The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-11-14

which will be specified by the allies
and the United States of America.
All other submarines to be paid off
and completely disarmed and placed
under the supervision of the allied
powers and the United States of
America.
%. The following German surface
warships which shall be designated
by the allies and the United States
of America shall forthwith be dis
armed and thereafter interned in
neutral ports or, for the want of
them, in allied ports, to be designated
by the allies and the United States of
America and placed under the sur
yeillance of the allies and the United
States of America, only caretakers
being left on board, namely: Six
battle cruisers, 10 battle ships, s
light cruisers, including two mine
layers, so destroyers of the most
: modern type. All other surface war
: ships (including 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
vessels of the auxiliary fleet Crawl
, ers, motor vessels, etc. are to be
, disarmed
: "a. The allies and the United
: States of America shall have the
: right to sweep up all mine fields and
: obstructions laid by Germany outside
: Germas territorial waters, and the
r positions of these are to be Indicated
Access to Baltic Given.
, 25. Freedom of access to and from
the Baltic to be given to the naval
and merchantile marines of the
allied and associated powers. To
secure this, the allies and the
= United States of America shall be
empowered to occupy all German
forts, Notifications, batteries and
defense works of all kinds in all the
: entrances from the Cattegat into the
: Baltic and to sweep UP all the mines
n and distractions within and without
!. German territorial waters without
S any question of neutrality being
: raised. and the positions Of all such
j mines and distractions are to be
d indicated.
. 26, The existing blockade condi-
tions set up by the allies and asso.
l. ciated powers are to remain un.
d changed and all German merchant
n ships found at sea are to remain
D liable to capture.
27. All naval aircraft are to bt
d concentrated and immobilized in Ger
. man bases to be specified by thu
ii allies and the United States o
g America.
70 All Stores to Be Taken.
= IS. In evacuating the Belgia
\ coasts and ports, Germany shal
abandon all merchant ships, tugs
r lighters, cranes and all other harbo
materials, all materials for inlan
r navigation, all aircraft and all ma
\ terials and stores, all arms an
4 armaments, and all stores and az
4 paratus of all kinds.
4 20. All Black Sea ports are to
n evacuated by Germany; all Russia
x war vessels of all descriptions seize
q by Germany in the Black Sea are t
X be handed over to the allies and tn
h United States OF America; all neutra
h vessels seized are to be released, a
Y Warlike and other materials OF a
n kinds seized in those ports are to b
X eturned and German materials a
81 specified in clause 28 are to
4 abandoned
q Merchant Vessels Restored.
y 80. All merchant vessels in Gel
1 man hands belonging to the allie
j and associated powers are to
Il estored in ports to be specified b
\ the allies and the United States {
Z America without reciprocity.
4 81. No destruction of ships or {
\ materials to be permitted befor
evacuation, surrender or restoration
80. The German government wi
notify the neutral governments {
the world, and particularly the go'
ernments of Norway, Sweden, Del
mark and Holland, that all restri
tions placed on the trading of the
vessels with the allied and associate
countries, whether by German go
ernment or by private German II
erests and whether in return ft
specific concessions such as the G.
port of shipbuilding materials or no
are Immediately cancelled.
33. No transfers of German me
chant shipping of any description
any neutral flag are to take plat
after signature of the armistice.
Duration of Armistice Given.
"a. The duration of the armistic
is 70 be 50 days, with option
extend. During this period,
failure of execution of any of I'll
y above clauses, the armistice may
r denounced by one of the contractir
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