The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-11-06
austria Down and OUT
PLEADS FOR PEACE;
Terms SHE GETS
AustrO Hungarian Territory Open to
Allies for Operations
Against Germany
TO USE HER GUNS ON KAISER
No Chance Remains for Argument
Over Boundaries Around
y the Peace Table

render.
Not only have the armed forces of
the once powerful Austro-Hungarian
!, Empire laid down their arms to await
the end of the war and peace terms
dictated by the Allies and the United
States, but Austro- Hungarian terrific
Try is open for operations against Ger
many. Even the munitions of the
: former ally are to be used against
3the Kaiser's armies, if refusal to ac-
ucept conditions now being prepared
'fot them make prolonged fighting
necessary.
The terms which stopped the victo-
,rious advance on the italian front
were accepted by the Austrian COM
!, mander in chief in the field in the
name Of the Vienna Government, and
8 th@'r execution is guaranteed by the
thorough beating already admins.
tered, which had converted the de-
1eated army into a disorganized, flee
ing horde.
Terms of Armistice
The terms of the armistice, with
parenthetical explanations of minor
. errors in cable transmission, were an
&nounced by the State Department as
follows:
Following are the terms of the
which will go into effect at 3 o'clock
today:
Military clauses:
l.. The immediate cessation of his
tilities by land, sea and air.
q. Total rehabilitation of the Aus
tro-Hungarian army and :mme diatc
withdrawal of all Austro- Hungarian
forces operating on the front from
the North sea to Switzerland.
Within Austro- Hungarian territory,
q limited in clause 3 below there shall
Ponly be maintained as an organized
military force CD reduced to pre-
swar effectives. effectiveness
Half the divisional corps and army
. artillery and equipment shall be col
lected, with points to be indicated by
the Allies and the United States OF
america for delivery to them, begin
ming with all such material as exists
in the territories to be evacuated by
the Austro-Hungarian forces.
8. Evacuation of all territories in
. vaded by Austro- Hungary since the
beginning of the war. Withdrawal
within such periods as shall be de-
tcrmined by the commander-in chief
of the Allied forces as each front of
the Austro- hungarian armies behind
a line fixed as follows: From the Pie
, Umbraii to the north of the Stelvio it
will follow the crest of the Rhetian
Alps up to the sources of the Adige
and the Eisch, passing thence by
Mounts Reschen and Brcnner and the
heights of Oetz and Zoaller The line
thence llrns south, crossing Mount
/. Tobiash and meeting the present from
tier Carnie Alps. 1t follows this from
! tier up to Mount Jarvis, and after
To, h., 4 Il
Julian Alps by the Col of Bredile,
Mount Mangart and Tricorno (Terg
lo) and the watersheds Of the Coils di
Podbe rdo, Podlaniscan and Idra. From
( this point the line turns southeast to-
: wards the coast in such a way as to
include Castua, Mattuglia ard Voiosca
in the evacuated territories.
1t will also follow the administra-
tive limits of the present pr&vincc of
n sDalmatia, including to the north Liza
Trica and Trivania, and to the south
territory limited by line from the
(Semigrand of Cape Planca to the
SUBMITS of the watersheds eastwards,
SO as to include in the evacuated areas
all the valleys and water courses flow
ing towards Sebenico, such as the
Cicola, Kerka Butisnica and their trib.
utaries. 1t will also include all the is
lands in the north and west of Dal-
malta from Premuda, Selve Ulbo,
Scherda, Maon, Pago and Puntadura
in the north up to Mcleda in the south,
embracing Santandre, Busi, Liso, lie.
sina, Tercola CurZola, CaZza and La
! costa, as well as the neighboring
rocks and inlets and passages, only
excepting the islands of Great and
Small Iirona, Bua, Sofia and Brazza.
All territory thus evacuated shall be
occupied by the forces Of the Allies
and Of the United States Of America.
All military and railway equipment
Of all kinds, including coal belonging
to or within those territories Ito bc?)
left in statu quo and surrendered to
2 the Allies according to special or
Z ders, given by the commander-in-
of the forces Of the associated pow
ers.
!. The Allies shall have the right
Of ir,4 movement over al roads and
rail and waterways in Austro- Hun
garian territory and of the use of the
necessary Austrian and Hungarian
means of transportation. The armies
Of the associated powers shall occupy
such strategic points in Austria Hpn-
gary at times as they may deem nee
essary to enable them to conduct mill
tary operations or to maintain order.
They shall have the right of requi-
%sition on payment for the troops of
the associated powers (wherever) they
may be-