Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-12
FHH Test of ArrniStice Terms
Germany Was Forced to Accept

Washington. Nov I'm reading
the armistce terms to congress
PRESIDENT Wilson spoke as follows
Gentlemen of the Congress.
In these anxious times of rapid
and stupendous change it will in
some degree tighten my sense Of
responsibility to perform in person
the duty Of communicating to you
some of the larger circumstances
o: the situation with which it is
necessary 10 deal
The German authorities who have
a. the invitation of the supreme war
council been in communication with
Marshal Foch have accepted and
signed the terms of an armistice
which he was authorized and in
struCted to communicate to them.
Those terms are as follows:
Military Clauses on Western Front.
(l)-Cessation of operations by
land and in the air six hours after
the signature Of the armistice
t2)-Immediate evacuation of in
vaded countries: Belgian. France.
AlSace-Lorraine Luxembourg. so or
dered as TO be completed within IA
days from the signature of the ar
mistlce. German troops which have
not left the above mentioned terri
tories within the period fixed will
become prisoners of war Occupa-
ton by the allied and United States
forces Jointly will keep peace with
evacuation in these areas All
movements of evacuation and occu-
patton viii be regulated in accord
ance with a note annexed to the
stated terms
DIFFERENTIATION beginning at
, once and TO be completed within IA
days of all inhabitants of the coun-
tries above mentioned, including
! hostages and persons under trial
( or convicted
I (4l-Surrender in good condition
, by the German armies of the fol-
+ lowing equipment: Five thousand
! guns t2,500 heavy, $500 field. 30
! 600 machine guns. 5000 minnen-
/ werfer, 1000 aeroplanes Fighters
/ Ombers-frstly D. 1875 and night
/ bombing machinesl. The above tc
( be delivered in stu to the allies
and the United States troops in &C
: cordance with the detailed condi-
tiOns laid down in the annexed note
Evacuation by the German
armies Of the countries on the left
bank of the Rhine. These countries
on the left bank of the Rhine shall
be administered by the local au
thorities under the control Of tht
allied and United States armies o.
occupation. The occupation O
these territories will be determined
by allied and United States garri
sons holding the principal cross
ings of the Rhine, Mayence, Co
blenZ, Cologne, together witt
bridgeheads at these points in g
! kflometre radius on the right banl
and by garrisOus similarly holding
the strategic points of the regions
A neutral zone shall be reserved
on the right Of the Rhine between
the stream and a line drawn paral
lei to il 40 kilometres to the cas-
from the frontier of Holland to thu
parallel of Gernsheim and as far a!
practicable a distance of 80 kilO
metres from the east of stream from
this parallel upon Swiss frontier
Evacuation by the enemy of tn
Rhinelands shall be so ordered Il
be completed within a period o
Il days. in all 10 days after the sig
nature Of the armistice All move
ments Of evacuation and occupation
will be regulated according to tn
note annexed.
ON all territory evacuated b,
the enemy there shall be no evacu
alton Of inhabitants; no damage o