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Show I Lltovsk and of the supplementary t res t ies. "Sixteen The allies shall have '.free access to the territories evacuated 'thy the Ormans on their eastern frontier fron-tier either through Dans Iff or by the Vistula In order to convey supplies to the populations of those territories terri-tories or for any other purpose. 1 CLAUSE CONCERNING EAST I AFRICA. "Seventeen -T'nconditional capitula-, capitula-, tion of all Herman forces operating In i Kst AfrJcs, within one month. . GENERAL CLAUSES. "Kighteen Repatriation " without ! reciprocity within a maximum period ! of on month, in accord with details 'hereafter to be fixed, of all civilians j Interned or deported who may be i citizens of other allied or associated I' states than those mentioned in clause 2, paragraph 19, with the reservation that any future claims and demands of the attiee and the t nlted Rtatee of America remain unaffected. "Nineteen The following financial conditions are required: "Reparation fur damage done. White such armistice lasts ni publio securities se-curities shall be removed by the enrmr which ran aerve as a pledge to the allies for the recovery or i reparation for war loaeea. Immediate i restitution of the cash deposit In the l national bank of Belgium, and In en- era! Immediate return of all documents, docu-ments, specie, stocks, shares, paper money, together with plant for the issue 4 hereof, touching public or privets pri-vets Intereata In Invaded countries., Restitution ef, the Russian and Rumanian Ru-manian gold yielded to Cermany or taken by that power. This gold to be delivered In trust to the allies until the signature of peace. "Twenty Immediate cessation of att hoatil 1 1 1 ea at sea and definite In- Contlnued on psge 1) by the flerman armies of the following equipment: Hxe thousand guns I L'ful I heavy. L'&OO field i; XU.iMM) ma hitu i guns: 30 mtnenwerfer; Joimi atr-pjanes atr-pjanes ifighters, bombers, firstly; Ii-73's and -night bombing machines!. The above to be delivered In Slmmtu to the allies and the J'nited Stales troops in aevrordsnce with the detailed conditions laid down in the annexed noe. 'Kive Evacuation by the tjerman si mies of the countries on the left ounk of the Rhine. Thee countries on the left bank of the Rhine shall be administered bv the local authorities under the control of the silled and t nlted States armies of mcupation. The occupation of these terr.tories will be determined by allied nd I'nlted States gsrrisnns ho ding the principal crossliiKS of the Rhine. Mav-ence. Mav-ence. ('ob)ents. t'ologne. toaether with hrldaeheads at these points in thirty kilometers radius on the right bank and by garrisons s inilarly holding the strategic point of the regions. A neutral neu-tral aone shall be reserved on the right of the Rhine between the siresm and a line drawn parntlel to it forty kilometer to the east fiom the frontier fron-tier or Holland U Um aswwilei of tieriish'im and mm tm,r as prrtlcahte a distance if thirty kitometeii from the east of the stream from this parallel upon Swiss frontier. Kvacuaion by the .enemv of the Rhine lands shall be so ordered ss to be completed within a further period of eleven da. in all nineteen da after the signature rf the artnistic. Ail movements of evacuation and occupation oc-cupation will be regulated according to the note annexed. Six In all territories evacuated by the enemy there shsll be n evacuation evacua-tion of inhabitants, no damage or harm shall be done to the persons or property of the inhabitants. No destruction de-struction of any knd to be committed. Military establishment of all kinds shall he delivered Intact as well ss military stores of food, munitions, equipment, not removed during the period pe-riod fixed for evacuation. Storee of food of all kinds for the civilian population, popu-lation, cattle, etc.. shall be lft in Situ. Industrial -establishments shall not be impaired In any way and their personnel per-sonnel shsll not be moved. "Rosds and means of communication communica-tion of every kind, railroad-, ater-waya. ater-waya. mam roads, bridges, telegraphs, telephones, shall be in no msnner Impaired. Im-paired. -Seven All civil and military per- sonnet at present employed on them shall