17 JUNE 1911, Page 15

AN ORGANIZED HYPOCRISY.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

HIS,—I am informed that at the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends lately held in London one of the Rowntrees was taken to task on the question of the Star betting tips, and that he made a rather lame defence. The weight of the meeting was against him, but he had some supporters, more on political than on moral grounds, for the discussion was mostly Unionist friends v. Radical ditto, the latter, of course, sup- porting Rowntree. You may be interested in knowing that your action in the matter has some support in the Society.—I