The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-14
PEACE VERY NEAR
AR,s.sr,cE TERMS


Washington. Nov 1.-THE president. in addressing
congress today the of the armstice. spoke
follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress
an these anxious times Of rapid and stupendous
change it will in degree tighten of
sbiity to perform in the duty of
of the larger circumstances of the situation
with which 1t is necessary to DEAL
"The German authorities who have the invitation
of the supreme council been in communication with
Marshal Foch have accepted and signed the terms of
municate them. Those terms follows:
"lMilitary clauses western front:
sstcss.stor Of operations M by by land i,,a and in the
Belgium France Lu.s%burgmso q. Or
signature of the armisce. German troops which have
od nSs ned viii prisoners Of %a Occupation By
allied United States forces jointly will keep pace
stion alton and oeeapaton will Be regulated accordance
with note anne.ed to the stated terms ns >, \.
above mentioned including hostages and per
Fourth Surrender in good condition by the Ger;
gsn. an ess heavy % soo sS
r. sSo1s s
vsred stu to the allies and the United States troops
Sy the e. German ss,n. armies Of the
sThsss countries the left bank Of the Rhine shall
The occupation territories will be determined by
Of ss RSs
wh s the sss ss .ps S rs
holding the str..egs points Of the TsEioh, nsu %
.s: to ss an:
Rss,ff Of thirty f1omsssrs
y Il. .s of %
be completed within further period Of eleven days
- aA movements Of evacuation and oecupation will Be-
r-gulated according to the note annesed
h.r. .h. BE- no " Of inhabitants.
4 so
Military establishmsnts Of 4. kind: shall be delivered in;
sstia% Store. Of =. for shs civil pops:
.hmsns sh. not be imP.rsd in any way and their psr.
nication Of every kind railroad waterways roads
bridges te!egraphs telephones shall lin manner be
'Seventh-An civil and military personnel present
&c tn% % and rs%e dc @ h
working order. with all necessary parts and attinFs
burg The railways Of shall be handed
psrson".i @ and n.ce,..ry fo1
ssi 81 s s''1
aos fss Int % S t sn eD r. %
All b.ig.s t.fsn from the allies -. b restored to
"E3Ghth-Tho German command shall be responsible
for revealing all mines delay fuses disposed
territory evacuated by the German troops and shall
sist In their discovery and destruction.
The German command shall also reveal all destruc>
tive that have been taken (such poison
ing polluting springs wells etc. under penalty Of
reprisals.
aNinth-Ths right Of requisiton shall be exercised
by allies the United States armies in all occupied
territory The upkeep Of the Of occupation in the
Rhine land Excluding Asace Lorrane) shall be charged
to the German government
~Tenth-An immediate repatriation without recproc-
ty according to detailed conditions which shall be xed
of all allied and United States prisoners Of The al
lied powers and the United States shall be able to dis
pose Of these prisoners they wish.
Eleventh Sick and wounded who cannot be re-
territory will be cared for by Ger
personnsl who will be left the spot with medical
material required
Disposition relative to the eastern frontiers of
Germany:
"Twelfth-An German troops at present in any ter
ritory which before the belonged to Russia Roua
mia Turkey shall withdraw within the frontiers Of Ger
many they existed on Aug. !, 1914.
Evacuation by German troops to begin
at once and all German INSTRUCTOR prisoners and cvi
we'll military agents. now in the territory OF
Russia (as defined before 1910 to be recalled
"Fourteenth-GermAn troops to cease at once all
requsons and seizures and other with
view to obtaining supplies intended for Germany in
Roun,ania and Russia (as defined Aug I, 1910.
Observation-Disclosures Of the treaties Of Buchar-
est and tovsk and Of the supplementary treaties
"Sixteenth-Te allies shall have free access to the
territories evacuated by the Germans their eastern
frontier either through Danxg by the Vistoa In
der 20 convey supplies the popuhtons of those ter
ritories for any other purpose.
@Sevsntesnth- captuation Of all Ger
in Africa