News that New Zealand had "gone wet" by a 100,000 majority of referendum votes was hailed with hosannas, last week, by wet U. S. news organs. The Republican but wet New York Herald Tribune editorialed: "In thus abandoning prohibition, after an extended trial, New Zealand follows the example of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, New South Wales, Norway, Turkey and Russia. . . .
"The world is growing wetter, whatever may be considered the trend of prohibition sentiment in the dominion of Uncle Sam."
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