Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-11-04
Complete And Effective Sur
render Fate OF Germany's
Principal Ally.
PRINCIPAL STRATEGIC
POINTS ARE GIVEN UP
Army Disbanded, Fleet Sur
rendered And Aircaft Turn
ed Over To Victors.
BY Robert J. Bender


Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, Nov. 4.-Complete, eff
fective surrender of Austria Hungary
is provided by the Emitted States-allied
armistce terms, now operative, and
made public by the state department
today.
'fhe terms, stripping her-ef her last
shred of military power provide for
total rehabilitation including with
dfawal Of. Austro- Hungarian troops
from the west front; for surrender Of
half her divisional, corps and army ar
tiltery and equipment, for withdrawal
from all invaded territories; for allied
occupation of strategic points in Aus
fclaeHungary; for surrender of stipu-
lated numbers of submarines, battle
ships, cruisers, etc.; for United States
allied supervision of the balance of her
fleet and United States-alhed occupa.
tion of big Austrian naval base at Pola.
These terms and others, put an iron
clamp on Austria. From them may be
deduced the nature of terms to be met
ed out to Germany, it was stated au-
theritatively today.
Germany will have to meet require
ments equally-as strong in the matter
of rehabilitation, surrender of mater
ial surrender of submarines and ma
Jor craft and occupation of strategic
points.
Text of Arnist;ce
The text of the armistice terms fol-
lows:
Military clauses:
1.-THE immediate cessation of hos
tgities by land, sea and air.
''2-Total rehabilitation of the Aus
trialHungarian army and immediate
withdrawal of Austria Hungary forces
operating on the front from the North
sea to Switzerland.
"Within Austro Hungarian territory
limited as in clause three below, there
ifall be only maintained as an organ
ized military force reduced to pre-war
lc,Ives.
Half the divisional, corps and ar
sny artillery and equipment shall be
collected at points to be indicated by
tae allies and United States Of Amer
tca for delivery to them, beginning
with all such material as exists in the
territories to be evacuated by the Aus
tfo-Hungarian forces.
"Three-Evacuatie of all territor-
les invaded by Austria-Hungary since
the beginning of the war. Withdrawal
within such periods as shall be deter
mined by the commander in chief of
the allied forces on each front of the
Austro- Hungarian armies behind line
fixed as follows:
From Pic -Umbrail to the north OF
the Stelvio, it will follow the crest Of
the Rhetian Alps lip to the sources OF
the Adige and the Eisach, passing
thence by Monts Reichen and Bremen
and the heights of Oetz and Zaoller;
the line thence turns south. crossing
Mont Toblach and meeting the present
frontier Carnic Alps 1t follows this
frontier up to Mount Jarvis and aftel
Mount Taryxs the watershed of the Ju
Ian Alps by the Col of Predil, Mount
Mangart. the Treorno (Tcrglou) and
the watershed of the Coils Di Podberdo
Podlaniscam and Indria. From thi!
point the line turns southeast towards
the Schneeberg, excludes the whole ba
Sin of the Save and its tributaries
From Sehneeberg it goes dowa towards
the ccast in such way as to include
q Castna, Mattuglia and Volcsea in thu
evacuated territories
cit win also fofow the administra
u tive limits of the present province o.
s Dafnatia, including to the north Lisa
rica and Trivania and TO the south ter
ritoir limits by line from the (Sem
= igFande) of Cape Pianca to the sum
mits Of the watershed eastwards, so a
to include in the evacuated area al
N the valleys ana water courses flowinl