The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-15

marines to be paid off and COM
pletely disarmed and placed under the
supervision of the allied powers and
the United States of America.
Twenty-three-The following Ger
man surface warships which shall be
designated by the allies and the United
States of America shall forthwith be
disarmed and thereafter interned in
neutral ports, or, for the want Of them,
in allied ports, to be designated by the
allies and the United States of Amer:
lea and placed under the surveillance
Of allies and the United States Of
America, only caretakers being left on
board, namely:
Six battle cruisers, ten battleships,
eight light cruisers, including two mine
layers, fifty destrOyers Of the most
modern type. All other surface war
ships (including river crafty are to be
concentrated in German naval bases
to be designated 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
America. All vessels Of the auxiliary
fleet (trawlers, motor vessels, etc. are
to be disarmed.
Twenty-four-The allies and the
United States of America shall have
the right to sweep up all mine fields
and distractions laid by Germany out.
side German territorial waters, and the
positions Of these are to be indicated.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of access to
and from the Baltic to be given to the
naval and mercantile marines Of the
allied and associated powers. To Sc
cure this, the allies and the United
States of America shall be empowered
to occupy all German forts, fortifi
cations, batteries and defense works OF
all kinds in all the entrances from the
Cattegat, into the Baltic and to sweep
up all mines and distractions within
and without German territorial waters
without any question Of neutrality be-
raised, and the positions Of all such
mines and distractions are to be in
dictated.
Twenty-six-The existing blockade
conditions set up by the allies and as
ISOLATED powers are to remain un
changed and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to remain liza
BILE to capture.
Twenty naval aircraft are
to be concentrated and immobilized in
German bases to be specified by allies
and the United States Of America.
Twentyeight-In evacuating the Bel
gian coast and ports Germany shall
abandon all merchant ships, tugs, light
ers, cranes and all other harbor mater
ials, all materials for inland navigation
II aircraft and all materials and stores
all arms and armments, and all stores
and apparatus of all kinds.
Twenty-eight-In evacuating the Bel
to be evacuated by Germany; all Rus
sian war vessels Of all description
seized by Germany in the Black Sc,
are to be handed over to the allie!
and the United States of America; al
neutral merchant vessels seized are Il
be released; all warlike and other ma
terials of all kinds seized in those port
are to be returned and German mate
rails as specified in clause % are to b.
abandoned.
Thirty-All merchant vessels IL
German hands belonging to the allle'
and associated powers are to be re
stored in ports to be specified by tn
|allies and the Unired States Of Americ,
without reciprocity.
Thirty-ons-N0 destruction Of ship
or of materials to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender or restoration.
| Thirty-two--T The German government
will notify the neutral government
Of the world and particularly tn
governments Of Norway. Sweden, Der
mark and Holland, that all restriction
placed on the trading of their vessel
with the allied and associated cOur
tries, whether by the German govern
ment or by private German interest
, and whether in return for specific cor
cessions such as the export Of shll
. building materials or not are immeA
ately cancelled.
Thirty-three-No transfers Of Gel
man merchant shipping of any descril
ton to any neutral flag are to tax
: place after signature of the armi ,tic
: 6. Duration Of Armistice.
4 Thirty-four-The duration Of til
l armistice Is to be thirty days.