remain,: Kue thousand locomotive, locomo-tive, fcv eeo wagon 'and i.ofta motor lorries. In good working ordr. with all necessary spare parte and fittings. shsll be delivered to the associated i pomers within the period fixed for the evacuation of Belgium and Luxemburg. Luxem-burg. The railwas of Alsace-Ixrraine shall le handed over within the same period, together with all prewar personnel -and material. Further material ma-terial iieceasry for the working of railways in the country on the left bank of the Rhine shall he left in situ. All stores of coal and material for the upkeep of permanent ways, signals and repair shops effentlre in situ and kept In an efficient atats, by Oermany dorms (he whole teriod of armistice. All barges taken from the allies shall I 'be restored to them. A note appended regulates the .details of these measures. meas-ures. "'Kight The Cerman command shall i he responsible for revealing all mines or delay acting fuses disposed on ter-Jritory ter-Jritory evacuated by the German troops and shall assist in their discovery and i destruction. The Ormtn command (shall also reveal all destructive meas- !ures thst may have been taken tsuch a poisoning or polluting of springs. wei' etc under penally of reprisals "Nine The right of requisition shsll be -icfd by the ained and the on. ed States arm ten in a'l occupies! territory. terri-tory. The upkeep of the troops of occupation oc-cupation in the Rhineland lexrludlng Ala-e-lrrainei. shsll be charged to (the frmn government. I "Ten An immediate repatriation without reciprocity, according to detailed de-tailed conditions which shall be fixed. of all allied and I'nlted States prlson- ers at war. The allied powers and the I Tnlted Slates shall be anle to dispose of thes prisoners as they wish, j "Kleven Sh k and wounded who can not be removed from evacuated terrt- torv will be cared for by Orman personnel, per-sonnel, who will be left on the spot with the medical material required. "Iheposition relative to the eastern frontiers of. Germany: i "Twelve All f ierman troops st pre. ent In spy territory which before the ; wsr belonged to Russia. Rumania or Turkey shall withdraw within the frontiers fron-tiers of Ormany as they existed on August 1. 114. "Thirteen Evsrustion by Cermsn troops to begin si once and all Ierman Ier-man instructors, prisoners and civilians ss well aa military scents, now on the territory of Russia aa defined before 11 4 1 to be recalled. 1 "Kourtean (ierman troops to ceaae at once aH requisitions and seizures and any other undertaking with a 'view to obtaining supplies Intended for Oermany in Rums ma and Ruaeia,aa defined on August 1. ll I "Fifteen Abandonment of the ' treaties of Bucharest and Brest- t THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ; WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. The president spoke as follows: gentlemen of the congress: "In these anxious times of rapid and stupendous changes it will In some decree lighten my sense of responsibility- to perform In person the duty of communicating to you some of the lancer circumstances of the a-tuation with which It Is neceaaarv to deal. -The German authorit es. who have at the invitation of the supreme war-rouncll war-rouncll been in communication with Marshal Koch, have accepted and signed the terms of armistice which he was authorized and instructed to communicate to them. Those terms 1 are as follows: "1. Military clauses on western front. ; - I . - re Cessation of operations by i land and in the air sis houra afiti the) signature of the armistice . 1 j "Two Immediate evacuation of in- , valed countries: Belgium. France, t A 1 nace-Lorraine. .Luxemburg, so or-; dered aa to be completed within fourteen four-teen days from the s.gnature of the ; armistice, i.erman troops which have not 'left the above mentioned terrt-' tf tries within the period fixed wi l be- ' come prisoners of war. (iccupation by 1 the shied and I'mted States forces , Jointly will keep pace with exacuatipn-in exacuatipn-in these areaa. All- movement a of evacuat.on and occupation will be i regulttd In accordance with a Tiote. annexed to the stated terms -Three Repatriation, beginning at, on e. and to be completed within four- teen das. -of all inhabitants of the countries above' mentioned. Including ' hostaaes and persons under trial or t convicted. j "Four Surrendv P goud condition President Announces The Armistice Terms (Continued from page 1. formation to be given as to the lore- j ! tlon snd movements of all German. 