The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
President Issues Proclama- ton to Fellow Country
 men Declaring the Con- II flict Ended
EVERYTHING FOR WHICH WE FOUGHT
 IS ACCOMPLISHED
Malicious Military Autocracy Forced to Surrender Under Most Drastic Terms Ever Imposed Upon
 Defeated Foe

Signing of the armistice with Germany was proclaimed today by President Wilson, who also announced it's terms at 8 joint session of Congress.
 The terms herald the end of the war, because they take from Germany the power to re- new it.
 Just before he went to the Capitol the President in proclamation ad- dressed to his fellow countrymen said: aThe arsnistice was signed this morning. Everything for which America fought has been accom- pIished, fl will now be our fOrtu- nate duty to assist by example. by sober, friendly counsel and by ma- material aid in the establishment of just democracy throughout the worid.v
 stripped of it's malicious power, the military autocracy, It's ma sters driven to exile, stands befnre ths worlds court of justice. haging ssubscribed to terals of surrender which probably will be record eQ In hlStclI as the llOSl uTSslc diiu , eonle'ste ever measured out to defeat ed foe.
 CAN FORGE ACCEPTANCE Reading of the full text of the terms discloses measures the United States and the allied governments have taken to guarantee that Germanys acceptance shall not be Q scrap of paper. and to Insure the destruction of the military caste which once could secretly and of ffe rfr, ,sr1a .atr ftirh hn nf the world.
 When President Wilson concluded his exchange of notes with Prince Max. then chancellor. administration officials de clared that if his course did not bring about what they hoped would be more than an unconditional surrender. it might bring about a revolution in Ger many
 Pointing today to the Hohenzollern dy- nasty, dathroned and exiled, the peoples revolution sweeping Germany and terms of the armistice, these officials felt their predictions amply fulfilled.
 Having lifted the yoke of niilitarism from the peoples of the central empires, the allies now turn to tasks of humanity and mercy to bind up their wounds and feed the hungry, meanwhile seeking to guide them to a place in the family of nations from which they can take a part in assuring that another 15oo days of
  Evacuation, reparation and restitution are the keynotes of the armistice.
 WHAT MUST BE DONE
 Here are the principal things Germany must do, or powerless be- fore the victorious allied armies. will have done for her;
 mediate evacuation of Alsace- Lorraine. Belgium. Luxumburg, Russia and Rumania, without fur 1ker destruction harm to in- habitants.
 Then occupation by American md allied troops of alI the coun- tries on the west bank of the Rhine.
 Then, further, creation of a neu- traI zone in strip of territory on the east hank of the Rhine, 30 kil- omesres tabout 20 milesl wide ex- tending from Holland half way down to the Swiss border and 20 Kilometres wide for the remainder.
 Meanwhile, as guaranty of rood faith, the occupation by American and allied troops of May ence. Coblenz and Cologne, the principal crossings of the Rhine. with 3n-kIIometre radius about bridgeheads.
 On the eastern front alI German troops nre to be withdrawn from territory which before the war be- IonEeQ 10 Aussha, ktunndnfa or Tur- key.
 Then the German war machine must disarm. The principal pOr- tfons of its navy must be handed over, arms, munitions and engines of war numbered by the thousands are to be taken from the army.
 TO FREE PRISONERS
 American and allied prisoners are to mt once he repriated with out reciprocal action by the aaso- ciated governments, and the thou sands of wretched civilians dragged off into slavery from the invaded territories are to be re- turned.
 the occupied territory for the hav- oc wrought by the invaders is con- tained in simple sentence; "Rep- aration for damage dOne."
 Aa . step to restoring the map lines, the treaties of Brest-IftOvsk which laid Russia prone. and of Bucaerest, which plundered Ru- mania, munt he abandoned. Money. securities, precious metalG and other valuables footed from the invaded countries must he returned in trust to the allies until the con- cluslon of peace.
 In the west the railways of AI- saee-Lorraine. the valuable stores sf iron and coal. all the stores and armaments muat be handed over.
 ((Continued on Pare Eight)