Show NO IREA T LAW HURTS I BRITISH SALOON MEN Man Many Y New Legal Questions Arise When New i Regulations Are Made Effective in inI I London t f LONDON LONDO Oct 16 At 16 At a meeting of the privy council at Buck Buckingham palace today tb the king signed an or order order ordel der del applying tho the regulations regulation respecting respect respect- ing the sale of liquor in tho the districts of the metropolitan area I This rather cryptic announcement appearing in bl faced black ck type in to today's today's today's to- to days day's London papers meant that the thelong thelong thelong long expected treating no order Isnow is isnow isnow now In operation throughout the tho greater elt city and that a 0 great change must be made in tho the social habits of the people Though designed mainly to check the custom of providing free liquors to soldiers from the front front especially especially those who are about to depart again for the trenches trenches the the order nevertheless less is applicable to everybody and ond its violation will upon the of offender of- of fendor fender heavy fine or Imprisonment I or both Hereafter except In the privacy privacy vacy aCY of the home the Londoner may I Inot not share a bottle or half halt bottle with witha a friend There Thero Is but one exception exception exception tion and that at meal times Then a host may provide liquor But In allI all saloons hotels and clubs tho the words I What you will you have are taboo New Problems Arise Even the exclusive army clubs are affected and members are asking man many questions For example Can members wager whisky and sodas on a card game Can drinks bo be ordered to seal a compact or for a toast Is an officer leaving for the front to be denied a parting drink with his fellows fe Can a glass accidentally upset be refilled Saloon keepers I are very doleful over the outlook They say say- that with treating barred the whole atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere of the saloon will be changed Few men it is argued like to drink alone and a tremendous slump in trade Is predicted What constitutes a meal with which one man may buy drink for his friend will doubtless have to be defined by bythe the courts Whether a meal will consist consist consist con con- of ot the antiquated sandwich so familiar In the United States remains to be seen There Is Is of course the patent subterfuge by which one man may give e the person he wishes to treat the amount acquired before they enter the saloon but this would be cumbersome commercial and hardly popular popular Police it is said on good authority are about to be Is Issued issued Is- Is sued closing all night clubs in London London London Lon Lon- don during the entire period of the war If It this reform takes place It will come come com as a result of a protest by military authorities that the nightclub night nightclub club evil has turned what ought to tobe tobe tobe be a prolonged debauch which leaves the men in a worse condition than when they came across from the trenches It is commonly known that in most of the night clubs evasion of the 10 o'clock law has been developed to a a. fine tIne art and that drinks can be easily obtained at all hours of the day and night j t r tam am in in- favor of closing down all alL night nightclubs clubs for a 0 duration tf Of t f the war said Lord provost marshal Naturally enough in her supervision we rarely detect any any- thing Wo We Yo must visit them In uniform uniform uniform uni uni- form and It Is almost impossible to effect a real surprise As for the disreputable night clubs they have about an army of scouts They watch and antI report our movements and a club almost invariably knows in advance advance ad ad- vance ance when we may be expected They all look as Innocent as tame doves when whet we appear We have no doubt In lIt our minds that liquor is ob obtainable obtainable obtainable ob- ob at many night clubs and that thatIs thatIs thatis Is quite another matter from going Into a a. witness box and swearing to specific Instances While we are given given en supervision of these places we have no powers to do anything ex except except except ex- ex through the tho courts The only satisfactory remedy is to close them all down as long as the war lasts I |