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![Signing of new French treaty marks sesquincentennial of amity between France and U.S. A bond of peace and friendship between France and the United States which had its beginning just 150 years ago on February 6, 1778, was sealed anew at the State Department in Washington today, when signatures were reached to the new peace pact, which virtually renounces [...] as instrumentality ever to be called into play between the two republics. The treaty not only asserts that war between the two nations is unthinkable, but it [...] up new and strong machinery for the adjustment by [...] of conciliation of disputes between them [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjgvMDEvMDEvc2lnbmluZy1vZi1uZXctZnJlbmNoLXRyZWF0eS1tYXJrcy1zZXNxdWluY2VudGVubmlhbC1vZi1hbWl0eS1iZXR3ZWVuLWZyYW5jZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "Signing of new French treaty marks sesquincentennial of amity between France and U.S. A bond of peace and friendship between France and the United States which had its beginning just 150 years ago on February 6, 1778, was sealed anew at the State Department in Washington today, when signatures were reached to the new peace pact, which virtually renounces [...] as instrumentality ever to be called into play between the two republics. The treaty not only asserts that war between the two nations is unthinkable, but it [...] up new and strong machinery for the adjustment by [...] of conciliation of disputes between them [...]")