1 ship. Notification -to be given to j neutrsls that freedom of nsvigtitlon j I in all territorial waters is given In I the nsval snd mercantile marines of; a "For with t rail V " t government, .which tf y Incubua vain t pepies - Ira I smptr?. KrT' me poll not -tsjfrt-JeVit rvoluU( tntion ;rh efema as yet - s4 wdered form, 1 it t . tr,f one Teid change to arvfr- t Ttiougntful ansa are forced i 1 cure this, the allies and the I'nlted Htates of America shall be empowered to occupy sll Oerman forta. fortifications, fortifica-tions, batteries and defense works of alt kinds In sll the entrsnces from the Catr gat Into th Rsltic and to sweep up all mines and obstructions wfthln and without Oerman territorial waters without any question of neutrality being be-ing raised, and the poult Inns of all urh mines and obstructions sre to be Indicated. In-dicated. Twenty-aix The existing blorksde conditions set up by the allies snd associated as-sociated powers are toV remain unchanged un-changed and all OrmaiV merchant hlps found st sea are to remsln liable lia-ble to capture. "Twenty -seven All nsval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobilized immobi-lized In fierman hae to be specified speci-fied by alhea and the t'nlted .States of America. "Twenty-eight In evacuating the rlelcian coast and ports Germany shall abandon all merchant ships, tugs, lighters, cranes and aJI ether harbor materials, all materials for Inland navigation, nav-igation, all aircraft and all matermla and stores, all arma Md arm men is, and all store and aa-paratus of all kinds. "Twenty-ntne- A I! Black sea port are to be evacuated by frmany; all Russian war vesaels of all description eetied bv Germany tn the Black sea, are to be handed over to the allies and the I'nited fttates of America; all neutral merchant Teasels seized are to I be released; all warlike and other ma- 1 tenala of all kinds seized in those ports i are to be returned and Ortnun mule- j rials as specified in, clause It are to be 1 abandoned. . "Thirty All merchant vemeis in German hands beioncmg to the allied and associated powers are to. he restored re-stored In ports to be specified by the allies and the I'nlted fitatea of America Ameri-ca without reciprocity. 'Thirty-one No destruction of ships or of materials to he permitted before evacuation, aurrender or restoration. "Thirtv-two The German go vara -I Bent will 4stl utnk. ffvwera-, mcnt of the wr!d and prirticulHrtv the governments of Norway, Kwil"ii, lH-n-mark snd Hollumt. that all retri Hons plsced on the trading of their veenels with the allied and ansoctated oufi-tries, oufi-tries, whether by the erman government govern-ment or hv private frmn tnterente and whether In return for specific concepeiuia such sn the export of ahtp-binlding ahtp-binlding niriterials or not sre Immediately Immedi-ately c;aricled. . Thirty-three - Xn transfers of r.er-msn r.er-msn merchant hlppirr. of any description descrip-tion to any niitrl fi.in sre to tMke place after signature of the armMHce. VI DURATION OF ARMISTICE. "Thirty - four The duration of the armistice, u to he thirty dav. "I luring this perlf.fl. mt failure of execution of hny f the above lniiP the arm 1st i e. the arrnlel ie may be denounced by one of the cuiti ;it ting parties on fry -eight hours jire ions notice. VII TIME LIMIT fOR REPLY. "Thirty-five This nrmlntlf-e to be srrepted or refiiid tv Ccrmanv within seventy-two hours of notification. "The wMr thus comes to an end: fr. having c-pted th-"- tertim of armistice, armis-tice, it will be fnipfftfteihJe fx the Or-man Or-man command t renew it, "It is not now possible to asfwss the, consequences itf this preat cniitnma-tlon. cniitnma-tlon. We know only that this trugtral wsr, whose consuming flames awept from one nation to another until sll the world was on fire. In at an end nd that i it wti the prfvi!ice of our own pepV to eritT it fti i's ni'sl critical Juncture ! in" such frtuhion hd in "u h f orf e aa to i contribute m a way of whi,h we aie . all deplv proud, to the