SAAR VALLEY AGREEMENT
NATURE OF FRENCH TENURE.
PARIS, 2nd May.
Details of the Saaa- Valley agreement show that France is assured of full ownership of the coalfield, but a Commission under the Leaguo of Nations will bo entrusted with tihe government of the valley. There will be no change in citizenship, but after fifteen years the inhabitants shall decide by plebiscite whether they wish the new regime to continue or to belong to France or Germany. In the last case Germany may repurchase the mines at a valuation by international commission.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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91SAAR VALLEY AGREEMENT Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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