Paris, July 15.
The French Government's reply the American proposal for a multilateral pact for the outlawry of war has been handed to Mr. Myron Herrick, the American Am-Dassador at Paris, who, acting on instructions from' Mr. F. B. Kel-egg, the United States Secretary of State, expressed the lively. satisfaction of the American Government at receiving a favourable reply from France on the occasion of their national festival on July 14.
The attitude of France, Mr. Her-rick declared, could not fail deeply, to impress the world in general.
The American Ambassador also expressed Mr. Kellogg's appreciation of the initiative taken by M. Briand, the French Foreign Mis ister, the genesis of the pact and the close collaboration between the French and American Governments, which led to its realization.
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