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Show PROHIBITION IN NORWAY. Organization Formed to Combat the Present Movement. Christiania. There has been widely published throughout Norway the manifesto of an organization formed here by deputies from all parts of the country to combat the prohibition movement. It contains the signatures of 630 prominent men. Its program is to protect liberty, to oppose the misuse of intoxicating drinks, to erect asylums for drunkards and to secure the knowledge of sound principles ol living, of health and hygiene. The new organization will not be affiliated with any political party. Its motto is "Liberty and civilizatior against prohibition and coercion." A large portion of the press hails it witi enthusiasm. |