Drink and the War From the Patriotic Point of View

Excerpt from Drink and the War From the Patriotic Point of View

Drink question it is advisable, first of all, to make it quite clear from what point of view the problem is approached. I therefore hasten to state that I am not a teetotaler and am in no way connected with the United Kingdom Alliance or any other temperance organisation. Neither am I interested, financially or otherwise, in the liquor trade. In other words, I am an ordinary person who is fond of an occasional glass of beer. But at the present moment I am chie?y concerned with the winning of this war. Britain must come out on top and must maintain her position among the powers of the earth. Like every other Briton I am prepared to make any sacrifice that will help towards the achievement of that end. Mr. Lloyd George has said that Britain is fighting three enemies  Germany, Austria and Drink. Were his words to be taken literally or were they merely a picturesque exaggeration? That is the question which the nation has to decide. If the Chancellor's words were based on the truth, then the nation will be prepared to sacrifice its habits and pleasures in order to annihilate the third enemy, just as the ?ower of its manhood is prepared to sacrifice its life's blood in order to crush the other pen 5.