The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
TEXT OF ARMlSTIu
read BY PRESIDENT
BEFORE CONGRESS

armiStice.
These terms pictared her surrender
ing abjectly to Marshal Ferdinand
Foch on the field, her armies beaten,
her government overturned, her kaiser
in flight
The President said:
Gentlemen of the Congress: In
these anxious times of rapid and stu
pendous changes it will in some de-
gree tighten my sense of responsibility
to perform in person the duty of COM
munlcating to you some of the large
circumstances of the situation with
which it is necessary to deal.
1.-THE German authorities, who have,
at the invitation of the Supreme War
Council, been in communication with
Marshal Foch. have accepted and
signed the terms of armistice which he
was authorized and instructed to COM
municate to them. These terms are
as follows:
Military causes on western front:
First. Cessation of operations by land
ana IN the air six hours after the sigma
ture of the armistice.
Second. Immediate evacuation of in
yaded countries. Belgium, France, Al
sace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, SO ordered as
to be completed within Ia days from the
signature of the armistice.
German troops who have not left the
above mentioned territories within the
period fixed will become prisoners of war
Occupation by the allies and United
States forces jointly will keep pace with
evacuation in these areas.
All movements of evacuation and &C.
cupation will be regulated in accordance
Third. Repatriation, beginning at
once and to be completed within Ia days,
Of all Inhabitants OF the countries above
mentioned, including hostages and per-
sons under trial or convicted.
Fourth. Surrender in good condition
by the German armies of the following
equipment:
Five thousand guns, 500 heavy, $500
field. 10000 machine guns, 5000 mime
werfer. 1000 airplanes Fighters, bomb
ers), firstly D-7Ss and night bombing ma
chimes.
THE above to be delivered to the AL
hes and the United States troops in ac--
eordance with the detailed conditions laid
down In the annexed note:
Neutral Zone Along the Rhine.
Fifth. Evacuation by the German ar
mics Of the countries on the left bank Of
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81 The local authorities under tie con-
troll Of the Allied and United States ar
mics OF occupation
THE occupation of these territories
will be determined by Allied and United
States garrisons holding the principal
crossings of the Rhine-Mayence, Cob
Ienz, Cologne-together with bridgeheads
at these points in 30 kilometers radius on
right bank and by garrisons similarly
holding the strategic points of the region.
"A neutral zone shall be reserved on
the right bank Of the Rhine between the
stream and line drawn parallel to it 40
kilometers to the east of the frontier of
Holland to the parallel Of Gernsheim and
as far as practicable a distance of 80 kill
ometers from the east of the stream from
this parallel upon Swiss frontier.
Evacuation by the enemy of the Rhine
lands shall be SO ordered as to be COM
pleted within further period of IL days,
in all 10 days after the signature of the
armistice,
'All movements of evacuation and oc-
the note annexed
Sixth. In all territories evacuated by
the enemy there shall be no evacuation
of inhabitants; no damage or harm shall
be done to the persons or property OF the
inhabitants
mo destruction of any kind to be COM
mitted Military establishments of all
kinds shall be delivered intact as well as
HluEdfy stores Ol IOOu, equip
ment not removed during the periods
fixed for evacuation.
Stores of food of all kinds for the civil
population, cattle, etc, shall be left in
situa Industrial establishments shall not
be impaired in any way and their person
mel shall not be moved.
Roads and means of communication of
every kind--railroad, waterways, main
roads, bridges, telegraphs telephones
shall be in no manner impaired,
Vast Supplies Must BE Given UP.
Seventh. All civil and military per-
sonnet at present employed on them shall
remain.
wagons and 10000 motor lorries in good
working order with necessary repairs and
fittings, shall be delivered to the associ-
ated powers within the period fixed for
the evacuation of Belgium and Luxem-
burg; ,aa ouno,, sho,,
be handed over within the same period,
together with all pre-war personnel ana
material.
"Further material necessary for the
working of railways in the country on
the left bank Of the Rhine shall be kept
in situa.
upkeep of permanent ways, signals and
repair shops shall be left entire in sttua
and kept in an efficient state by Germany
during the whole period of the armist1cee;
"All barges taken from the Allies shall
be restored to them. A note appended
regulates the details.
Must Reveal All Mines.
eighth. The German command shall
be responsible for revealing all mines or
delay acting fuses disposed on territory
evacuated by the German troops. and
shall assist in their discovery and de-
struction. :,
1.-THE German command shall reveal all
destructive measures that may have been
taken, such as poisoning or polluting OF
springs, wells, etc, under penalty OF re-
prisals
be exercised by the Allied and the United
States armies in all occupied territory.
.The upkeep of the troops of occupa
ton in the Rhineland, excluding Alsace-
Lorraine shall be charged to the German
Government.
Must Give Up All Prisoners.
"Tenth. An immediate repatriation
without reciprocity, according to detailed
conditions which shall be fixed, Of all AL
lied and United States prisoners OF war:
"The Allied Powers and the United
States shall be able to dispose OF these
prisoners as they wish.
Disposition relative to the eastern
frontiers of Germany:
Eleventh. The sick and wounded who
can not be removed from evacuated ter
ritory will be cared for by German per-
sonnet who, will be left on the spot with
the medical material required.
Twelfth. Al; German troops at pres
mt in any territory which before the war
Lelonged to Russia, Nuniania or Turkey
shall withdraw within the frontiers q
Germany as they existed on August Il