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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1905

L. A. S

By L. A. S.

An anti-alcoholic congress was recently held in Budapest, Hungary, representing an anti-alcoholic movement which has for some years been gaining force in Europe. The reason of this movement appears in the alarming results that have of late years become apparent in European countries from the use of alcoholic beverages. So impressed have some observers become with the danger of the situation, that they advocate the strongest and most radical measures of reform, urging that even the mildest of alcoholic drinks should be entirely discarded. One authority states:—

Beyond all question the use of alcoholic drinks has increased rapidly within the last three decades. The consequent demoralization, both physical and moral, has excited alarm even in governmental quarters. In some places the physical deterioration of the men has been such as to make it difficult to obtain soldiers of the required standard. The adulteration of wines has become so general that pure drinks are little used. The demand for nervous stimulant, even in the more southern parts of Europe, has resulted in very extensive use of the deadly absinth.

The point seems to have been reached where even governments must face and settle the question whether they are to survive or succumb to the power of alcohol.