Show LUTE PROHIBITION WAR ZONE IS NOW LIKE LUtE WAR WAit ON WESTERN FRONT FROST By Dr RODNEY DUTCHER TA loEA Service ice Writer WASHINGTON Aug 8 The B.-The The great wet wet and dry war has s come to re resemble rc- rc emble the state of ot affairs which prevailed so so- long on the western front The Saloon Anti league army aft alt after alter after er pushing forward to brilliant vic vic vic- victory tory has dug itself in and Is on the defensive seeking to hold Its tage tase The attack is disorganized but there Is Ls plenty plent of It While the dryS In Insist In- In Insist insist that their position Is the wets Insists that the tide has begun to turn This picture of the situation It might be well wen to point out is given ilven en by an official of the league who does not contend that the is at this moment marching on to fresh victories What has happened Is that the drys although they pressed on after af r the passage of the Eighteenth amend amend- amendment amendment amendment ment and achieved the act and other gains have had to stop to prepare for counter FIGHTING AL SMITH Their great creat object right now is to prevent pr vent a possible stampede in the Democratic party for the nomination of ot Al Smith They dont don't want a wet presidential Candida's candida In Sn either party and they are making a heroic stand against that possibility They arc are raising a special campaign fund for the he purpose Millions of o copies of the pam- pam pamphlet pamphlet Al AI Smiths Smith's record as Tam Tam- Tammany Tammany many any legislator l and governor have haye sent out over the country ac- ac according cording to the leagues league's headquarters here and these will be followed by millions more This pamphlet was complied compiled by the New York Anti Sa loon oon league with comment We Ve dont don't believe the Democrats can win the election in any event says ays the aforementioned official whose Those name cannot carmot be used But both the league and most Democrats would rather see sec the party lose with Ith witha Itha a dry do candidate than a wet et one Were trying to make the other Democrats see that they're per percent percent cent ent certain to lose if they nominate Smith Sm th The league is sectarian non-sectarian na only in law enforce enforce- enforcement enforcement ment but It realizes that the anti anti- Tammany feeling and the Catho anti lic lie feeling In some sections would re- re react react act ct against Smith LEAGUE HAS liAS LUNATIC FRINGE FRI GE As for the leagues league's defensive pool pool- lon tion this man says Ms The defense position is always the hardest The wets come at us like so 0 o many mosquitoes and Its It's difficult to o swat them all at once even eyen though they hey make no headway Dry fanatics are re among our worst wont enemies Our lunatic fringe outside the league Is constantly making absurd statements which are good targets for the other side Ide de and which we cant can't go out of our ur way to disprove The league our informant contin- contin continued tied ed laughed at the rumor that Re- Re RepUblican Republican pUblican politicians had decided to let et up on prohibition enforcement On the contrary it is sure lure the party will travel travet the high and moral road mad in 1028 1038 because frankly it dares arcs to do nothing else The dry leaders believe their only real eal peril lies in the possibility that hat the rank and file flIe of the tho cause will go to sleep In confidence that the he cause is safe sate They The claim to have warned learned their Montana people of this Usia peril and I because this warning was unsuccessful to have lost a dum um in that state LEAGUES LEAGUE'S WORST ENEMY E Against the league the only organ- organ organIzation organization of o importance which has ap- ap appeared appeared eared Is the Association Against the he Prohibition Amendment The as- as association however Is not to be com corn compared pared ared with the league as regards its I Influence or organized support It Its Itts ts is s about where the league was as 20 to 25 5 years ago and it remains to be seen whether It will make any im Im- important Important im- im portent headway hea ay Congress is b 80 o thoroughly dry that the he most optimistic wet doesn't cx- cx expect it to be anything elM cite for years The he drys say It H is becoming drier and drier rier and the tho wets that it is becoming gradually wetter but the point Is that the ie national prohibition laws are firmly entrenched and not likely to b be modified for tor a long IonS time if ever That being the case prohibition remains the lawand law and the whole ques- ques Uon on bolls boils down to whether prohibition lion tion on In this country will be enforced more effectively erfe less effectively or o just about the same |