Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-02-17 | Page 18 | English Church Leader Denies Dry Law Views

ENGLISH CHURCH LEADER DENIES DRY LAW VIEWS Tells Texas Methodists Bloomin Reporters Twisted Statements Quoting Him as Favoring Beer SAN ANTONIO Tex Feb 17 AP AP Sir Richard Winifrey BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish publisher M. M P P. and Methodist church leader squared himself with Indignant west Texas Methodist laymen yesterday by denying published published published pub pub- Interviews quoting him him as liberally Inclined on prohibition and not convinced of ot Its success In America Blaming blooming report reporters rs for allegedly perverting his statements Sir Richard admitted that prohibitionists prohibitionists prohibitionists of this country are a ticklish ticklish tick lish lot although jolly good tel tel- lows The Englishman was represented by his hie interviewers as believing that prohibition in the United States tates will not nOl be successful without a Worthy substitute for a glass g of good sparkling beer After Arter the Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- odist lay c conference had passed leth I resolutions resolutions resolutions res res- condemning his purported stand however Sir Richard of the furore he had precipitated precipitated w went nt to the convention hall halland halland halland and told the delegates his statements statements statements state state- ments had been garbled The laymen laymen lay lay- men restored him to full fellowship when he explained he always had voted dry in parliament and would have voted for national prohibition in England if It the question had been put that wa way Why dont don't you American newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper reporters stop being in such sucha a bloomin ln rush he asked In con conr elusion abloom conk i c