Show beai to geiman gelman aimy upholds beer the author of the fol following loiNing ar tide mr max stein is director of the association for the D distribution of beer in germany this organization copes with the tremendous dous tasa 1 of supplying tl e entire german army with leer director stein who Is a swiss citizen recently visited the united states for a short stay and his shrewd observations will interest those who care tor for constructive critt cism and enlightened advice by max stein every day the association for the distribution of beer in germany of which I 1 am the director sends 1 liters of beer to our soldiers at the front lvery day railroads motor trucks pack animals steam ships are carry carr ing great shipments of beer to our soldiers in russia in germany and in mhd balkans the overage average american connot un der stand why the german govern ment spends millions of dollars and uses valuable transportation space in carrying what you consider luxury to the front but that is just the point we do not consider beer a luxury we consider it a necessity and we be lieve that the health of our troops would suffer greatly it if for any reason the beer was cut oft I 1 before I 1 came to ameriee I 1 could not understand tl ia Is attitude of the american people to me it seemed unbelievable that america should send an ail army into a vaste aaste country like mexico and alem tl em to the dangers of poisoned water holes and typhoid when you might so easily transport beer but si ice coming to amen amerl a I 1 bon b on to understand I 1 have visite 1 your yur drinking places which are only frequented by men where men stand up at a bar and one man treats the other in sion slon and where drinking is more of a business than a pleasure pleas plea sare ire and where one never seea sees a woman or it if there is a woman not riot of the better class in germany it is different one goes in a german restaurant where the whole geman family sits at a table orders food and drinks beer the first thing in the morning the muen ich fell woman drinks her stein of beer and yet et I 1 know that german women do not become slaves to the habit the way wa the american aorien become slaves to the cigarette and cocktail I 1 am not attempting h hare re to dis the temperance movement only you in america and we on oil the continent have an entirely different view of what constitutes temperance I 1 do not consider tl if at the german who takes I 1 Is aper with his meals nor the frenchman who takes his light wine in the same way is intern I 1 consider the russian pea sant who used to get drunk every day on vodka but v ho now that russia rus la has prohibition has buted varnish tor for vodka intemperate but I 1 suppose that your american prohibitionists would class all these nations as intemperate and the only thuley temperate nation turkey which drinks neither wine nor beer I 1 or haid list d liquors my own view of what constitutes temperance agrees pretty much with the french if you m will ill read the tract sent by the french medical so clety to the soldiers at the front you v ill see that while the men in the trenches are warned that a nip of brandy Is delusive and strong liquor of any kind habitually taken leads w fall to diseases of 0 the stomach liver and mind a distine tion is made in regard to fermented ferment liquors such as wine beer and die cile F fermented ermen ted liquors tl e I 1 rench sold ier ter is 19 told may be safely aed in moderation this Is what we on the continent consider real temperance ice reform |