Problem with apostrophe and parameter in same resource property

There is an issue if a resource string contains an apostrophe and is processed by MessageFormat to replace parameters.

Here is an example
String errorMsg = JSMsg.gettext("Not a valid Strong's Number \"

{0}\"", "99999");
System.out.println(errorMsg);
Prints:
Not a valid Strongs Number "{0}

"
It seems that the apostrophe is quoting the rest of the string and therefore the apostrophe is removed and the parameter substitution prevented.

I first noticed this in JSMsg_fr.properties because French has a lot of apostrophes e.g.
Creating\ index.\ Processing\

{0} = Cr\u00E9ation d'index. Traitement {0}

Test:
Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRENCH);
String jobName = JSMsg.gettext("Creating index. Processing

{0}", "ABC");
System.out.println(jobName);
Prints
Création dindex. Traitement {0}

There seem to be 2 approaches to solve this:
1. double all apostrophes in all properties files manually
2. double all apostrophes before calling MessageFormat in MsgBase as in the second (IBM) link below
I think option 2 is less work and possibly better.

This issue is discussed in the following pages:
http://blogs.oracle.com/byuan/entry/best_practices_of_handling_apostrophes
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v5r6m1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.commerce.developer.doc/refs/rgbtips.htm