French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-14

| Observation-Disclosures IeE-
man surface warships which shall be
designated by the allies and the Unit
ed States of America shall forthwith
beldisarmed and thereafter interened'
! in neutral ports, or, for the want sof
them, in allied ports to be. designated
by the allies and the United States
of America and placed under the sur
veiIIance' of the allies. and of the
United States of America, only care
takers being left on board, namely:
Six battle crusires.
Ten battle ships.
Eight light cruisers, including two
mine ~destroyers.
Fifty ~destroyers of the most mod
ern type.
All other surface warships (includ-
ing river CRAFTY are to be concentrat-
ed in German naval bases to be des-
ignated~by the allies and the United
States of America, and are to be
paid off and completely disarmed and
placed under the supervision of the
allies and the United States of Am
erica. All vessels Of the auxiliary
feet (trawlers), motor vessels, etc.,
are to be disamred.
T~wenty-four. The allies and the
United States of America shall have
the right to sweep up all mine fields
and distractions laid by Germany
outside. of German territorial waters,
and the positions of these are to be
indicated.
Twenty-Five. Freedom of access
! to and from the Baltic to be given to
naval and mercantile marines of the
allied and associated powers. To
secure this the allies and the United
! States of America shall be empower
| ed to occupy all German forts, forth
fcations, batteries and defense works
of all kinds in all the entrances from
the Categat into the Baltic, and to
| sweep up all the mines and obstruc-
tions within and without German ter
| r~itorial waters without any question
of neutrality being raised, and the
| positions. of all such mines and OBJ
structions are to be indicated.
Twentyzsix. The existing block
ade conditions set up by the allies and
associated powers r to remain un-
changed and all German merchant
| ships found at sea are to remain liza
BILE to capture.
Twenty-seven. All naval aircraft
are. to be. concentrated and immobil-
lied in German bases to be specified
| by the allies and the United States of
| America. :
.Twenty-eight. In evacuating the
Belgian coast and ports, Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships.
tugs, lighters, cranes and all other
harbor. materials, all materials for
| inland navigation, all aircraft and all
materials and stores, all arms and
ornaments, and stores and apparaz
tus Of all kinds. :
Twenty~nine. All Black Sea ports
to be evacuated by Germany; all Rus
sian war vessels of all descriptions
seized by Germany in the Black Sea-
are to be handed. over to- the allies
and the United States. Of America J
\ all neutral merchant vessels seized
| are to- be released; all 'waFlike and
other materials of all kinds seized I'M
those ports are to be returned and
German materials as specified in
Clause Tw~enty-eight are to be abon4
doned. s,.. ,rs.:-*~ .-~~~~.s,
Thirty. All merchant vessels in.
German hands belonging to the allied
and associated powers are to be re-
stored in ports to be specified by the
allies and. the United States Of Am
erica without reciprocity.
{Thirty-one.~ No destruction of
ships or of materials to be permitted
before evacuation, surrender OF res
toration.
T~hirty-two. The German govern
ment shall formally notify the neu-
trail governments of the world, and
particularly the governments of Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark and Holland,
that all restrictions placed on the
trading of their vessels with the al
lied and associated countries, wheth-
er by the German government or by
private German interests, and wheth-
er in return for specific concessions
such as the export of shipbuilding
materials or not, r Immediately
cancelled.
Thirty-three. No transfers Of Ger
man merchant shipping of any de-
scription to any neutral flag are to
take place after signature of the ar.
mistice.