Russia and Vodka

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 22, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 50.

RUSSIA has awaked to the fact that she can not feed her soldiers on bread if she uses her rye and wheat and oats for the manufacture of vodka. Hence the Russian Duma has passed a law that the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors in every form shall cease. Incidentally this is a great blessing for their nation. Much moral good will come out of it. But the action was taken largely because of the necessity of having bread in order to win success in the present war. Bread would form a better basis for success than would vodka or any other spirituous drink, with other people as well as with the Russian soldier.