Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-16
Include Evacuation of All In
vaded Territory and the
Surrender of Supplies.
Must Pay for Damage Done by Ger
man Armies and Return Gold
Taken from Belgium, Russia
and Rumania.


peared before congress Monday after
noon, November IL, and read the terms
of the armistice with Germany.
President Wilson announced that
"the German authorities who have, at
the invitation of the supreme war
council, been in communication with
Marshal Foch, have accepted and
signed the terms of armistice which he
was authorized and instructed to COM
municate to them. Those terms are as
follows:
j. Military clauses on western front
One-Cessation of operations by
land and in the air six hours after the
signature of the armistice.
Two-Immediate evacuation of in
vaded countries: Belgium, France,
Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, so or
dered as to be complete within four
teen days from the signature of the
armistice. German troops which ~e
not left the above mentioned terri
tories within the period fixed will be-
come prisoners of war. Occupation by
the allied and United States forces
Jointly will keep pace with evacuation
in these areas. All movements of
evacuation and occupation will be reg
ulated in accordance with note an
nexed to the stated terms.
Three-Repatriatio beginning at
once, and to he completed within four
teen days, of all inhabitants of the
countries above mentioned, including
hostages and persons under trial or
convicted.
Four-Surrender in good condition
by the German armies of the following
equipment: Five thousand guns (2500
heavy. $500 field) 10000 machine
guns; 5000 minenwerfer; 1000 air.
planes Fighters, bombers, firstly !;
D-73's and night bombing machines).
The above to be delivered in stu
TO the allies and the United States
troops in accordance with the detailed
conditions laid down in the annexed
note.
Five-Evacuation by the German
armies of the countries on the left
on the left bank of the Rhine shall be
administered by the local authorities
under the control of the allied and
United States armies of occupation.
The occupation of these territories
will be determined by allied and
United States garrisons holding the
principal crossings of the Rhine May
ence, COblentz. Cologne, together with
bridgeheads at these points in thirty
kilometers radius on the right bank
and by garrisons similarly holding the
strategic points of the regions. A neu-
trail zene shall be reserved on the
right of the Rhine, between the stream
and line drawn parallel to it forty
kilometers to the east from the from
tier of Holland to the parallel of Germ
sheim and as far as practicable a
distance of thirty kilometers from the
east of the stream from this parallel
upon Swiss frontier.
Evacuation by the enemy of the
Rhine lands shall be so ordered as to
be completed within a further period
of eleven days, in all nineteen days
after the signature of the armstice.
All movements of evacuation and oc-
cupation will be regulated according
to the note annexed.
Skin all territories evacuated by
the enemy there shall be no evacua-
Ton of inhabitants, no damage or
harm shall be done to the persons or
property of the inhabitants. No de
struction of any kind to be committed.
Military establishments of all kinds
shall be delivered intact as well rs
military stores of food, munitions,
equipment. not removed during the pc
RODS fixed for evacuation. Stores of
food of all kinds for the civilian popu-
lation, cattle, etc shall be left in stu.
Industrial establishments shall not be
impaired in any way and their per-
sonnet shall not be moved.
Roads and means of cOmmunica-
ton of every kind, railroad, water
ways, main roads, bridges, telegraphs
telephones, shall be In no manner i'm
paired.
Seven-All civil and military per-
sonnet at present employed on them
shall remain. Five thousand locomo-
tives, $4,000 wagons and 10000 motor
lorries, in good working order, with
all necessary spare parts and fittings,
shall be delivered to the associated
powers within the period fixed for the
evacuation of Belgium and LuXem-
burg. The railways of Alsace-Lorraine
shall be handed over within the same
period, together with all prewar per-
sonnet and material. Further material