grm repult. , -We know. to. thst the object of the war is e tamed: the ohjwt upon which all free men had set 'their hearts: and attained with a -weptng completeness which even now we do not realize. t "Arm-d Imperialism, such as tlte ' men conceded w were but -ster-day the masters of ti-rmany, is at an end. Its alldt eunbltloog ingufled In black disaster. Who will now seek lo reie It? I "The arbitmry power of the military caste of (iermafty, which once could 1 secretly and of Its own single choice diMt'irh the peace of the world, la dl , crt-dltffl snd destroyed. And more j than that - much more than thst has , lecn accomplished. I "The great nations, which ajtao-f ajtao-f elated theinscH ea to destroy H, have I now definitely united In the rmrnnnn i purp'ee to set up such A peace as jwill Mttirifv the bnglng of the whole , world for disinterested justice, em-iMdted em-iMdted In settlements whicn are baaed jiipoft something much better and much more lasting than the selfish oom -: tftltl e lniereita of powerful stmcs. . There in po loocer eniectur -ws to Ithe rttijcctM the ictftrs have In mind, j "They have s mind In the matter. not only, hut a heart also. Their (nvowed snd concerted purpose Isj to sat Iffy snd protect the weak as well ss to acyrd their Just rights to the j strong I "The humane temper and intention J of the victorious government has already leen nianlfewted In a very practital way ThHp representatives ( m the stiireme wsr council at Ver-i Ver-i sailleaj ha ve by unanimous resolution, aamired the poplea of the central empires em-pires that everything that la possible In th circumstances will be don to supply them with food and relieve the dtr.f.i!ig want that la In so many pUces threatening their very Uvea: and stfp are to ire taken Immediately to ors.mize the efforts st reti in, the ! ome s vt-m.ttc manner tha they . were orn.miifd in tihe case t lelgliirn. ' Vy tn- nee of the idle lop -ia- of the ' central empires If ought preserttly to be i possible to lift the) fear of utter mlaery from their oppressed popnlaUona and set their minds and eneirlee fra for the great and haaardous taaks of pillt-, leal reconstruction which now face them on every hand. Hur.ger doe net 1 Preed reform: It breeds m&Qneea ari -all the ugly distempers tht ms tl, , ordered UX laopoaslbiev t ' - i' the allied and annof-iated powers, all questions of neutrality being waived. "Twenty-one All naval and mercantile mer-cantile marine prisoners of war of the allied and associated powers In 'ier- man handa to be i Humed without j reciprocity. 1 "Twenty -two- -Purrender to the al -I Ilea and the I'nlted hUatea of America of j Ormtn submarines ilncluding jail suhmsrtne cruisers snd mine lay-ilng lay-ilng rrnft with their complete arma-I arma-I m'nt and equipments In ports which will be specified by the silica and the t'nited Statea of America. All other submarines- to be paid off and completely com-pletely disarmed and placed under the supervision of the allied posers and the I'nlted Htates of America. Twentv-thre The following Ger ; man surface warships which shall be ; designated by the allies and the t'nlted Slates of America shall forthwith forth-with be disarmed and thereafter Interned In-terned In neutral porta, er. for the want of them, in allied porta, to be designated by the aPies and the t'nlted Ptatea of America and placed i under the aurvelitance of allies and the l-nited States of America, only caretakers being left on board, namely: "Six battle cruisers, ten bsttlcahips. eight light cruisers, including two mine la vers, fifty eptrovers of the most modern type. All other surface warships war-ships -Including river eraf t are to be : concentrated In German naval bases to be designated by the allies and the United States of America and are to be paid off and completely (('"armed snd placed under the supervision of the allien and the l'n:ted States of America. All vessels of the aux.i.ier fleet Mrawlera. motor eaejs. etc.)