The sun., 1918-11-03
Versailles Council Considers
Ordering Withdrawal 30
Miles Behind Rhine.
EQUAL TO SURRENDER
Yielding Of Fleet and of
HelgOland Fortress Also
in the Draft.
CANNOT MOVE SUPPLIES
Occupation by Allies and
Americans of Metz and Like
Strongholds Included.
CANNOT MOVE SUPPLIES
By the Associated Press.

W ASHlNGION, 4>oN. - lie Cu'
preme War Council at Versailles. It
was learned to-day through diplO-
matte channels, has under considera-
ton, as the starting point in framing
terms of an nrmistice proposal, that
Germany he required to withdraw
her armies without their military
supplies or the loot being carried
from France and Belgium to zone
thirty miles to the eastern side of
the Rhine and that the entire Ger
man navy, including submarines and
the Helgoland fortress. be surren-
dered.
1t is possible that the conditions,
when finally agreed upon. may not
emerge from the council in exactly
this degree. but il Is believed they
| will be no less potent for preserving
the military supremacy Of the Allies,
| and at the same time offer PROPOSE
tions which the Germans may accept
without further fighting.
Must Take All or None.
The same information, coming
through the same sources, indicates
that the armistice terms as finally
| agreed upon may be made known to
1 the world Monday or Tuesday and
| that they will be presented TO Ger
many for acceptance in their entirety
or not at all, without opportunity for
quibblng or trading.
| From a ,niIitar, ro,r, =, ,i ,
proposal that tho C;er,,,n or,,to,, h ,,,.
armed and retired tbir,,. r,i,as ho,ord
the Rhine is classed only as tantamount
to an absolute surrender II not only
would throw open to the allied and Amer
lean armies many roads to RerIin i,sa,,
| but with the surrender of railway rolling
stock deprive them of means IN retrac.
! their steps or fight il they would
|
" Des'roS inner Defences'
| There Is some question among military
! observers as 10 whether such complettt
terms are really necessary. Undoubtedly
the object sought in proposing that the
ph,,c - ,''''eS e"'''u '"e
defence system That svstem Ia s,,.
ported by a chain NJ fortreseas ,,i,ho,,.
which the line would be un,enab,e ana
| some military exnar,e bo,,oyo :, ,,,,, 30,
! be necessary n go f,r,ber than ,o da-
mand the surronder or disn,,r,,,r, -,
those forts
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VIC proposals ot'nsS suggestion that
"lde zone might be established within
the borders of Germany. from which
the armed forces of both sides might ha
Withdrawn until neaco ,r,a,ios s,o,I,,
ho,.o IT,, ,,,
| 80" "e" o'"''u"''e'' A"c rreheh
ana Beigiah frontiers are expected
be reoCcupied by the allied armies. bt
it might develop that as the Gerlna II
forces would he reouired to fall bact
| ,ar, ,,,,,'., ''
"P''u az l''''"'F Se"9e'
IL seems considered certain to military
experts here, however. that the terms
will include the surrender of the Metz
fortiflcations and such of the Rhine fort.
resse,, nc will cIear tho yav for r,i,i,oS
! i,,,oaI,,, -, C,<-,,,,,,,, =, ~ ,. 80,
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| Wil.on In c,o.c ,ro,n
|
president wilson continued to-day to
keep In close touch with the War Council
ros.n,a,I,,o col IIousa W. a,
Washington outside OF the inner official
circle knows the exact extent of Col