Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-13
ArmistiCe Gives Entente Allies
Complete Military Rule
Over Nation.
IS A COMPLETE SURRENDER
Terms Open Austrian and Hungarian
Territory for American and Al
lied Operations Against Ger
many-Foch to Direct
Move.

Washington, Nov. 5.-Allied terms of
armistice under which the land and
sea forces of what was once the Aus
Tro-Hungarian empire have laid down
their arms were announced simultane-
Ously in Washington and the allied
capitals.
They accomplish complete surren-
der and open Austrian and Hungarian
territory for American and allied
operations against Germany.
From this drastic document, it may
be stated, may be cleaned an accurate
outline of the conditions nearing COM
pletiOn in the supreme war council It
Versailles under which Germany may
have Il cessation of hOStilitieS.
Army Must Be Demobilized.
The terms which ended the debacle
on the Italian front Monday at 3 p. ~,
include the complete rehabilitation of
Austrian forces, surrender of half OF
vi artillery and military equipment,
occupation by American and allied
forces OF such strategic places as may
later be selected, free use of Austrian
railways for operations against Ger
many.
Also evacuation of all invaded ter
ritory behind all equipment and sup
plies, including coal; surrender OF
portion of the Austrian surface and
submarine fleets and disarmament of
others under American and allied con-
troll; surrender of all German subma-
rineS in Austrian waters and repatria-
ton of allied and American prisoners
without reciprocity.
Evacuation of Austrian territory
roughly corresponds to the boundary
lines claimed by Italy under the Italia
Irredentia or treaty of London pro-
gram.
The terms of the armistice are to be
carried out under the direction of
Marshal FOch, who will designate ma
terial to be turned over and supervise
the movement of Observation-Disclosures
forces to the rear.
Terms of ArmIstice.
The terms of the Austrian armis-
tee, with parenthetical explanations
of minor errors in cable transmission,
were announced by the state depart
ment.
Following are the terms of the ar
mistice imposed upon Austria, which
will go into effect at o'clock:
1. The immediate cessation of hos
tilities by. land, sea and air.
2. Total rehabilitation of the Aus
tro-Fungarian army and immediate
withdrawal of all Austro-Hungarian
forces operating on the front from the
North sea to Switzerland.
Within AustrO-Hungarian territory,
limited as in clause three below, there
shall only be maintained an organized
military force reduced to prewar eff
fectives.
Half the divisional corps and army
artillery and equipment shall be col
Iected at points to be indicated by the
allies and United States of America
for delivery to them, beginning with
all such material as exists in the ter
ritorieS to be evacuated by the Aus
tro-Hungarian forces.
Evacuation Ordered.
8. Evacuation of all territories in
vaded by Austro-Hungary since the
beginning of the war; Withdrawal
within such periods as shall be deter
mined by the commander in chief of
the allied forces on each front of the
Austro-Hungarian armies behind line
fixed as follows:
From Pic Umbrai to the north Of
the Stelvio it will follow the crest of
the Rhetian Alps up to the passes of
the Adige and the Eisenach, passing
thence by n mts Reschen and Bren-
her and the heights of Oetz and Zoal-
Ter. The line thence turns south, cross
ing Mount Toblach and meeting the
present frontier Carnic Alps.
= 1t follows this frontier up TO Mount
Jarvis and after Mount Jarvis the
watershed of the Julian Alps by the
Col of Predil. Mount Mangart, the Tri-
cornO (TeFglou and the watershed of
the Coils di Podberdo. Podlanisoam and
ldria.
From this point the line turns south
east toward the Schneeberg, excludes
the whole basin of the Save and its
tributaries. From Schneeberg ii goes
down toward the coast in such a way
as TO include Castua Mattuglia and
Nolosca in the evacuated territories.
1t will also follow the administra-
tive limits of the present province of
Dalmatia. including TO the North Ii
sarica and Trivania. and 10 the south.
territory limited by line from the
(Semigrand). of Cape Planca 80 the
SUBMITS of the water sheds eastward,
so as TO include in the evacuated area
all the valleys and watercourses flow
ing toward Seberico, such as the C-
cola, Kerka. Butisnica and their trib-
utaries. 1t will also include all the
Islands in the north and west of Dali
imatfa from Premuda SeIye ClbO,