-are to be disarmed. Twenty-four The allies snd the United Slate of America, shall have the right to aweep up all mine fields and obstructions Is id by Germany outside out-side German terrltorisl waters, snd the positions of these are to b indicated. "Twenty-five Freedom of s cress to and from the Haiti- to le gven to the naval and mercantile marines of the allied and assoclsfed powers, T -1 President Announces The Armistice Terms K'ontinued from pegs V formation to be given as to the Iocs- j tlon snd movements of all Grrmsn 1 ships. Notification -to be given to 1 I neutrals that freedom of nsvigatlon j ' in all territorial waters is given to i "For with fhe ralj t (he government wtitch - Incubus noon th p.--xral empire, b ' ne pot not nf revolutior . k -.iton u'' h seems aa yet WnKiai mr ordered form, 1 ' fim sm ftuid change to anir i'ttthoughtful men are for "i j f Trvtrmm or? par ' xssMnHDWMMMnsBaaaHMBsasi black disaster. Who will now seel to reWve It? "The arbitrary power of the military (cast of Germsfiy. nhlch one eon Id secretly and t Its own slnale choice IdtMfiirb tha peace of the world, la dlfr1 crfdlt1 snd destroyed. And more (than thsf - much more than that- has Ileen accomplished. Th a rat nations, which avtao elated themselves to destroy It. Iiave now definitely united In the common I ptirpae to set up such a peace as fwHI Katisfy the Ionsins nf the whole , world for disinterested" pistlcs em-flieil em-flieil -in setttementi wllTch ar pso' !upon something much better and much I more lasting than the selfish oom-: oom-: pettth e Interests of powerful j - There is no longer reinject u re? -s to ithe object the victws have in mind. "They have a mind In the matter, not only, but a heart also. Their avowed snd concerted purpose, sj to mrnts of the world and p-rt iculsrly the governments of Normay. Kwcdeii, I Vii -mark snd Hillnnd. that si) rentrlctions placed on the trading of their vessels with the allied and s-soctated countries, coun-tries, whether by the tierman government govern-ment or bv prlvsfe Ormnn Interests and whet her In ret urn for specific concessions such a the export of shipbuilding ship-building niMeri;i1s tir not sre immediately immedi-ately canceled. "Thirty-three - No transfers of German Ger-man merchHtit hiprK of any riescrlp-tion riescrlp-tion to any nutriil taz are lo tk place after signature of the arml'tfre. VI DU RATION -OE-ARMI5T ICE. "Thirty-four The duration of the armistice Is to ho thirty davs. j "l Hiring this period. or failure of j execution of any of the shove clauses j the srmistice, the Mrmietice may be I denounced by one of the contract ing parties on forty -eight hours pre ions notice. ' cure this, the elites snd the United States of America shall be empowered to occupy all German forts, fortifications, fortifica-tions, batteries and defense works of sll kinds In all the entrances from the t'ategat Into the Baltic and to sweep up all mines and obstructions within snd without German territorial waters without any question of neutrality being be-ing raised, and the positions nf sll such mines snd obstructions sre to be indicated. in-dicated. Twenty-six The existing blocksde conditions set up by the allies and associated as-sociated powers are to remain unchanged un-changed and all German merchant hlpa found st sea are to remain liable lia-ble to capture. Twenty -seven A II ns vs I a Ircraft sre to be concentrated and iramobl-I iramobl-I ied In Germs n haee to he spec! -f ed hy sllies and the United States of America, "Twenty-eight In evacuating the Belgian cos.; and ports Germany shall the naval and mercantile marines of the allied and associated powers, all questions of -neutrslity being waived. "Twenty-one -All naval and mercantile mer-cantile marine prisoners of wsr of the silled and assoclsted powers In Ger- i man hands to be t rtumed without j reciprocity. I Tweni - two - Surrender to ths si I lies and the United States of America of fta German submarines (including jail submarine cruisers snd mine Isy-I Isy-I Ing craft t with their complete srma-m srma-m nt snd equipments In ports w Men will be specified by the allies and the United State of Amertcs. All other submsrlnep to be paid off snd completely com-pletely disarmed and placed under th sutervlsion of the aJlied powers and I the United States of America. 