On Wednesday Mr. Falconer and Mr. Booth made state- ments
in regard to this letter, but those statements, though they sought to justify the action of the two members, did not contain a denial of the specific allegation. It may be as well to state that the information which it is alleged the members did not communicate was the information which they had received, presumably, from the Attorney-General in regard to the purchase of the American shares. In other words, during the early part of the proceedings of the Committee, when most of the members, like the general public, were totally unaware of these purchases, they kept this material knowledge to themselves. Their excuse, as far as we can understand, Tpears to be that they acted upon advice, and that no injury was done by their not disclosing their knowledge to their colleagues. In regard to this point we will at present only say that by their action they certainly did not help those whose interests they are clearly so anxious to protect.
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