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Germany, it was stated in the daily Press on Monday,

has obtained from the Allies a concession in regard to the Saar Valley agreement which is not likely to please public opinion in France, at whose expense the modification has been made. It is in effect that if after fifteen yeara the inhabitants declare for German nationality, then for the obligation to Pay to France the value of the mines in gold shall be substituted the obligation to create a prior charge upon German assets in terms to be dictated by the League of Nations. But probably far-seeing French opinion is not seriously perturbed by a concession which follows only upon a doubtful contingency—the reversion of the Saar, by its free choice, to Germany.

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