The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-15
World Redeemed
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river craft are to be concentrated in
German naval bases to be designated
by the allies and the United States of
America, and are to be paid off and
completely disarmed and placed under
the supervision of the allies and the
United States of America. All ves-
sells of the auxiliary feet (trawlers,
motor vessels, etc. are to be disarm-
ed.
"a. The allies and the United States
of America shall have the right to
sweep up all mine fields and obstruc-
lions laid by Germany outside German
territorial waters, and the positions of
these are to be indicated.
rs. Freedom of access to and from
the Baltic to be given to the naval and
mercantile marines of the allied and
associated powers. To secure this, the
allies and the United States of Amer
lea shall be empowered to occupy all
German forts, Notifications, batteries
and defense works of all kinds in all
the entrances from the Categat into
the Baltic, and to sweep up all mines
and distractions within and without
German territorial waters without any
question of neutrality being raised,
and the positions of all such mines and
distractions are to be indicated.
26. The existing blockade conditions
set up by the allies and associated
powers are to remain unchanged and
all German merchant ships found at
sea are to remain liable to capture.
81. All naval aircraft are to be con-
centrated and immobilized in German
bases to be specified by the allies and
the United States of America.
%. In evacuating the Belgian coasts
and ports, Germany shall abandon all
merchant ships, tugs, lighters, cranes
and all other harbor materials, all ma
terials for inland navigation, all air.
craft and all materials and stores, all
arms and ornaments, and all stores
and apparatus of all kinds.
20. All Black Sea ports are to be
evacuated by Germany; all Russian
war vessels of all description seized
by Germany in the Black Sea are to
be handed over to the allies and the
United States of America; all neutral
merchant vessels seized are to be re-
leased; all war-like and other mater
ials of all kinds seized in those ports
are to be returned and German ma
terials as specified in clause % are to
be abandoned.
80. All merchant vessels in German
hands belonging to the allied and as
ISOLATED powers are to be restored in
ports to be specified by the allies and
the United States of America without
reciprocity.
81. No destruction of ships or of
materials to be permitted before evac-
uation, surrender or restoration.
80. The German Government will
notify the neutral governments of the
world, and particularly the govern
ments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark
and Holland, that all restrictions plac-
ed on the trading of their vessels
with the allied and associated coun-
tries, whether by the German gov
eminent or by private German inter- |
ests and whether in return for spe-
cifc concessions such as export of |
shiobuilding materials, or not, are i'm
mediately cancelled.
SO. No transfers of German mer-
chant shipping of any description to
any neutral flag are to take place af-
ter signature of the armistice.
Here the President interrupted his
reading to remark that there evident
ly had been an error in transmission,
as the arithmetic was very bad. The
further. period" of eleven days is in
addition to the fourteen days allowed |
for evacuation of invaded countries,
making twenty-five days given the
Germans to get entirely clear of the
Rhine lands. w..
vi. Duration of Armistice
"a. The duration of the armistice is
to be thirty days, with option to ex-
tend. During this period, on failure
of execution of any of the above claus
es, the armistice may be denounced
by one of the contracting parties on
forty eight hours previous notice.
VII. Time Limit for Reply
35. This armistice to be accepted
or refused by Germany within seven
ty-two hours of notification.
FOR GERMANY DRASTIC