Cleveland County herald., 1918-11-14

being left on joard, namely, six battlecruisers, te battleships, eight light cruisers, in eluding two mine layers (including ri Ger crafO are to be concentrated in German naval bases to be designated hy the allies and the United States 0f America, and are to be paid off Ind completely disarmed and placed .nsaer the supervision of the allies and the United States of Amer ica. All vessels of the auxiliary fleet {trawt4rs. motor vessels, etc.) are to be dlsarmed.
 T wenty-f allies and the United States of America shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and Instructions laid by Germany out side German territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be indicated.
 Access to the Baltic.
 Wenty-fiye-Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the naval and mercantile marines of the allied ana-aeutral powers. To secure this the allies and the United States of America shall be empowered to oc- cupy all German forts, Qualifications, batteries and defense works of allkinds in all the entrances from the Categat into the Baltic and to sweep up all mines and Instructions within and without German territorial waters without any question of neutrality be- ing raised, and the positions of all such mines and Instructions are to be indi- cated.
 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 liable to capture.
 Twenty seven-All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobilized in German bases to be specified by the allies and the United States of Amer ica.
 Twenty-eight-In evacuating the Bel l g1an coasts and ports, Germany shal abandon all merchant ships, tugs, light l CTS, cranes and all other harbor mate rials, all materials for inland naviga tion, all aircraft and all materials and stores, all arms and ornaments, anC all stores and apparatus of all kinds.
 Black Sea Ports. Twenty-nine-All Black Sea ports are to be evacuated by Germany; al Russian war vessels of all descriptions seized by Germany in the Black See are to be handed over to the allies anC the United States of cmerica, all neu tral merchant vessels seized are to bt released, all war-like and other mate rials of all kinds seized in those ports are to be returned and German mate rials as specified in clause 28 are to bt abandoned
 Thirty-All merchant vessels in Ger man hands belonging to the allied and associated powers are to be restored in ports. to be specified by the allies and the United States of America without reciprocity.
 Thirty-one-No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender or restoration.
 Thirty-two-The German govern ment will notify the neutral govern. ments of the world and particularly the governments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, that all restrictions placed on the trading of their vessels with the allied and associated countries, whether by the German government or by private German interests. and whether in return for specific conces- sions such as export of shiptulding materials, or not, are immediately can celed.
 Thirty-three-No transfers of Ger man merchant shipping of any descrip- tion to an neutral flag are to take place after signature of the armistice.
 VI. Duration of Armistice:
 rtyfour-Duration of the armis- tice is to be thirty days, with option to extend. During this period, on fail ure of execution of any of the above clauses, the armistice may be re- nounced by any of the contracting parties on forty-eight hours previous notice.
 VII. Time Limit for Reply:
 Thirty y-five-This armistice to be ac- cepted or refused by Germany within seventy-two hours of notification.
 "The war thus comes to an end, " said the President, flor having accept ed these terms of armistice it will be impossible for the German command to renew it. It is not now possible to assess the consequences of this great We know only that this tragical war, whose cosuming flames swept one nation to another until all the world was on fire, is at an end, and that it was the privilege of our own people to enter it at its most critical juncture in such fashion and in such force as to contribute in a way of which we are all deeply proud to tbo great result We know foO