The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-06
TREATIES ID
 BE PUBLISUED
SENATE PROPOSES TO MAKE KNOWN THEIR TEXT BEFORE
 THEIR APPROVAL.
Two Peace Treaties Canadian Re ciprocity and Honduran Financial Proposed Agreements Included
 Their Text.

Washington, D. C., Aug. 5-The senate today adopted the rather un- usual, but not unprecedented course of making public the text of four treaties which have not yet received action at it's hands. These were the Anglo American and the Franco American general arbitration treaties and the treaties providing for the adjustment of the finances and GUS toms of Honduras and Nicaragua.
 Publicity was given to these im- portant conventions at the request of the administration, which desires that the subject matter shall receive the fullest consideration by the press and the people in order to enlighten the senate as to the real sentiment of the country as basis for its own 50. tion.
 Some justification for this proceed ure developed today when in the tNuiot OA q DAOiL thSRuNANt oSoSASA two senators of opposite parties, Bo- ran, of Idaho, and Bacon of Georgia, voiced their dissent to the conclu- sion of the arbitration treaties in the form submitted. Their criticisms was aimed at Article tideEtical in the two treatiesl which in their opinion provides for compulsory arbitration and thus tends to deprive the Unit ed States senate of it's constitution al prerogatiye.
 The treaty advocates, however, relt that there mad been misunderstand- ing of tine scope of the treaty by the two senators named and that a clause in article one of the treaties, which provides that there shall be np arbitration except under fine terms of special agreement effect lively guards the rights of the sen ate as such special agreement shall receive the senates sanction in or der to become operative
 Aside from few minutes talk in committee and very short debate to executive session almost as soon the treatment of the subject was purely formal. The senate went h. to xecutive session almost as soon as it convened. for the sole purpose Qf referring the treaties which had been received from the president yes- terday to the committee on foreign relations.
 Probably they would have been made public at the same time had not Chairman Culiom, voicing a sug- gestion by Senator Root. taken the ground that it would be berer to permit the committee first to inspect the documents.
 The committee met this afternoon and adopted the resolution to make the treaties public. which received the immediate approval of the senate when that body agsin went into ex- ecutive session shortly atterward.
 The British and French treaties are substantially the same, with the ex- ception Of the preambies some small difference in dates of existing trea ties referred to therein and some ,mechanlcal differences between trc@- ty making of the two governments One important provision of the Brit ish treaty requires the British gov ernment to obtain the concurrence oi any of it's self governing dominions affected by the proposed arbitration.
 No date has been set f,r the con sideration of the treaties by the sen ate committee on foreign relations In the ordinary course it will meet next Wednesday, hut there are lndi- cations that in view of the short time remaining of the present session, one or more special meetings may be call ed before that day.
 It is impossible to predict whai the senate will do with the commit tees report when 1t is made, but 1T view of the great press of importan legislative matters 1t would be easy to prevent ratification of these trea ties during the present session iran, considerable degree of opposition de veloped
 In view of their importance. it fl intimated that motion may be made to ratify them in the upen senate an almost unprecedented procedure
 Text of Peace Treaties.
 Article one provides that all alt