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Show TEUTONS TO 5 URRENDER ALL DIVERS: GERMANY JIUST GIVE UP EVERY UVES5EL Amendments of Armistice Armi-stice Terms Demand Surrender of All Submarines Sub-marines to the Allies. Number of Railway Cars to Be Handed Over Also Is Increased From 50,000 to 150,000. ZUBICH, Nov. 12. (By tne Associated As-sociated Press.) A republic was proclaimed at Berlin on Saturday, according to advices received from Munich. i j PABJS, Nov. 12. (Havas.) A dispatch to the Frankfort Gazette Ga-zette from Budapest says the new linnanian government has declared Fnzx on Germany. I. V.'ASHINGTOX, Xov. V2. Germany oses her entire fleet of submarines under W: armistice terms as amended by Mar-"It" Mar-"It" -Foeh before he sighed them with t,he German envoys Monday morning. Instead In-stead of 160 vessels, every oho of the undersea pirate craft must be surrendered surren-dered to the allies and the United States within fourteen days. Eighteen of the articles, as Originally prepared by the supreme war council, and as read by President Wilson to congress, con-gress, were changed under the limited authority for alteration given the supreme co-nmander in dealing with the enemy envoys. The state department today received re-ceived and made public the amended articles, ar-ticles, with the explanation that no information in-formation had come as to how the changes were brought about. Apparently, most of them were conceded in response to appeals of the German spokesmen, though several, besides that touching submarines, make the terms more drastic than before. CONSIDER FOOD NEEDS IN GERMANY. Instead of 50,000 railroad cars to be surrendered in evacuated territory, the uumtier is made 150,000. On the other hand, the number of machine euns to be delivered by the Germans is reduced from 30,000 to 25,000; the German troops In fiast Africa are permitted to evacuate, instead of being required to surrender; provision is made for considering tood needs in Germany in the taking of means of transportation, and a specific reference to the regulation of repatriation of Ger-' Ger-' man prisoners of war at the conclusion of peace is r-.dded. .In response to the German fear of anarchy in occupied Russian provinces after evacuation, the time of ovacuatlon t is changed from immediately to "as soon ".'is the allies, taking into account the in-jrnal in-jrnal situation of these territories, shall Wde that the time for this has come." Tl-torlcs which belonged to Austrla-Huni';:iry Austrla-Huni';:iry before the war are added to thp !c which must be evacuated. ; ADMIT TEUTONS , TO COMMISSION. Another added clause provides for an armistice commission, to which Germans will le ' ad'rnltted, to carry out details under the direction of the victorious miti-ta'y-authorities and In accord with appended ap-pended notes which were drafted during the conference between Marshal Foch and - .the German delegates. The additions and changes close with this: "This armistice has been signed the eleventh of November, nineteen eighteen. :'t 5 o'clock, French time. (F. Foch, R. K. " eymss, Erzlergor, A. Oberndorff. M m-terfelrtt, m-terfelrtt, VanScKw. ) " President Wilson hlis had the terms, as "rafted by tho supreme w;tr council and approved by the allied premiers and Colonel House, in his hands since a week ago yesterday, when thev were cabled upon their completion. He prepared ills address, Including the terms, and read it to Xmgr7 before Marshal Foch reported the . 'locument as actually signed at his headi, uarters. A sii'nimary of the changes follows: Artie ,e Fifteen days, instead of fourteen four-teen d;,'ys, are Allowed for the repatriation, repatria-tion, be' ginning at once, of all the inhabitants inhabi-tants r moved from invaded countries, in-'IniJfo in-'IniJfo hostages and persons under trial Lonvicted. J",Artlcl15 4- Providing for the surrender . munitions and equipment reduces the (Contlnned on Page Eight.) GERMANY MUST GIVE UP U-VESSELS 'Continued from Page One.) number of machine guns to be delivered from 30,000 to 25,000, the number of airplanes air-planes from 2000 to 1700. Article 5. Providing for the evacuation by the Germans of the countries on the left bank of the Rhine, stipulates that these countries shall be administered by "the local troops of occupation," instead of by the local authorities under the control of the allied and United States armies, and the occupation Is to be "carried "car-ried out by," instead of "determined by" allied and United States garrisons holding strategic points and the principal crossings of the Rhine. Thirty-one clays, instead of twenty-five, are allowedahior completion of the evacuation. W Article 6. Providing that no damage or harm shall be done to persons and property in territory evacuated by the Germans, has a sentence added specifically specifical-ly stipulating that no person shall be prosecuted for offenses of participation in war measures prior to the signing of the armistice. Handing Materials Over. Article 7. Providing for the abandonment abandon-ment or delivery in good order to the associated powers of all roads and means of communication and transportation in evacuated territory, calls for 150.000 wagons wag-ons (rail cars), instead of 50,000; 5000 motor lorries, instead of 10,000, and re-qu re-qu i res t ha t all ci vil and naval personnel at present employed on such means of communication and transportation, including includ-ing waterways, shall remain. Thirty-one instead of twenty-five days are allowed driven before the armistice was signed), was changed in minor particulars. Article 34. Providing that the duration of the armistice shall be thirty days, and that if its clauses are not carried into execution exe-cution It may be renounced upon forty-eight forty-eight hours' warning, has the following added: "It Is understood that the execution execu-tion of articles three and eighteen shall not warrant the denunciation of the armistice armi-stice on the ground of Insufficient execution execu-tion within a period fixed except in the case of bad faith in carrying them into eecution. In order to assure the execution execu-tion of this convention under the best conditions, con-ditions, the principle of a permanent international in-ternational armistice commission is admitted. ad-mitted. This commission shall act under the authority of the allied military and naval commanders in chief." German Fleet Control. Control of the German fleet by revolutionists, revo-lutionists, factions of whom are reported to have urged resistance to the allies and United