Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-15

B. Ihe German cOmmanu bhaii Do
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 high COM
mand shall also reveal all destructive
measures that may have been taken
(such as poisoning or polluting Of
springs, wells, etc. under penalty OF
reprisals.
Our Armies Must Be Fed
o. The right of requisition shall be
exercised by the Allies and the United
States armies in all occupied terri
tory. The upkeep of the troops of oc-
cupation in the Rhine land Excluding
Alsace-Lorrane) shall be charged to
the German government.
10. An immediate repatriation,
without reciprocity, according to de-
tailed condition which shall be fed, Of
all Allied and United States prisoners
of war. The Allied powers and the
United States shall be able to dispose
of these prisoners as they wish.
II. Sick and wounded who cannot
be removed from evacuated territory
will be cared for by German person
mel, who will be left on the spot with
the medical material required.
II. Disposition relative to the east
ern frontiers of Germany:
IL. All German troops at present in
any territory which before the war be-
longed to Russia, Roumania or Turkey
shall withdraw within the frontiers of
Germany as they existed on August /,
1914.
Must Evacuate at Once
13. Evacuation by German troops to
begin at once and all German instruc-
tors, prisoners, and civilians as well as
military agents, now on the territory
of Russia las defined before 19l4) to
be recalled.
ID. German troops to cease at once
all acquisitions and seizures and any
other undertakings with view to OBJ
tanning supplies intended for Germany
in Roumania and Russia las defined
on August l, 1914.)
Is. Abandonment of the treaties OF
Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk and OF
the supplementary treaties.
Free Access to Evacuated Places
16. The Allies shall have free ac-
cess to the territories evacuated by
the Germans on their eastern frontier
either through Danzig or by the Wis
tula, in order to convey supplies to the
population of those territories or fol
any other purpose.
III. Clause concerning East Africa:
II. Unconditional capitulation of all
German forces operating in East At
rica within one month.
Nv. General Clauses:
1S. Repatriation. without reciproc-
ity, within a maximum period OF one
month, in accordance with detailed
conditions hereafter to be fixed, Of all
civilians interned or deported who
may be citizens of other Allied or as
sociated states than those mentioned
in clause three, paragraph nineteen
with the reservation that any future
claims and demands of the Allies and
the United States of America remain
unaffected.
Reparation Is Demanded
10. The following financial condi'
tions are required: Reparation fol
damage done. While such armistice
lasts no public securities shall be re-
moved by the enemy which can serve
as a pledge to the Allies for the re-
covery or repatriation for war losses
Immediately restitution of the cash
deposit in the National Bank of Bel
gium and in general immediate return
of all documents, specie, stocks
shares, paper money, together with
plant for the issue thereof, touching
public or private interests in the in
vaded countries. Restitution Of the
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.
20. Immediate cessation Of all hos
tilities at sea and definite information
to be given as to the location and
movements of all German ships. No
tification to be given to neutrals that
} freedom of navigation in all terri
torial waters is given to the naval and
} mercantile marines Of the Allied and
associated powers, all questions Of
neutrality being waived.
To Surrender 160 Submarines
21. All naval and mercantile ma
. rine prisoners of war Of the Allied and
associated powers in German hands 70
be returned without reciprocity.
% Surrender 10 the Allies and the