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Show WOULD BRING rmt TO WHOLE WORLD PRESIDENT NOTIFIES FOREIGN "RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF DE-S DE-S RE TO PRESS TREATIES. Propos That Investigation Shall be Resorted to in All Cases Where the Ordinary Resources of Diplomacy Fail in lts Purpose. Washington. - President Wilson through Secretary Bryan, has notified the senate foreign relations committee commit-tee he wishes to press for ratification before adjournment of this session of congress, the new peace treaties signed sign-ed with twenty foreign powers. The president's plan was communicated communi-cated in a statement to members of the committee by Secretary Bryan, on Saturday. Copies will be sent to every senator when the treaties are submitted for ratification. In his statement Secretary Bryan set forth the following analysis of the general purposes of the treaties: "That investigation shall be resorted resort-ed to in all cases where the ordinary resources of diplomacy fail. "That the contracting parties reserve re-serve the right to act independently on the matter after the submission ol the report. "That there shall be no appeal to force until after the investigation is completed. "The commission is to be composed of five members, one chosen from each country from among its citizens, one chosen by each country from an. other country and the fifth to be chosen chos-en by agreement of the two countries from soma third country. In a few cases provision is made for the appointment ap-pointment of the fifth member by the four members or by some neutral power or tribunal in case the two countries cannot agree." Treaties have already been signed with Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, The Netherlands, Nether-lands, Bolivia, Portugal, Persia, Denmark, Den-mark, Switzerland, -Costa Rica, Dominican Domin-ican republic, Venezuela, Norway and Peru. A treaty with Uraguay will be signed next week. |