Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-13
CHANCES MADE
IN ARMIST|CE BY
MARSHAL FOCH

territory which belonged before the
war to Russia. Roumania and Tur-
key, is rewritten. Territory which
belonged to Austria Hungary IS
added to that from which the Ger
mans must withdraw imme diately
and as to, territory which belonged
to Russia, it is provided the Ger
man troops now there shall with
draw within the frontiers of Ger
many, "as soon as the allies, taking
into account the internal situation
of those territories, shall decide the
time for this has come"
Supplies For Germany.
Article differentiation" is sub
stituted for abandonment in stipu-
lating the treaties of Bucharest and
Brest-Litovsk are nullihed.
Article 16.-Providing free access
for the allies into territory evacu-
ated through the German eastern
frontier, is changed so as to declare
such access is for the purpose of
conveying supplies to, the popula-
tons "and for the purpose Of main
tanning order" instead of "or for any
other purpose"
Article l7.-Originally providing
for the unconditional capitulation"
within one month of all German
forces operating in East Africa is
substituted by a clause requiring
only evacuation by all German
forces operating in East Africa
within a period to be fixed by the
allies"
Article lS.-Providing for the re-
patriation of all civilians belonging
to the allies or associated powers
others than those enumerated in Ar
ticle 3, is amended to eliminate
reservation that any future claims
or demands by the allies and the
United States shall remain unaf-
fected.
Take All U-Boats.
Article 22.-Providing for the
surrender of 100 German submarines
is changed to read all submarines
now existing" with the added stip-
ulation that those which cannot
take the sea shall be disarmed of
the material and personnel and shall
remain under the supervision of the
allies and the United States" Fur
Their provisions are added requiring
all the conditions of the article shall
be carried INTO effect within IA days;
that submarines ready for sea shall
be prepared to leave German ports
Immediately upon orders by wireless
and the remainder at the earliest
possible moment.
! Article 23.-Providing for the dis
position of German surface war
ships, has additional clauses requir-
ing that vessels designated for in
ternment, shall be ready to leave
German ports within seven days up
on directions by wireless and that
the military armament Of all YES
sells of the auxiliary fleets shall be |
put on shore,
For Lack of Good Faith.
Article 26.-Providing that the
allied blockade remains unchanged
has this sentence added: "The allies
and the United States should give
consideration to the provisioning 81 |
Germany, during the armistice to
the extent recognized as necessary"
Article 28.-Providing conditions
of evacuation of the Belgian coast,
from which the Germans actually
had been driven before the armistce
was signed, was changed in minor
particulars.
Article 34.-Providing that the
duration of the armistice shall be
80 days and that if its clauses are
not carried into execution, it may be
renouhced upon 48 hours warning.
has the following added: 1T is un-
derstood that the execution of arti-
cles three and Is shall not warrant
the denunciation of the armistice
on the ground of insufficient execu-
ton within a period fixed except
in the case of bad faith in carrying
them into execution. In order to
assure the execution of this con-
vention under the best conditions
the principle of a permanent inter-
national armistice commission is ad-
tnitted This commission shall act