The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-11-06

have the armistice terms agreed upon
by representatives of the United States
and the. Allied governments by apply
ing to Marshal F'och.
This information to the enemy is
included in a message by President
Wilson which was sent to Germany
last night by the State Department
Before nightfall today the world may
know whether the war will end be-
fore the week is up.
In addition to the arnistice in
formation is the Allies announce
ment, in the note of their acceptance
| of the Presidents program as a basis
Of peace The co-belligerents of the
United States have announced they
will follow the Presidents lead in
| making peace.
! There are only two qualifications in
their memorandum of observations
which is included in the message. The
first of these deals with the freedom
of the seas" This subject, which
! forms one of the Presidents fourteen
| peace principles as laid down in his
| address to Congress on January 8,
| last, is open to various interpretations,
! they say, and is therefore a matter
on which they reserve complete
freedom when they enter the peace
conference"
The second qualification is in real
ity an amplifcation, in which the
President joins. 1t deals with his
declaration that "all invaded territor-
les must be restored as well as evac.
uated and freed"
The Allies say their understanding
of this is that Germany will have tt
I pay for all damage done to the civil
ian population of the Allies and thei
! property by the aggressions of Ger
many, by land, by sea and from tn;
air. The President says that h,
agrees with their Interpretation.
The Allies are willing to make peac;
as the President has said peace should
be made. They subscribe to his al
. dress to Congress last January, AM
! also to the principles of peace out
lined by him in his subsequent ad
dresses.
In the absence of actual details O.
| the terms of the armistice, the mes
sage of this government which is be
!
Sulzer, the Swiss Minister here, en-
ables Germany to know in advance
what she may expect.
She is definitely informed that sh,
will have to pay the price demanded
by the world for the bloodshed of the
last four years. She knows Mat ev.
cry bit of property in France AM
Belgium must be restored in toto.
? She knows that the damage don
. unprotected shipping by her piratica
submarines must be paid for in full
8 She knows the havoc wrought on I'm
| protected cities and towns in France
Belgium and England must be pait
7 for in full.
AS the Austrian armistice term
5 were deemed an indication of wha
, Germany would receive, so is the mes
sage of last night deemed anothe
: indication. Briefly the government
of the United States and those of tn
/, Allied nations demand Germany's sur
: render.
, Premier Clemenceau announced il
r the Chamber of Deputies late today
L according to Paris advices, t1at Mar
: | shall Foch has laid down condition
for an armistice with Germany, an
that the terms are based upon thos
of the armistice with Turkey, Bull
garia and Austria. The Premier CAV
this outline of the conditions:
The security of the Allied troop
I must be assured by military guaran
tees.
Allied military supremacy must
i maintained and guarantee in the even
, ! Of hostilities are resumed.
The enemy must be disarmed to
: degree that he cannot renew hostili
= ties.
= Premier ClemenceSu's announce
e ment was greeted with thunderou
cheers. He concluded his speec
s by saying:
( 1--WE have won the war, though W
t may have to wait"
n Emperor Charles Of Austria refus
: ed to sign the armistice, (the text G
n which is printed elsewhere in this ed
: tion), considering the conditions ito
il hard" the Berlin Tageblatt learn
r from it's Vienna correspondent. TIL
. armistice was signed for Austria b
. General ARR Won Straussenburg, tn
- Austrian commander in the field.
Washington, Nov. 5.---Following
the text of President Wilson's lates
% message to Germany:
-e Department of State,
e Nov 5, 1918.
II Sir:---I have the honor to reques
1t you to transmit the following com
Q munication to the German Govern
&c ment:
lie 'In my note Of October %, 1918,
u Won President h9
/ transmitted his correspondence wit
lie the German authorities to the govern
= iments with which the government c
t. the United States is associated as
lie belTgerent, with the suggestion tina
/ if those governments were disposed
effect peace upon the terms and prin
lie ciples Indicated, their military advis
If ers and the military advisers of tn
p United States be asked to submit
, the governments associated agains
; Germany the necessary terms of sue
Nv an armistice as would fully protet
- the interests of the peoples involve
~ and ensure to the associated govern
- ments the unrestricted power to safe
y guard and enforce the details of til
peace to which the German Govern
-e ment had agreed, provided the
v deemed such an armistice possibl
from the military point Of view.
1.-THE President is now in receipts
q. memorandum of observations by tt
IN Allied Governments on this CORE
IL spondence, which is as follows:
ST THE Allied Governments have give
Is careful consideration to the corr
spondence which has passed betwee
the President of the United Stat