Show negotiations ARE SEC SECRET MET but there in aniio doubt doolit it mena of I 1 is matter flatter will be Ite ached there Is now in progress an actina exchange of notes between the allied powers venezuela and the united states respecting the method of sub to arbitration the issues which have arisen between venezuela ana an the allies questions are being put and answers are forthcoming but it Is said that the negotiations are in such shape that it would be extremely injudicious and indiscreet to make each phase public it if there really existed a desire to reach a satisfactory set tl ement it Is explained at the state department that the part of the unit ed states government just now Is that ot of good friend to all parties that it Is not undertaking to draw up proto cols or impose limitations upon the tha parties but is confining its efforts to getting them together and keeping them so in this view jt it will not be necessary for our government to prescribe how the monroe doctone shall or shall riot not figure in the protocols prococo IS it will judge for itself by resul results ts how tur our interests are affected and will not indulge in premature or uncalled for protests ro tests As tor for the terms ot of the ar it Is stated slated that they are in W i fair way to be speedily adjusted but nothing 0 thing can be saia of the details it ra Is presumed that the allies will agree to terminate tor minati the blockade though no stipulation has yet been entered into on that point |