The bug-eyed cupids that support the baroque ceiling of the Quai d'Orsay's famed Clock Room have seen some sights in their time. In 1928, they looked down as diplomats, in high hope of a better world, signed the Kellogg peace pact, forever outlawing war. In 1938, they saw Hitler's envoys make their cynical pledge of peace with France. Last week, the cupids watched over another scene of hope; the Foreign Ministers of France, Italy, West Germany and Benelux were signing the Treaty Establishing the European Defense Community, the military equivalent of the Schuman...
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