FRANCE IN THE RUHR.
NO LARGE WITHDRAWAL.
REGROUPING THE FORCES,
(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.)
(Received 11 a.m.)
LONDON, January 1
The "Times" Paris correspondent says that the departure from the Ruhr of certain French troops is giving rise to reports of large withdrawals in the New Year. It is suggested that this-change is ostentatiously being made on January 11, the anniversary of the beginning of tlic Ruhr occupation, but there is no official confirmation for these reports. It may be stated authoritatively that it is unlikely there will be any sudden withdrawal on a largo scale on any particular date.
When a decision to regroup the Franco-Belgian forces in the Ruhr was recently taken, it was left to the French commander to carry it out at his own discretion, and it was contemplated that any change, whether a reduction or a mere rearrangement, would be made gradually. A return to what is termed
"invisible occupation" was never intended as a sudden act of grace.— "Times.')
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2 January 1924, Page 5
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