earth. When one stops to consider the vasi I lower liehind these newspapers and ac tivities. one jets a glimpse into the in flue nee of these forces. Behind thes* 1 000 Moslem newspapers are 2",o,00fl,00< Moslems; behind these hundreds ol Hindu newspapers are 212 000,001 Hindus; liehind long strings of Budri hist newspapers are 100,000,000 Buddhists, all of these hundreds of million-' of people for 1000 years have )>eer taught that the drink habit is wrong and all of these great forces are now <oming to the support of our Christiai proposal for world-wide Prohibition.