Show 1 Will riLL REPORT R THE Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Listens to Mr Root Washington April 1 IFor For an hour and a half today toda Secretary Root dis lis discussed discussed cussed with the senate committee on foreign relations the various arbitration arbitration tion treaties resulting from The Hague conference which are now before the th senate with the result that he hl corn com committee c m decided to favorably report the general treaty providing for the pacific settlement of international conflicts con This is an amendment of oC the corre corresponding corresponding corresponding agreement of 1899 and makes males material additions to the convention The committee also heard heird Mr Roots views on the two treaties providing for forthe forthe forthe the regulation of contracts q and estah establishment establishment of prize courts c but took no action on either of them th ln Contrary to expectations tle the Vene Venezuelan Venezuelan 1 eian question was not touched touch d upon pon either by the secretary or by b the n bers of the committee It Is under understood r stood that the committee members de dc desire desire sire further time in which to tu inform themselves before taking up this sub sab subject subject In reporting the general arbitration treaty treat to the senate two resolutions rei agreed upon by the committee accompanied it They rhey are In the form of res rca reservations by b this government One de dc declared dared that the action of ot the nate lIate ratifying them shall not be construed as a departure from the traditional policy polley of ot the United States not to in interfere interfere with political affairs of the eastern hemisphere The declaration follows the line of ot the reservation on made in ratifying the con convention convention convention The second reservation is to prevent any arbitration by b the United Unit d States except in pursuance of a par particular particular particular treaty treat to be negotiated cover covering coverI ing the specific cases to be arbitrated The effect of these reservations is i 10 to tomake make the general treaty a code of f procedure in arbitration matter |