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Show THE CITIZEN 4 SPIRIT OF JOAN OF ARC OVERCOMES THE SHADE OF NAPOLEON ; i , . ' .. What madness was it that .prompted the French to stage a celebration in honor of Napoleon as a prelude to the military measures against Germany? The dispatches tell us that in spite of the martial pomp, in spite of the presence of Marshol Foch as a central figure, the fete failed of its customary appeal. It may sound sacreligious to a Frenchman to say it, but invoking the spirit of Bonaparte was almost like invoking the spirit of William Hohenzollern, late German emperor. In what did. the aims and ambitions of the two emperors differ? True, Bonparate was ther product of a revolution that led ultimately to genuine republicanism in France. He began as a man of the people, as a Democrat, but soon the pomp and glory of an imperialism which he produced made him worship might as the chief arbiter of human affairs. His policy as emperor drew away from democracy and obscured the cause for many years after his death-- . Because he was recreant to the revolution other generations were compelled to shed their blood , to restore what he had demolished. Like Hohenzollern he came to that period in his triumphs and in the power of his armies when he believed that he could rule the world.. He did not hesitate when the bells of destiny began to ring their imperial music in his ears. He was ready and willing, like his modern emulator, to doom millions to death that his dominion might be extended to the boundaries of Europe and beyond. There has been, there always will be magic in the name of Napoleon, but not because he did anything in the cause of humanity. His r . surpassing genius always will attract the student of history;' brilliant victories will stir the enthusiasm of soldier and civilian a his dramatic gestures as he made and unmade monarchs and priil will ever set fire to the imagination'. In many respects his charao was more attractive than that of the Teutonic kaiser who sought follow his footsteps. He was not mean, petty, sordid, and misei yet he was corrupt of heart, cruel and selfish. Taine tells us tl even his own sisters were not free from the contamination of infamous nature- The celebration was a deplorable anachronism. At the dost a war, presumably fought to advance the cause of liberty x humanity, the militarists of France had the bad taste to revive memory of one who cared little for liberty and perhaps less humanity. It became necessary to split hairs to differentiate from the wicked 'Hohenzollern who tried to conquer France. Tk who engineered the celebration found themselves assuming then of apologists. Almost simultaneously France staged another celebration t! was in better taste and that' inspired a liberty-lovin- g people with old fervors for la patrie. True, Joan of Arc was fighting for mean prince who crowned his meanness with ingratitude, but was but a symbol of the larger battle, for she was fighting alsoi France and for liberty. It is gratifying and inspiring to heart! the celebration in honor of Joan was a success while the celebrati in honor of Bonaparte was a failure. m TEST OF PROHIBITION LA WS STILL IN THE FUTURE Attorney General Harvey Cluff states the entire question of prohibition by implication when, in his appeal for the enforcement of the law, he says, It would be far better not to have prohibition than to have the law made a mockery of, as is being done by the sale of these subterfuges. No doubt we are to have a real test of the possibilities of our prohibition law before it is to be pronounced either a success or a failure. The Democratic administration made no test. On the contrary it carefully avoided a test. It allowed the public to believe that the prohibition law was working with a fair degree of success when, as a matter of fact, it was a fiasco. Some branches of the state department, including the attorney general of the Democratic administration, made it possible for violators of the law to have almost a free hand. Perhaps he deceived himself, but the fact was that his permits, as also the permits of Matt Thomas, the federal enforcement officer, fomented the great booze industry which The Citizen exposed the industry of substitute fruit extracts- These extracts were nothing more or less than alcoholic beverages and, until The Citizen unmasked the traffic, they were hooding the state. The Citizen is inclined to think that the extract makers are planning for a revival of their booze business and it takes occasion to warn the attorney general to be as watchful of this branch of the moonshine industry as he is of that branch which includes the sale of alcoholic preparations which are labeled as medicines. The attorney general emphasizes a section of the law which The Citizen stressed during the (campaign. It shows that the law has teeth that can bite. lie cites that portion of Section 3349, Compiled Laws of the State of Utah, which reads as follows : And provided further, that any preparation containing in excess of one-ha- lf of one per cent of alcohol by volume, AND WHICH IS SHOWN ON ANALYSIS BY TIIE STATE CHEMIST, CAN BE USED AS A BEVERAGE, shall not be sold. tic tions. sdf- of V 4 essen The state chemist is the supreme arbiter, if the law be va! It is his analysis which decides whether a concoction can be us as a beverage. Moreover, he is hedged about by the law so his discretionary powers are reduced almost to a minimum. of one per cent discretionary pov has, so to speak, only one-ha- lf for that is the percentage which is prescribed as legal- - If he fi that any preparation contains more than that percentage and fi in addition, that the preparation can be used as a beverage, he m: the make a report to that effect. In persuance of that section of the law the state chemist, att, request of the present attorney general, has furnished a list preparations containing as high as 95 per cent alcohol. The attorfcjofh general, in a letter to sheriffs 'and county attorneys, includes t that state chemists findings. The county enforcement officers, thenRfo fore, are sufficiently informed as to their duty. They know pn rife cisely the names of the concoctions which are being sold as medicift Qnl but which, in reality, are alcoholic beverages. Some of the prepan pre, tions are described and listed in the state chemists report as folio whi U. S. P. or national formulary preparations containing varte.foll proportions of alcohol varying from 25 per cent to as high as 95 cent ; Elixir of oranges, aromatic elixir, tincture of lavender cor the pound, tincture cardamon compound, wine of pepsin, sweet spirits' giy nitre, bitter wine, or tincture, plain spirits of juniper, compound spf the its of juniper, wine of orange, wine of wild cherry, elixir lactatidpr Ru btf sin, bay rum, spirits of either (Hoffmans Anodyne), wine oi ei beef, wine and iron ; paregoric- Patent or proprietary preparations containing on an aver igf 20 per cent to 25 per cent of alcohol : Lyko, Old Reserve, Coron wjl Bitter Wine Tonic, Portolive Tonic, Tingero Bitter Wine, Wir.e of Pepsin, other Payko preparations (tincture of sweet peel and a number of other national formulary preparations), Tonic, Cusicks Pclo Wine of Pepsin, Cusicks Horke-Vin- o kj ran--, Lidj fo to to ( |