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Show Arbitration Treaties. The arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France urobably will be called up in open session of the senate wllhin a fortnight. Friends of t'ne treaties have h&ld up action p'-ndlng a. marshaling marshal-ing of the strength neceppan- for th-Mr ratification. This strength has not de-I de-I vdoped sufficiently" vet. but there are Indications of a gain among the Democratic Demo-cratic .senators and of a sentiment increasingly in-creasingly favorable to Senator Root's proposal le. provide directly that nothlnc In the . treaties shall .he. construed to bind the FnHdf' S'taleB 'to arbitrate such question;; as the Monroe doctrine or control con-trol of Immigration. Senator l.orimej- tomorrow will testify under ontVi for the frPt tlnie since thp senate ordered an Investigation of his election. He may tako two days to tell his story. The house pnear investigating committees commit-tees are scheduled to resume hearings tomorrow and Ihe national monelorv commission will make lis final report lo congress Tuesday. Senator Piipont will speak in the t-onat Tuesda.v on a bill lo raise volunteer military forces In lime of actual or threatened war, and the house foreign affairs committee the same day will act on the bill making: effective effect-ive Ihe international nrotectloir of fur neal and oiler In the North Pacific. |