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Show SIX MORE PEACE TREATIES MADE Secretary Bryan Negotiates Agreements With Five Central Cen-tral American States. SIGNS SAN DOMINGO Senate Expected to Ratify Pacts Promptly Wiuohtt Pact! Promptly Without Offering Of-fering Opposition. Washington. Dec. 19. The first treaty between the United States and ! an European nation based upon Bee 1 rotary Bryan's peace plan was signed 1 vesierday Similar treaties have been negotiated with five Central Amer- j lean nations and It Is planned to sign one with the Dominican repub lie today. The American-Netherlands convention conven-tion embodies generally the principles princi-ples of Secretary Bryan's plan to oring to an end warfare between the nations of world, bnt It differs In some details from similar pacts already al-ready signed There is no provision In It for the maintenance of the status quo as to military and naval I reparations during the period of In vestlgatlon. Mr Bryan pointed out today, however, that he considered this feature non-essential, acceptance of the principle of investigation be-ins be-ins the keynote of the plan. In negotiating the treaty Secretary Bryaji made a flight concession to the Netherlands In tbe matter of the appDlntment of the fifth member of the permanent International commission commis-sion to be chosen by common agree ment between the two governments. It being understood that this mem ber shall not be a citizen of either country'- The previous treaties do not make this limitation as to cltl-BOnshlp cltl-BOnshlp of the fifth member Four members are to be chosen on the plan the similar commission provided for In the other treaties, that Is, One from each country' to be selected by the respective governments and one to be chosen by each government frot.i some third country Tbe treaty like the others Is to run for five rears and thereafter re-mnlr re-mnlr in force until twelve months ,f ' ter one of the high contracting parties par-ties has given notice, of an Intention lo terminate it. The International commission must be appointed within with-in six months after the exchange of the ratifications. While none of the pence treaties has been ratified by the senate as yet. Secretary" Bryan said this was due to the press of business. He .ml he expected to encounter no difficulty when the pacts were reach-. reach-. .1 by the upper house. |