The Daily Chronicle of Tuesday states that at the first
meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on the Chartered Company, and after Mr. Jackson had been appointed Chairman, a course of procedure was agreed on. The first point to be inquired into is the Raid. Mr. Chamberlain is to prepare, print, and circulate all the material that can be furnished to the members of the Committee, so that they may inform themselves as fully as possible of the facts already known. Next, the Transvaal Government is to be invited, through the medium of the Colonial Office, to submit formally such evidence as they think fit. "We gather," adds the Daily Chronicle," that they will be heard by counsel if they so desire." Finally, Mr. Rhodes is to be summoned to attend the Committee when it sits again, and to be examined as to his part in the Raid. That is so far satis- factory, but we agree with the Daily Chronicle that the administration of the Company and its financial position and antecedents, are subjects quite as important for careful in- vestigation.
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