Foreign Relations

FOREIGN RELATIONS.

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Senate Committee Holds Its First Meeting Since Reorganization.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The senate committee on foreign relations Wednesday held its first meeting since the reorganization, Senator Sherman presiding and Senators Cameron, Cullom, Lodge and Mills, the new members, being present. The committee decided to hold a special session on Saturday for the consideration of the Venezuelan, Cuban and Armenian questions. The meeting Wednesday was devoted to getting routine matters out of the way in order to permit the uniterrupted [sic] consideration of more important questions at the special meeting. It is expected that the committee will consider the Monroe doctrine in connection with the Venezuelan matter.