A CORRECTION.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") notice that under " News of the Week " in your issue of November 22nd you refer to the unfortunate Temperance meeting which was to have taken place at the Essex Hall, but was broken up by medical students, as being for the purposf of a debate between Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson and a repre- sentative of "The Trade." I should like to point out that the speaker opposed to Mr. "Pussyfoot " Johnson was a repre- sentative of the Anti-Prohibition League, which has no con- nexion whatever with the brewing or allied trades, 1111(1 is a body formed entirely of independent citizens for the purposs of combating a particularly insidious threat to their liberty. The speaker in question was Mr. It Mitchell Banks, a well- known practising barrister who also has no connexion with or interest in the brewing trade. I enclose herewith a list of the present Council. I trust that you will see your way to publish this letter in your columns, and if you would be so good as to draw attention to these facts in " News of the Week " of a future issue we should regard is as the nmende honorable for a statement which might prejudice the work of what, I think you will admit, is a necessary and useful organization.—We are, Sir, &c., THE A NTI-PROHIBITION LEAGU8 (C. K. Sugden, Hon. Organizer). 33-31 Chancery Lane, W.C.
[We much regret the mistake. We notice that the Vice- Presidents of the Anti-Prohibition League are Sir R. Pole- Carew, Sir James Crichton-Browne, Sir W. S. Brancker, awl Sir William Bennett.—ED. Spectator.]
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