The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-14
The complete terms of the arms.
tice with Germany is as follows:
MILITARY clauses on western
front:

tice with Germany is as follows:
military clauses on western
front:
l, Cessation of operations by land
and in the air six hours after the sig,
mature of the armistice.
2. Immediate evacuation of invaded
countries: Belgium, France, Alsace,
Lorraine, Luxembourg; so ordered as
to be completed within fourteen days
from the signature of the armistice,
German troops which have not left
the above mentioned territories within
the period fixed will become prisoners
of war. Occupation by the allied and
United States forces jointly will keep
pace with evacuation in these areas,
All movements of evacuation and occu,
patton will be regulated in accordance
with a note annexed TO the stated
terms.
3. Repatriation beginning at once
and to be completed within fourteen
days of all inhabitants of the countries
above mentioned, including hostages
and persons under trial or convicted.
4. Surrender in good condition by
the German armies of the following
equipment: Five thousand guns (2,50O
heavy, $500 field, 10000 machine
guns, 1000 minnenwerfer, 1000 air
planes Fighters, bombers firstly D sew
en-threes and night bombing mach
ines).
The above to be delivered in stu
to the allies and the United States
troops in accordance with the detailed
conditions laid down in the annexed
note.
5. Evacuation by the German arm
les of the countries on left bank of
the Rhine. ..
These countries ON the left bank
of the Rhine shall be administered by
the local authorities under the con-
troll of the allied and United States
armies of occupation. The occupation
of these territories will be determined
by allied and United States garrisons
holding the principal crossings of the
Rhine, Coblenz, Cologne, together
with bridgeheads at these points in
thirty kilometers radius on the right
bank and by garrisons similarly hold
ing the strategic points of the regions.
A neutral zone shall be reserved on
the right of the Rhine between the
stream and a line drawn parallel to it
forty kilometers to the east from the
frontier of Holland to the parallel of
Gernsheim and as far as practicable
a distance of thirty kilometers from
the east of stream from this parallel
upon Swiss frontier. Evacuation OF the
enemy of the Rhine lands shall be or
dered as to be. completed within a
further period of eleven days, in all
nineteen days after the signature Of
the armistice. All movements OF the
evacuation and occupation will be
regulated according to the note an
neXed
6. in all territory evacuated by the
enemy there shall be no evacuation
Of inhabitants; no damage or harm
shall be done to the persons or proper
ty of the inhabitants. No destruction
Of any kind to be committed. Military
establishments Of all kinds shall be
delivered intact as we'll as military
stores of food, munitions, equipment
not removed during the periods fixed
for evacuation. Stores of food of all
etc, shall be left in stu. Industrial eS-
Establishments shall not be impaired in
any way and their personnel shall not
be moved. Roads and means of com
munication of every kind, railroad,
waterways. main roads. bridges, tele-
graphs, telephones, shall be in no
manner impaired.
I. All civil and military personnel
at present employed on them shall
remain. Five thousand locomotives,
fifty thousand wagons and ten thou
sand motor tories in good working
order with all necessary spare parts
and fittings shall be delivered to the
associated powers within the period
fixed for the evacuation of Belgium
and Luxembourg. The railways of AL
sace-LorTaine. shall be handed over
within the same period, together with
all prewar personnel and material.
Further material necessary for the
working of railways in the country on
the left bank of the Rhine shall be
left in sta. All stores Of coal and ma
terial for the upkeep of permanent
ways. signals and repair shops left
entire in stu and kept in an efficient
state by Germany during the whole
period of armistice. All barges taken
from the allies shall be restored to
them. 8 note appended regulates the
details of these measures.
8. The German command shall be
responsible for revealing all mines or
delay acting fuses disposed on terri
tory evacuated by the German troops
and shall assist in their discovery and
destruction. The German command
shall also reveal all destructive meas,
ores that NAV have been taken (such
as poisoning and polluting of springs,
wells, etc., under penalty of reprisals
Tho right nf rpuuisition shall be