The Independent . ore thoroinvestigation than Congress had at firstplanned. The New York Stock Ex-change was asked to aid the investiga-tion by making public all the informa-tion in its possession which might havea bearing upon the matter in some time the exchange officialsresisted the demands of the investi-gators on the plea that it would be abreach of confidence to make publicall the dealings of members of the ex-change. But the Rules Committee re-fused to listen to any excuses andthreatened to subpoena the books ofall the brokers on the exchangewhether they had any relation to the
The Independent . ore thoroinvestigation than Congress had at firstplanned. The New York Stock Ex-change was asked to aid the investiga-tion by making public all the informa-tion in its possession which might havea bearing upon the matter in some time the exchange officialsresisted the demands of the investi-gators on the plea that it would be abreach of confidence to make publicall the dealings of members of the ex-change. But the Rules Committee re-fused to listen to any excuses andthreatened to subpoena the books ofall the brokers on the exchangewhether they had any relation to theleak investigation or not. At length the board of governors-of the Stock Exchange governors requested the membersof the exchange to furnish forthwithto the chairman of the committee onclearing house of the exchange state-ments in sealed envelopes, to be ex-amined only by the accountants of theRules Committee of the House ofRepresentatives, of the transactions of February 5, 1917 THE INDEPENDENT 209. *cl International Film A FABLE FOR CRITICSWhile the leader of the Constitutional party inJapan, Yukio Ozaki, former Minister of Justice,was hotly criticizing, at a Tokio mass meeting,the present administration under Premier Terau-chi, two men armed with swords sprang on theplatform and tried to stab him. Before the dis-order was quieted news came of the Imperialdissolution of Parliament, forestalling a vote oflack of confidence in the present cabinet customers from the 10th to the 23d ofDecember, 1916. These statements willshow of what Clearing House stockseach customer was long and of whichhe was short at the end of each day,giving the name of the customer, thestocks and the number of shares each;also what stocks were borrowed, whenand from whom borrowed, and whenreturned. All members of the exchangewere also asked if they had receivedany cables, wireless communication orintelligence of any sort from abroadwith reference to President Wilsonsnote. Of course, the requ
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