'Taentv-three The following German Ger-man surface warships which shall be designated by the sllies and the United S'stes of America shsll forthwith forth-with be disarmed snd thereafter Interned In-terned In neutral ports, or. for th wsnt of them, in allied porta, to be designated by the allies and the ! ss to arcord their Just rights to the strong. "The htunne temper snd Intention rf the victorious snvernmenta has a Ires H y t-aen nia n Ifentrd In a very prati( a I a ay "Their representatives tri the snprrma wsr council at Versailles Ver-sailles he by unanimous resolution assured the peoples of the central empires em-pires that everything that la possible In the circumstances will be done to supply them with f'M and relieve the d'strsfin: wsnt that Is In so many place threatening their very lives; ajid steps are to e taken immediately to ors.mize these efforts at rU-t In, the me pvit. nittf manner tha they were oryun3-d In the case of feolgtiim. Hy the use f.f the Ulle tonnajee of the central empires It onght presently to be possible to lift the fear of utter misery from their oppressed population and set their mlnda and energiew fraa for ' the great and hasardiius tas.s of political polit-ical reconstruotion which now face them on every hand. Hur.trer doea net breed reform; it breeds madness ar all the ua-ly distempers that malsa aA ordare4 Ufa imoaalbla i f -u VII TIME LIMIT FOR REPLY. Thirty-five This armiatlre to be accepted or refiiKed bv Germany wilhin srvenjy-two hours of nntitUstlnn. "The war thus comes to an eitd; for, having sretited tbi ee terms if srmis-lice, srmis-lice, it will be Impoexihle f r the. Or-msn Or-msn command to renew 11. "It is not now possible to assess the consequences of this great consummation. consumma-tion. We know only that this tmatral war, whose consuming flames swept from one nation to another until sll the world whs n fire. In at an end find that It was the riviege of our on n people to enter It at its most rriticl juncture in sur'h fashion and in "ii h f or e as to rttntr itnile in a way of whi h we aie all deeply proud, to the yrni result. "We know. too. that the object of the m-ar Is ee'smed; the object upon which all free men bad set their hearts: and attained with a sweeping completeness which eieft now we du 'not reallie. 'Termed Imperialism, 'such :s the men concciv ed who were but yesterday yester-day the tna-ters of A.-rniany, ia at an and, Ita tiUdt snbltlong Ingufleaft In lighters, cranes and ail either harbor materials, all materials for Inland navigation, nav-igation, all aircraft and all materials and stores, all srma aad armmenta, and all storen and -apparatus of all kiads. - . , "Twenty-nine-Al! Blark sea ports are to be evacuated by Oermany; all. Russian war vessels of all description seised by Germany In the Black sea. are to be handed over to th allies and the I'nlted States of America; all neutral merchant vessels seised are to be released; all warlike and other mi-terisls mi-terisls of all kinds seized in those ports 1 sre to be returned and ermsn male, rials ss specified In Uus 2 are to be abandoned. "Thirtv All merchant vessels in German hands belonging to the allied and associated powers are to be restored re-stored In ports to be specified by the allies and the Tnited States of America Ameri-ca without reciprocity. "Thirty-one No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender or restoration. "Thirty. two The German govern-mm govern-mm Witt e4tl lb mvml evara I ntied States of America and placed under the surveillance of si1iea and the I'nlted Htates of Americi, only csretakers being left on board. namely: "Sis battle rruisers, ten battleships, efght light cruisers, including two mine la vera, fifty destroyers of the most modem type. All other surface warships war-ships f including river craft ar to be concentrated In Orman naval bases to be designated by the allies and the L'nlted Utates of America and are to be paid off and completely 4' warmed and placed under the supervision of the allies snd the l"n;tet states of America. All vessels of the auxiliary fleet trawlers, motor eaeis. etc.) are to be disarmed. Twenty-four The alliea snd the United States of America, shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and obstructions Is id by Germany outside out-side German territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be indicated. Twenty-five Freedom of access to and from the Keltic to he given to the naval and mercantile marines of the billed and aaeoclaie pew 'era. Tw aw-j |