Cleveland County herald., 1918-11-14

Wsaaington- terms of the arm !stice with Germany were read to Con- 5 gress by President Wilson.
 Assembled in the hall of the House where nineteen months ago senators and representatives heard the Prest ! dent asked for the declaration of war. they heard him speak the words which herald the coming of peace. The President spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of Congress:
 "The German representatives who have, at the invitation of the supreme war council, been in communication with Marshal Fooh, have accepted and signed the terms of armkstiee which he was authorized and instructed to communicate to them. Those tterms are as follows:
 '1. Military clauses 0n western front
 "1 Cessati0n of opersGtiorSs by land and in the air six hours after the sig nature of the iarmistiee.
 % Immediate evacuation.
 
 armistice are embraced in eleven spec ifications, which include the evacua- tion of all invaded territories, the withdrawal Dftthe German troops from the left bank of the Rhine and the sur render of ;all supplies oof war.
 Abandonment of Treaties.
 ''The terms also provide for the abandonment by Germanyof the treat ies of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk '"The naval terms provide for the 16O submarines. fifty destroyers, six battle cruisers ten battleships, eight light cruisers and other miscellaneous ships "AN allied vessels in German hands are so be surrendered. and Germany is to notify meutrals that they are free to trade at once fon the seas with the allied countries.
 "Arnupg the !finaIqci$l terms included are restitution for damage done by tht German armies; restitution of the cas1 taken from the national bank of Bel gium and msturn oof sgold taken iron Russia and Roumania
 ''The military terms include the SUI render of 5000 guns, half field an, half light artillery; 80i000 machin guns, 5000 flame Jthrowers and 200 airplanes.
 ''The surrenderoof 5000 locomotives 50,000 wagons, 10000 motor lorries, tn, railways of Alsaee-Lorraine for use b the allies and stores of coal and fro also are included.
 'In connection with the evacuatio of the left bank of the Rhine it is pro vided that the allies shall hold tn, crossing of the river at Coblentz, Go logne and Mayence, together wit radius.
 ''The immediate repatriation of al allied and American prisoners withou reciprocal action by the allies also i included
 ''The right bank of the Rhine am that occupied by the allies is to be come q neutral zone and the banl held by the Germans is to be evacu ated in nineteen days. The armistic,
 
 is for thirty days, but the Presiden spoke Of the war as '%comipg to al end
 German troops are to retire at ono, from any territory held by Russia Roumania and Turkey before the war The allied forces are to have access to the evacuated territory eithel through Dantzig or by the river Wis tula. The unconditional equalization of all German forces in East Africs within one month is provided
 The repatriation within fourteen days of the thousands of unfortunate civilians deported from France and Belgium also is required.
 Freedom of access to the Baltic Sea with power to occupy German forts in the Gattegat is another provision. The Germans also must reveal location of mines, poisoned wells and like agen- cies of destruction and the allied blockade is to remain unchanged dur ing the period of armistice.
 These are the "'high spots" of the terms as the President read them to terms as the President read them to Congress. Germanys acceptance of them, he said, signafiNed the end of the war. because it made her power less to renew it.
 All ports on the Black Sea occupied by Germans are to be surrendered and Russian naval vessels also are to be surrendered.
 The President made it plain that the nations which have overthrown the military masters of Germany will now >---~~---~>->-~--
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