, 1918-11-14

States or America. All other SUBJ
marines to be paid off and COM
pletely dlsarmed and placed under the
supervision of the allied powers and
the United States of America.
Twenty-three-The following Ger
man surface warshlps which shall he
designated by the allies and the United
States of America shall forthwith he
disarmed INT thereafter informed in
neutral ports, or, for the wan: of them,
in allied ports, to be designated by the
allies and the United States of Amer
lea and placed under the surveillance
of allies and the United States of
America, only c%aretakers being left on
board, namely:
Six battle cruisers, ten battleships,
eight light cruisers, including two mine
layers, fifty destroyers of the most
modern type. All other surface war
ships Oncluding river craft) are to be
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 disarme1
and placed under the supervision OF
the allies and the United States of
<hlilNllSu. AL NtSStlS VI llle uuA'llbEN
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 indicated.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of access to
and from the Baltic to be given to the
naval and mercantile marines of the
allied n associated powers. To Sc
cure this, the allies and the United
States of America shall be empowered
TO occupy all German forts, fortifi-
cations, batteries and defense works of
all kinds in all the entrances from the
Cattegat into the Baltic n to sweep
up all mines and distractions within
and without German territorial waters
without any question of neutrality be-
raised, and the positions of all such
mines IL Instructions are to be in
dicated.
Twenty-siX-The existing blockade
conditions set up by the allies and as
sociated powers are to remain un-
changed and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to remain LA
bic to capture.
Twenty-seven-All naval aircraft are
to be concentrated and immobilized in
German bases to be specified by allies
and the United States of America.
Twentyeight-In evacuating the Bel
gian coast and ports Germany shall
abandon all merchant ships, tugs, light
ers, cranes and all other harbor mater
ials, all materials for inland navigation,
il aircraft and all materials and stores,
all arms and armments, and all stores
and apparatus of all kinds.
Twenty-eight-In evacuating the Bel
to be evacuated by Germany all Rus
sian war vessels of all description
seized by Germany in the Black sea
are to be handed ever to the allies
and the United States of America; al
neutral merchant vessels seized are tc
' be released; all warlike and other ma
~terials of all kinds seized in those port!
are to De returned and German mate
: rails as specified in clause IS are to b,
abandoned.
Thirty-All merchant vessels ii
German hands belonging to the alllet
and associated powers are to be re
f stored in ports to be specified by thu
allies and the Unired States of Americ,
without reciprocity.
Tbirty-one-No destruction of ships
or of materials to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender or restoration.
Thirty-tw.-The German governments
will notify The neutral governments
of the world and particularly the
governments of Norway, Sweden. Den
mark and Holland, that all restrictions
placed on the trG1."gg Of their vessels
with the allied and associated coun
tries, whether by the Gernian govern
ment or by private German III tterests
and whether in return for specific con.
cessions such as the export of Ship
building materials or not are imme. Il
ately Cancelled.
Thirty-three-No transfers of Ger.
man merchant shipping of any descrip-
ton to any neutral flag are to take
place after signature of the arm ,t!cc.
6. Duration of Armistice.
Thirty-four-The duration of the
armistice is to be thirty days.