The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-11-15
GERMANY MUST GIVE UP FOR
OCCUPATION ALL COUNTRIES ON
THE WEST BANK OF THE Rhine
THE TERMS OF ARMISTlCE WITH GERMANY WERE
READ TO CONGRESS BY PRESIDENT WILSON
GERMANY MUST GIVE
PREPARATION FOR DAMAGES
Must Release Own Ships To Carry Food Return All Aleo
Ships, And Notify Neutras The Sea Is Safe Again

waits wnlie Germany REFORMS ncrsurr
from within.
The duration Of the armistice Is 80
days and various periods are specified
within those 30 days for compliance
with certain specific terms.
One provision of the armistice which
was supplementary to the text as first
drawn by the supreme war council.
and therefore, does not appear in the
text as President Wilson delivered It,
was inserted after German revolution
aries took possession OF tho German
feet. It provides II the feet is not do,
livered as specified in the agreement,
the associated governments may oc.
cupy the Heligoland fortress as an
advanced base to secure possession
of 1t.
And now, having clipped the military
| autocracy of its fangs the associated
governments will wait for the next 80
| days, while terms OF the armistice
are being carried out to see what sort
Of a government in Germany they will
have to deal with.
In his address to congress the
| president sounded a note of warning
that unless the German people are fed.
lnless their distress Is relieved, there
s danger of bolshevism. The ques-
ion Of what sort of government might
,rise to make peace, he declared, was
matter Of no small anxiety and mis-
living.
An assemblage of senator's and rep
esentatives, with cabinet officers, dip
lomatic supreme court justices and
crowded galleries, heard the president
read the terms of the armistice and
deliver his address in the hall of the
house, where 19 months ago they
heard him ask for the declaration of
war.
Wilson's Speech In Full. -
The president spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the congress:
I'm these anxious times of rapid and
stupendous change 1t will in some de-.
gree tighten my sense of responsible
ty to perform In person the duty Of
communicating to you some of the
larger circumstances Of the situation
with which 1t is necessary to DEAL
THE German authorities, who have,
at the invitation of the supreme war
council, been In communication with
Marshal FOch, have accepted and sign
ed the terms of armistice which he
was authorized and instructed to COM
municate to them.
!. Military Clauses On Western Front.
One: Cessation of operations by
land and in the air six hours after
the signature of the armistice.
Two: Immediate evacuation of in
vaded countries: Belgium, France.
Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, so or
dered as to be completed within IL
days from the signature of the arm
lstice. German troops which have
not left the aforementioned terri
tories within the period fixed will be-
come prisoners of war. Occupation
by Allied and United States forces
Jointly will keep pace with evacua-
ton In these areas. All movements
Of evacuation and occupation will be
regulated In accordance with a note
annexed to the stated terms.
Three: Repatriation beginning at
once and to be completed within II
days of all inhabitants of the coun-
tries above mentioned including
hostages and persons under trii. or
convicted.
Four: Surrender in good condition
by German armies Of the following
equipment: Five thousand guns,
(2,500 heavy, $500 feld); $4,000 ma.
chine guns; 1900 minenwerfer; 1000
aeroplanes (fghters, bombers-ilrstly
| d seventy-threes and night bombing
machine). The above to be deliver
cd In stu to Allied and United States
troops In accordance with details
down In the annexed note,
Five: Evacuation by German arm.
les of countries on the left bank OF
the Rhine. These countries on the
left bank of the Rhine shall be ad-
ministered by local authorities under
control of Allied and United States
armies OF occupation. Occupation cf
these territories will be determined
by Allied and United States garrisons,
| (Continucd on prse9