The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-11-15
Immediate restitution of the cash

return of all documents, specie
stocks, shares, paper money together
with plant for the issue thereof
touching pbulic or private interests
| in the invaved countroes. Restitu'
ton of the Russian and Rumaniar
gold yielded to Germany or taken by
that power. This gold to be deliv'
cred in trust to the allies until the
signature Of peace.
v. Naval Conditions.
20-Immediate cessation Of all
hostilities at sea and definite in for
nation to be give mas to the location
and movements Of all German ships
Notification to be given to the naval
and mercantile marines of the allied
and associated powers, all questions
of neutrality being waived
21-All naval and mercantile ma
rine prisoners of war Of the allied
and associated powers in German
hands to be returned without recip-
rocity.
22-Surrende rto the allies and
the United States Of America of one
hundred and sixty German subma-
rines (including all submarine cruis-
ers and mine laying submarines
with their complete armament and
equipment in ports which will be
specified by the allies and the Unit
ed States Of America. All other sub
marines to be paid off and COM
pletely disarmed and placed under
the supervision of the allied powers
and the United States Of America.
Fleet Taken by Allies
23-The following German sur
face warships which shall be desig-
mated by the allies and the United
States Of America shall forthwith be
disarmed and thereafter interned in
neutral ports, or, for the want Of
them in allied ports, to be designat-
ed by the allies and the United
States Of America, only caretakers
being left on board namely: Six bat
tie cruisers, ten battleships, eight
light cruisers, including two mine
layers, fifty destropers of the most
modern type. All htoer surface war
ships (including 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
disarmed and placed under the SUI
pervision of the allies and the United
States of America. All vessels of
the auxiliary feet (twalers, motor
vessels, ETC., are to be disarmed.
24-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 thees are to be in
dicated.
25-Freedom of access to and
from the Baltic to be given to the
naval and mercantile marines of
the allied and associated powers. To
secure this the allies and the United
States Of America shall be empower
d to occupy all German forts, forti-
fications, batteries and defense works
of all kinds in all the entrances from
the Categat into the Baltic, and to
sweep up all the mines and obstruc-
lions within and without German ter
ritorial waters without any question
of neutrality being raised, and the
positions of all such mines and OBJ
are to be indicated.
26--The existing blockade con-
ditions set up by the allies and as
ISOLATED powers are to remain un-
changed, and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to 'emain
liable to capture.
27-All naval aircraft are to be
concentrated and immobilized in
German bases to be specified b. the
allies and the United States of
America.
2S-In evacuating the Belgian
coasts and ports German shall aban-
don all merchant ships, tugs, light.
ers, cranes and all other harbor ma
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