States, may interfere with the carrying car-rying out of the amended provision that vessels designated to be interned be ready to leave German ports seven days after cessation of hostilities. At the end of the seven-day period, which will expire at midnight next Sunday, Sun-day, the designated units of the fleet, the armistice provides, must be completely complete-ly disarmed. Prompt action, even under normal conditions, would be required of the Gern an naval forces to disarm vessels ves-sels of the battle cruiser a.nd battleship type within seven days, naval experts have said. In some quarters tonight fear was expressed that with the German navy in a disorganized condition, owing to the revolution, the necessary preparations for turning over the vessels might not be completed in the period specified. Two Courses Open. Action to be taken by the allies and the United States, in event the vessels were not prepared for surrender at the expiration expira-tion of the allowed period, was not indicated indi-cated tonight by officials. In such an evf-.nt only two courses were regarded as tor handing over the materials. Thirtv-six Thirtv-six days are, allowed for the handing over of the railways in Alsace-Lorraine, together with the pre-war personnel. Article 8. Forty-eight hours is given the German command to reveal destructive destruc-tive measures, such as polluted springs and wells, and to reveal and assist in discovering and destroying mines or delayed de-layed action fuses on evacuated territory. No time limit was fixed originally. American War Prisoners. Article 9. Providing for the right of requisition by the United States and al- open either extension by agreement of the associated governments of the time period or forcible seizure. Should forcible seizure be necessary it was thought resistance re-sistance by the disorganized crews would bo a hopeless entei-prise. In discussing today the naval terms of the armistice, Secretary Daniels said the allied and American navies were prepared fully to deal with any situation that might arise. He said that no intimation of the reported defiance from the revolutionists revo-lutionists had come through any naval channel. Pending completion of the su.-render of the ships demanded and disarming of others, and particularly while any submarines sub-marines remain in German hands, Secretary Sec-retary Daniels said there would be no relaxation in the protection of troop-ships and other vessels. Eventual disposition to be made of the Austrian and German ships acquired by surrender has not been indicated by officials. of-ficials. It is regarded as certain that the supreme war council at Versailles worked out a definite project in this respect, I which will soon be disclosed. lied armies in occupied territory, has the clause added, "subject to regulation of accounts with those whom It may con- cern." Article 10. Providing for the repatriation, repatria-tion, without reciprocity, of all allied and United States prisoners of war, including in-cluding persons under trial or convicted, has the following added: This condition annuls the previous conventions on the subject of the exchange of prisoners of war, including the one of Julv, 1918, in course of ratification. However, the repatriation of German prisoners of war-interned war-interned in Holland and in Switzerland shall continue as before. The repatriation repatria-tion of German prisoners of war shall be regulated, at the conclusion of the preliminaries pre-liminaries of peace." Withdrawal of Troops. Article 12. Providing for the withdrawal with-drawal of German troops from territory which belonged before the war to Russia. Rus-sia. Rumania and Tiirkey, is rewritten. Territory which belonged to Austria-Hungary is added to that from which the Germans must withdraw immediately, and, as to territory ' which belonged to Russia, it is provided the German troops now there shall withdraw wihhin the frontiers fron-tiers of Germany "as soon as the allies, taking into account the Internal situation situa-tion of those territories, shall decide the time for this has come." Article. 15. "Renunciation" is substituted sub-stituted for "abandonment" in stipulating stipulat-ing the treaties of Bucharest find Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk are nullified. Article 16. Providing free access to the allies in lerritory evacuated through the German eastern frontier Is changed so as to declare such access is for the purpose of conveying supplies to the populations "and for the purpose of maintaining order." or-der." Instead of "or for any other purpose." pur-pose." In East Africa. Article 17. Originally providing for the "unconditional capitulation," within one month, of all German forces operating operat-ing in East Africa, is substituted by a clause requiring only "evacuation by all German forces operating in East Africa within a period to be fixed by the allies." Arfiflcle IS. Providing for the repatriation repatria-tion of all civilians belonging to the allies or associated powers other than those enumerated In article three is amended to eliminate a reservation that any future claims or demands by the allies and the t nited States shall remain unaffected. Article 2. hrovinmg tor the surrender of 160 German submarines is changed to read "all submarines now existing," with the added stipulation that "those which -an not take these (lake the sea?) shall be disarmed of the material and personnel and shall remain under the supervision of the allies and the United Ptatcs." Further Fur-ther nrovislon? are added requiring nli the conditions of the article shall be carried Into effect within fourteen days : that submarines ready for sea shall be pre- ! Dared to leave German ports immediately immediate-ly upon orders by wireless, and t he re- I mainder at the earliest possible moment. Hun Surface Ships. Article 23. Providing for the disposition of German surface warships, hag additional addi-tional rlauses requiring that vessels designated desig-nated for Internment shall be ready to leave German ports within seven days upon directions by wlre'esa. and that the military armament of all vessels of the auxiliary fleet shall be put on shore. Article 2. Providing thnt the allied blockade remains unchanged, has this sentence sen-tence added: "The allies and the United St a tes should give consideration to the I provisioning of Germany during the armi- slice to the extent recognize, as necessary." neces-sary." Vrti'le 2. Providing condit ions of evacuation of the Belgian coast ffr"m which the Germans actually had been |