Evening star., 1925-08-01
81 Months Occupation Ends
Quietly After Long, vio-
lent Debate.
GERMAN REFUGEES HIT
HARD ON EAST BORDER
Thousands, Expelled by Poland,
Suffer Acutely as West Finally
Gets Relief.
BY the A..nciated Pre,s

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 1.-Oficial an.
nouncement was made this morning
that French evacuation of the Ruhr
is complete; that not a single French
soldier remained in the mining and
industrial basin after midnight last
night
The entry Of the French forces into
the Ruhr took place January Il, 1929.
1t caused much ink to flow and entire
pages of the newspapers were de-
voted TO the report of operations de-
signed to bring about payment by
Germany of her reparations obliga-
ton. The evacuation, which has been
going on for the past month, how
ever, has been totally ignored by the
French press, and unnoticed by the
general public.
Polish Frontier Suffers.
By the Associate Press.
NEW YORK, August while
the populace of the Ruhr Valley. in
the western section of Germany, is
arranging fetes to celebrate the de-
parture of the last of the French
occupational forces, there are misery
and suffering near the Polish frontier,
in the northeastern corner of the
country.
The cause is the arrival there of
thousands of Germans, who have been
virtually expelled from Poland be-
cause they voted in favor of Germany
In the Upper Silesian plebiscite. Upper
Silesia formerly belonged to Germany,
and the plebiscite, held in 1920, TO
determine the disposition of the terri
tory, was provided for in the Yer
sailles peace treaty.
Schneidemuhl is the scene of a
great encampment where the evicted
Germans are living temporarily, and
dispatches from that place describe
their condition as pitiable. They have
been coming across the frontier in
droves for the last two days, as the
time limit for their voluntary depar-
ture expired at midnight. Rather
than take the cha nee of forcible evic-
ton, due today, the men and women
loyal to Germany, with their children
and all the worldly possessions they
could take with them, departed for
the German side OF the frontier. They
now are crowded in barracks and
temporary shelters and the authori-
ties are faced with the serious prob
lem of providing homes and employ
ment for them.
Poland Explains Action.
Poland explains that her decision
to expel the Germans is based on an
arbitration verdict of the Court OF
International Justice at The Hague.
Germany has declared that she did not
believe the expulsion order would be
carried out, but that If it was she
would take mea TO return to Po-
land Poles who are on German ter
ritory.
The people of Essen and other
Westphalian towns are in a frenzy
of joy over the departure of the
allied troops who have been occupy
ing the region since early in 1928.
These troops marched into the Ruhr
for the purpose of bringing Germany
TO the realization that her repara-
tions payments would have to be
met. The allies feel this has been
accomplished under the terms of the
Dawes reparation plan, and in COM
pliance with the stipulations of the
recent London agreement the occu-
pied areas have been turned back TO
the Germans. Essen, one of the
principal centers of the district, was
completely Cleared OIL fT6IlCn
Yesterday The radio fans in the
region are especially pleased over the
new privilege which is to be theirs of
enjoying the radio. With the going
of the foreign troops the ban on wire
less communication has been lifted
and every family having sufficient
means is planning to have a wireless
receiving outfit.
German Reprisal Ready.
BERLIN, August 1 OP.-PoIes in
Germany will not be evicted by the
Reich government unless Poland
forcibly elects the Germans still re-
naming in Poland. If Poland does
this Germany is prepared to make i'm
mediate reprisals.
The German foreign Office seems
confident the Germans expelled from
Polish Upper Silesia and now herded
at Schneidemuehl can be completely
absorbed in Germany within a few
weeks.