18 JULY 1925, Page 2

The evacuation of the Ruhr by the French has begun.

It will probably be completed some time in August. The actual date agreed upon for completion was August 16th, and we hope that in order not to create fresh causes of suspicion it may be possible to observe that arrangement. The French troops have really served no purpose—not even a French purpose—in the Ruhr since August of last year when the London Agreement was signed. It is notorious that M. Herriot kept them there to pacify his critics in France. He promised Germany that the occupation for the remainder of the time should be "invisible." We must add in justice that so far as we know Germany has since had no cause of complaint. * .*