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Show SENATE FAVORS UJP1M WASHINGTON, Aug G. Pressure is being brought to bear ou tho senate ln favor of tho arbitration treaties between be-tween tho United States and Great Britain and the United States and France The only hitch appaient at the present time is the fear of the senate that scmo of Its treaty-making preiogatlvea may be endangered by the new conventions. This Is denied bj Secretary nox. "WhKile the scope of the treaties just signed," he said tonight, "has been enlarged to Include questions ol vital lntorcst and national honor excepted ex-cepted In tho treaties now In force with Franco and Great Britain, the relations of the senate to" the arbitration arbitra-tion proceedings remain tho same as in the treaties now In force." Both tho president and Secretary Knox are highlv desirous of having tho treaties ratified before the adjournment ad-journment of congress. |