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Show iiLUmllib U8t?a Voluntary Abstinence From Iaiquor or Tpbaccp Sur prises Observer: "Waste of Foci in Bhtillcries Causes Anxiety MERLIN. Sept 16 (By The Asso-! elated Press. ) Americans arc taking un active part in the movement to put Germany on the dry list. Recent Re-cent meetings held In various parts of tho country presented speakers from Connecticut and Minnesota who described the progress of the prohibition prohibi-tion movement In the United States These gatherings have revealed a surprlslnt; amount of sentiment among the people in favor of the abolition of alcohol. It is asserted In a statement state-ment by nr. Reinhard Strecker, of Darmstadt, president of the committee commit-tee conducting the campaign, and former for-mer Hessian nitnl.st.-r of education, Me expressed special surprise and p - i sure, at the moderation and abstinence, ab-stinence, now being shown by the young men. The best sections of Germany's Ger-many's youth are against alcohol. Dr. Strecker Bald, and these no long-.-r drink, or csen smoke. .- added: I "Particular signific ance lay be attached at-tached to this restraint on the p.irt of German youths since u comes entire ly on their own Initiative. n Ither the church nor the school up to this tlm--having taken the alcohol Question Ber lously " Ho declared that need is the stern teacher which Is gradually but Inevitably In-evitably educating th Qcrihans up t.. prohibition Prevailing high prices of necessities necessi-ties make them he. ,i,i. n- an l more restive at seeing valuable foodstuffs food-stuffs going Into the breweries and distilleries. The working man. too, was paying more attention to the question, realizing thiU . very liter of beer ho consumed would provide six hungry children each with a bowl of barley soup. The prohibition movement's greatest great-est success thus far. K.ild Dr Streck-ler. Streck-ler. was tho result of the straw iv nt Bielefeld, where 90 per cent pf the voters endorsed if This poling whs noteworthy, he added, because it was based on the political Mrts of qualified "0u.r3. |