The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-11-16
ARMISTCE TERMS WILL MAKE HUN PAY FOR EACH
DROP OF BLOOD; WILSON SAYS VICTORY COMPLETE

Following in brief are the terms
of the armistice terms as announced
by President Wilson Monday after
. noon, November II, in an address to
congress;
German armies TO evacuate Bel
guim, France, Alsace-Lorraine and
Luxemburg within fourteen days.
German armies must evacuate left
bank of the Rhine, that territory to
be administered by the allies.
In connection with the evacuation
of the left bank of the Rhine it is
provided that the allies shall hold
the crossings of the river at Cob
LEM, Cologne and Mayence, together
with bridgeheads in a thirty kilo-
meter radius.
The right bank of the Rhineland,
that occupied by the allies, is to be-
come neutral zone and the bank
held by the Germans is to be evacu,
ated in nineteen days. The armis-
tice is for thirty days, but the Pres
ident spoke of the war as coming
to an end"
Germany must surrender 100 sub
marines, 80 destroyers, six battle
cruisers, ten battleships, eight light
crhisers, and other miscellaneous
ships.
Among the financial terms are res
titution for damage done by the Ger
man armies; restitution of the cash
taken from the national bank of
Belgium and return of gold taken
from Russia and ROumania.
The military terms include the
surrender of 5000 guns, half field
and half light artillery; 10000 ma
chine guns, 5000 flame throwers,
and 1000 aeroplanes.
The surrender of 5000 locomo-
tives, $4,000 wagons, 10000 motor
lorries, the railways of Alsace-LOr-
raine for use by the allies, and stores
of coal and iron also are included.
German troops are to retire at
once from any territory held by Rus
sia, Roumania and Turkey before
the war
Allied forces are to have access to
the evacuated territory either thru
Dantzig or by the river Vistula. The
unconditional capitulation of all
German forces in East Africa with
in one month is provided.
Russian and Roumanian treaties
are abrogated
Armistice lasts thirty days with
privilege of renewal.
Germany must surrender all sup
plies of war.
All allied Vesseis in German hands
must be surrendered.
Germany must notify neutrals that
they are free to trade on the seas
with allied countries.
The immediate repatriation of all
allied and American prisoners with
out reciprocal action by the allies
also is included.
After reading the arnis'icc terms
to the aoinL session the President
spoke as follows:
THE war thus comes 20 az end,
for, having accepted these terms of
armistice, it will be impossible for
the German command to renew it.
1t is now possible to assess the
consequences OF this great consum-
nation. We know, only that this
tragical war, whose consuming
flames swept fron one nation to an
other 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 wa
are all deeply proud TO the great
result.
we know, too, that the object OF
the war is attained; the object upon
which all free men had set their
hearts; and attained with sweep
ing completeness which even now
we do not realize.
Armed imperialism such as the
men conceive9 who were but yes