Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-13
ARM|ST|CE MORE
DRASTIC; FCCH MADE
MANY ALTERATIONS
Germany Must Surrender 100000
Railway Cars and All Her
U-BOats.
ALLIED TROOPS TO RULE


Washington, Nov 3-Announcement
was made last night by Secretary Lansing
that before the armistlce agreement
was signed at Marshal Foch's head
Quarters a number of changes were
made from the original text that had
been cabled to the United States gov
crnmcnt prior to the German accept
ancc of the conditions. 1t was the
original text that President Wilson read
to Congress yesterday IN announcing
that hoStilitics had come to an end.
Some OF the changes are important.
No statement is ObtaInable as to the
reasons for making the changes or rs
to when they were made. One of the
most important relates to the provision
for German evacuation Of Russia. In
the original text submitted to the Ger
man cmiSsarics by Marshal Foch it was
provided in Article II that "all German
troops at present in any territory which
before the war belonged to Russia,
Rurnania, or Turkey shall withdraw
within the frontiers of Germany as they
existed on Aug. /, 1914"
ALLIES DECIDE ON TRoo WITHDRAWALS.
In the amended text this article is left
unchanged with respect to Rumanla and
Turkey, but il is provided in addition
that German troops shall be withdrawn
from Austria-Hungary. The important
change is that the new form provides
that German troops in the territory
which belonged to Russia before the war
shall withdraw within the frontiers OF
Germany las soon as the Allies, taking
into account the internal situation of
those territories, shall decide that the
time for this has come"
This notable modification, which per-
mits German troops 10 remain IN Rus
sian territory, apparently means that
the Allies are fearful that if German
troops are taken away from Russia ex-
cesses will occur which may lead to
anarchy.
Another important change makes more
severe the conditions with reference to
the surrender of material by the Cor
mans In Article Z, original text, il was
provided that among transport stock to
he surrendered should be included $4,000
wagons (railway carsl. This condition
as agreed TO by the German cmissarics
provides that 10000 wagons (railwav
cars) shall be surrendered. The Allies,
however, modified the provision in this
article for the surrender Of 10000 motor
lorrics so as TO reduce the number TO
5000.
Article as amended also extends TO
thirty-ore DAYS the period within which
railroads and railroad rolling stocks and
lorries shall be dcIiy cred.
Article ) Of the original text as read
to the Congress by President Wilson
Yesterday was changed before the ar
nnsticc terms were signed by the Cor
man cTlissarcS IN material way.
ALLIES IN CONTROL
Is originally drawn this article pro
ynicd that the German territories on the
lett Or west bank Of the Rhine, which
arc to be occupied hv the allied forces,
shall tic administered hv tho local au-
thoriticS under the control Of the allied
and | nitcd States armies ol occupa-
tinn Is this article is changed ID pro-
yldcS that the occupation Of these ter
ritorics will be carried out by allied and
nitcI States CarriSons, thus taking
from the local German authorities the
right to administer these territories IN
der allied supervision.
mother very important change in Ar
llclc ) reduces II width the neutral zone
established on the night or cast bank OF
he Rhine In the armisucc agreement,
rs read 10 the Congress Yesterday by
President Wilson II was provided that
kII0meters 10 the east OF the Rhine south
ward from the frontier of lio land 10 the
parallel OF Gernsheim. and thence south
ward to the Swiss border, the neutral
zone 10 be thirty kilomcters WIDE. meas
tired eastward from tho Rhine. I his
article was changed before it was signed
by the German CmlsSarles 50 II provides
that the neutral zone on the right bank
of the Rhine should be ten kilomctcrs
WIDE from the frontier OF Holland to the
lrontier OF Switzerland.
OCCUPANCY or RHINE SECTION.
Article ;, however retained the pro
vision that the Allies should he per,
United to occupy the territory within
y thlTty y-hilometer radius around tho
Rhine cities Of Nayencc Coblentz. ans
Cologne, While il Is not exactly clear
the modified Article ) apparently give.
the Allies control Of territory bcyonC
the eastern limits Of the neutral zone
10 a distance of twenty kilomctcrs east
ward from the Rhine cities named
In Article / the original provision tina
Germany should surrender 10000 ma
clnnc guns and 1000 8irpIanes IS mod
flied 50 as 10 require the surrender o
$4,000 machine guns and zoo alrplanes
Article Ii which. as originally pre-
pared, pfctlicd IoT Tree dfce~S .bF thI
Mics % the territories evacuated by th,
Germans oil thcir casi eTn or Russian
frontier. hrs been modified IN the term
as accepted by Germany SO rs 10 pro
vide that instead q permitting tlus frc
access for the purpose Of conveying sup
piles 10 tho populations Of these terri
tories, '.or for any other purpose !
shall be limited 10 conveying supplies q
the populations ard for lie purpos
q maintaining order
Tlds modification was probably mad
50 IS TO gixc assurance 10 the Russian
HAT the Allies would have 40 sel6sl
Tnpcec IN entering Russian 1crr!tor
should the occasion arI,".
HJas MUST LEAyE AFRICA.
article II provided for tic uncondi
tional capltulation Of All German force
operating in last Africa within on
month As modified il provides for tn
evacuation" Of all these forces with
in 4 period I o be fixed By the Allies
One Of the most i"ternstirp ard In.
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