The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-15

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Six battle cruisers, ten battleships.
eight light cruisers, including two
mine layers. fifty destroyers Of the
most modern type. All other surface
warships (including river craft) are 70
b. 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 dis
armed and placed under the supervi-
sion Of the allies and the United States
Of America. AL vessels Of The auxil-
etc.). are to be disarmed.
"TWsnty-fourth-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 b indi-
Gated.
"Twenty-fifth-Freed Of access to
and from the Baltic to b 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. fortifica-
tons. 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 wa
tiers without any question Of neutral
ity being raised. and the positions
all such mines and distractions are to
be indicated.
"Twenty-sixth-The existing block
ade conditions set up by the allies and
associated powers to remain un-
changed and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to remain LA
BILE to capture.
"Twenty-seventh-A naval air
craft are to be concentrated and Inn
mobilized in German bases to be spec
flied by the allies and the United
State of America.
Twenty eighth-Tn evacuating the
Belgium coasts and ports, Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships, tugs.
lighters, cranes and all other harbor
materials, all materials for inland nav
igation, all aircraft and all materials
and stores. all arms and ornaments
and all stores and apparatus Of all
Kinds
Twenty -ninth-AI Black sea ports
are to be evacuated by Germany; all
Russian 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; all neu-
trail vessels seized are to be released;
all warlike and other materials Of all
kinds seized In those ports are to be
returned and German materials ~
specified In clause twenty.eight are to
be abandoned.
"Thirtieth-An merchant vessels
In German hands belonging to the al
lied and associated powers are to be
restored in ports to be specified by
the allies and the United States Of
America without reciprocity.
"Thirty-first NO destruction OF
ships or Of materials to be permitted
before evacuation. surrender or res
toration.
"Thirty.second-The German gov
eminent will notify the neutral gov
ernments Of the world. and particu-
larly the governments of Norway.
Sweden. Denmark and Holland. that
all restrictions placed on the trading
Of their vessels with the allied and
associated countries. whether by the
German government or by private
German interests and whether in re-
turn for specific concessions such as
the export Of shipbuilding materials
or not are Immediately cancelled.
"Thirty-third-No transfers of Ger
man merchant shipping Of any de-
scription to any neutral flag are to
take place after signature of this ar
mistice.
"6-Ouration Of armistice:
hirty.fourth-The duration Of the
armistice Is to be thirty days. with
| option to extend. During this period.
ON failure of execution OF any of the
above clauses, the armistice may be
denounced by one of the contracting
parties on forty-eight hours previous
| notice.
"7-Time limit for reply:
irty-fifth-This armistice to be
accepted or refused by Germany with
In seventy-two hours of notification"
War at an End.
The President continued as fol-
lows:
The war thus comes to an end;
for, having accepted the terms of
armistice. 1t will be impossible for the
German command to renew it.
1t is not now possible to assert the
consequences Of this great consumma-
ton. We know only that this tragical
war, whose consuming flames swept
from one nation to another until all
the world was ON fire, is at an end
and that 1t was the privilege Of our