The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-11-12


Russian and Roumanian gold yielded
to Germany or taken by that power.
| This gold to be delivered in trust to
| the allies until the signature of peace
v. Naval Conditions.
Twenty. Immediate cessation of all
| hostilities at sea and definite infor-
nation to be given as to the location
and movements Of all German ships.
Notification to be given to neutrals
| that freedom of navigation in all tor
ritorial waters is given to the naval
and mercantile marines of the allied
and associated powers. all questions
of neutrality being waived.
Twenty-one All naval and ner
camille marine prisoners of war of the
allied and associated powers in Ger
man hands to be returned without rec
| iprecity.
Twenty-Five Surrender to the al
lies and the United States of America
of one hundred and sixty German sub
marines Gncludng all submarine
cruisers and mine laying submarines)
with their complete armament and
equipment in ports which will be spec
flied by the allies and the United
States of America. All other subma
rines to be paid off and completely
disarmed and placed under the SUI
| pervision of the allied powers and the
United States of America
Twentythree. The following Ger
man surface warships which shall be
designated by the allies and the Unit
| ed States of America she'll forthwith
be disarmed and thereafter nterned
i, ,sutral ports, or, for the want CT
the,A, in allied ports, to be designated
by the allies and the United States
of America and placed under the sur
veillance of the allies and the United
States of Amerios only caretakers be.
in, left on board, namely: Six battle
ar. 'sers, ten battleships, eight light
cruisers, including two mine layers,
fifty destroyers of the most modern
GLIDING river craft are to be con-
centrated IN German naval bases to be
designated by the allies and the Unit
ed 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 Amer
lea 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 indi-
Gated
| Twenty-Five. Freedom of access to
and from the Baltic to be given to the
nayaE and mercantile marines of the
allied and associated powers. To Sc
cure this the allies and the United
| States of America shall be empow-
cred to occupy all German forts for.
tifications, batteries and defhse 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 neu.
trality being raised, and the positions
Of all such mines and distractions are
to be indicated
| Twenty-six. The existing blockade
conditions SGT up by the allies and
associated ,owerr zee to remain UNI.
changed, and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to remain liable
| to capture
! Twenty All naval aircraft
are to be concentrated and immobiliz-
ed in German bases to be specified
by the allies and the United States
of America.
Twenty-eight. In evacuating the
Belgian coasts and ports, Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships, tugs,
lighters, cranes and all other harbor
materials, ali materials for inland nav
igation all aircraft and all materials
land stores, all arms and armamonts,
and all stores and apparatus Of all
kinds.
| Twenty All Black sea ports
are to be evacuated by Germany; all
Russian war vessels of all descrip
tons seized by Germany in the Black
sea are to. be handed over to the al
lies and the United States. of Ameri
lea; all neutral merchant vessels seiz
led are to be released all warlike and
other materials of all kinds seized
in those parts are to be returned and
German materials as specified in
clause twenty-eight are to be aban.
doned.
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