France would then, geographically and industrially, possess the Saar Basin, which seems essential for French industry." The first plan was evidently to claim the Saar as being a sort of annex of ...

AMONG the many controverted chapters of the Treaty of Versailles that disposing of the Saar Basin is one of the least generally understood. Like the rest of the treaty, this has been rarely read by ...

With the January 13 plebiscite which will decide the Saar Basin’s future less than two weeks off, ... Voters for the third alternative, which would favor handing over the Saar to France, ...

With regard to the Inter-Allied debts, France owes Government debts to the United States and Great Britain to the amount of 29,969,000,000 gold francs ($5,784,017,000).

"The government of the Saar basin by a commission of the League of Nations is a very interesting experiment in international administration," said Professor Charles H. Haskins in a recent lecture ...

At least 2,000 additional police are needed in the Saar Basin, ... The inhabitants of the Saar are to choose whether they are to return to Germany, become a part of France, ...

Under its terms the long-disputed border region of Alsace-Lorraine, rich in coal, was handed to France. France was also given control of German coal fields in the Saar basin.