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Show FRANCE TO SICN ARBITRATION TREATY WASHINGTON, July 15. Franee. It is announced, ia practically ready to sige a general arbitration treaty with ine iune(i iiaiss emmet 10 me ve. with Great Britain. Embassador Juseerand 'a visit to Par-is, Par-is, where he now is on leave, ia declared to have brought about thia rapid de terminataion of the French foreiga office of-fice to eonrlude such a treaty with tha United Htates. The information reaching reach-ing Washington ia that the French government gov-ernment ia in a most complacent mood and it ia now regarded as possible that Sei-retarv Knox will sign the treaties with (treat Britain and France at the ante time. In that ease they both will he submitted at onea to tha aenata for ratification. As the conventions must be aigned in Washington, where they originate, such a program would necessitate a slight delav in order to await the return to this capital of Embassador Jneaer-and. |