The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28
ARM|ST|CE TERMS
AGREED upon
Will Render Germany Helpless
To Resume the War.
GUARANTEES TO BE EXACTED
Terms Include Evacuation Of All O.
cupied Territory - Surrender Of
Rhine Fortresses, Loss Of
All Ordnance.

WaShingtOn-It is the fixed deter
mination of the Allied military com
manders to render Germany utterly
powerless from military standpoint,
tice to be laid down in answer to the
latest German note and soon TO be an
nounced not only to the Government
in Berlin but to the world at large.
In fact the acceptance of these terms
will constitute absolute and uncondi-
tional surrender. 1t will place the
Allies in a position to impose upon
Germany whatever peace program
they may finally decide upon between
themselves, by making it impossible
for her to again resume hostilties
without inviting humiliation at the
hands of her enemies.
This became certain when an out
line of the armistice terms as tenta-
lively adopted by the Inter-Allied War
Council and as submitted for the con
sideratiOn of this Government became
known. These terms, if finally con-
Cured in, will paralyze the German
war machine, should they be accepted.
and will place the Allies in a position
to exact peace upon any basis that
they may be disposed to dictate.
1t should be remembered in this con-
nection that Germany's enemies have
laid down two general conditions upon
which peace might be had. The first
Is, the destruction of the German mill
tary power and her surrender of all
conquered territory. The second is
that Germany must make PREPARATION
to Belgium and France for the wantoH
destruction of hundreds of millions Of
dollars worth of property in each.
In considering, not peace terms, but
the terms of an armistice. the War
Council found it necessary to demand
safeguards against German militarism,
as expressed in terms of armies. for
tresSes and munitions manufacturing
plants, but guarantees as we'll that
Germany would pay any indemnities
that might be levied upon her. She
must not only be deprived Of the op-
portunity to fight again, but must give
a mortgage Of some sort to secure the
obligations which she must assume.
The first proposition was COMPARE
lively easy to work out Marshal Foch
and his superstaff Of field officers know
exactly what needs to be done to dis
arm Germany, but the laying of lien
upon her without actually Selling and
garrisOning great areas of her terri
tory is as much a problem Of states
manship as of disarmament. But that
problem seems to have been met. Here
are the leading terms of the armistice,
as they stand at this moment:
l.. Germany is to withdraw her ar
mics from occupied territory in France,
Belgium, Russia and Roumania and
must do it within a time to be specified
by Marshal Foch.
2. Not only must her armies in
France and Belgium retire to their own
frontier, but they must drop back of
the river Rhine at all points, leaving
the whole of the area between her
frontier and the Rhine unprotected, if
not actually in the hands of the Al.
lied armies.
8. The whole chain of German for
tresses facing the line of France. and
including Metz and Strassburg, are to
be occupied and garrisoned by Allied
armies.
A. Germany Is TO release every Allied
soldier held prisoner of war, but the
Allies are not to release any Germans
held prisoner until the work of recon
struction in Belgium and Northern
France is completed.
5. Germany is to surrender all sub
marines in the Mediterranean and is
to surrender one of every type of u
boat now in her service.
G. The German armies are to be dis
armed through the loss of all tl,il
ordnance, light and heavy, but il is moi
clear yet whether this will include the
side arms of the enemy troops.
Z. The German armies must be de
Modified except to such extent as may
be necessary for her Government t.
police the country.
There are some other questions
which have been discussed, it is
learned, in connection with the arms
tice, but as most Of them affect Aus
tria and Turkey rather than Germany
1t is unlikely that they will be includ
ed in any terms to which German!
must subscribe if she is to have peace
54,431 KILLED OUT OF $4,000.