WINE CROP OF EUROPE IS SHORT Washington. Dec. 12. Temperance advoeaies will receive support fiom an unlooked for rptaitor this wint:r as the European wine production has not boon more than half the average yield, according to consular reports. Not in fine hundred years has there been such fallurts in Europe lick of sunshine timing the spilng and early summer, coupled with the excessive ex-cessive humidity throughout the season, sea-son, which engendered various forms of Insect life, blichting the grapes tm 'I destroying Ibo harvest, are the onuses for the reason's failure This was especially I rue in the more northern wine producing districts of Europe, Including Fiance, Ciermany, Switzerland Switzer-land and portions of Italy. The failure of the grape crop Is little fhort of a national misfortune to Franco which Is noi only the largest larg-est producer but the largest consumer, consum-er, the annual consnmplin bring reckoned at inn bottles p'T capita, as It affects not only the large and small manufacturers, but a great ninay people peo-ple dependent upon the industry, i