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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to, or corrective of, news previously published in TIME...
...Sweden, situated between two prohibition countries-Norway and Finland, claims to be soberer than either. Each household is allowed four liters of liquor per month. Since 1911 when liquor restrictions were adopted, consumption has fallen from 2 liters per capita per annum to 12 liters, "public offenses" from 47 per 1,000 population to 19 per 1,000 population, drunkards treated in hospitals from 1.2 per 1,000 population...
...Wang and W. W. Yen and they differ between themselves as to the course they should pursue. Both are for customs autonomy, but Wang wants it abruptly and Yen wants it gradually. They represent a more and less radical attitude, but there are elements more radical than either of them who are demanding customs autonomy and abolition of extraterritoriality at a stroke and no shilly-shallying with the powers...
Author Beresford gave up being an architect 20 years ago, to write psychological novels. His characters are structurally correct, the perspective of their situations perfect to a fault. Unfortunately, they remain largely in the blue-print stage, explicit social diagrams which their creator lacks either the wit or power to bring to life...
Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to, or corrective of, news previously published in TIME...