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Show INTERNATIONAL , 1 1 COHISSIOjf WASHINGTON, Jon. 1. By auttf ization of Secretary Knox, of thy partment of state, tho Joint report i Judge Martin A. Knapp, chalrmaJ i the Interstate Commorce commly E and Judge J P. Mabie, chierpf gj railway coramioalon of Canada, fi proposed creation of the lnterM m commorce commission, bus nf public. y f Tho report rccomissnds .Uyj H J Mon of the proposcd''rbmmlsy , ' commissioners were in completo ac- cord upon all matters. I The essential features of the report nre: "It is quite apparent that the ex-I ex-I isting laws of the United States and j of Canada are Inadequate for the ef-I ef-I fectlvo control or international car-I car-I rlers as respects through rates and I the establishment or through routes To accomplish the desired results a treaty between the two countries would bo prescribed to current legls-, legls-, latlon. I "International carriers by water be-' be-' tween the United States and Canada , should not bo subjected to the provisions provi-sions of such a treaty except when I and to the extent that they unite with ' rail carriers In cither country In forming form-ing through water and rail or rail and water routeB. "The provisions of such a treaty should apply to telegraph, telephone 1 and express companies and such companies com-panies should be subject as respects their International business, to the authority of the International commerce com-merce commission." Two features of the proposed treaty nre notable They provide that claims for reparation shall not ho heard by the International commerce commission, and that that body shall ' not prosecute criminal proceedings I against shippers or carriers. I It Is the purpose of Secretary Knox I to submit the treat' to tho senate at l an early date, with a recommendation I that It bo ratified at the present session ses-sion of congress. |