The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-08
Truce Terms Throw Wide The
Gates To Hun Capital; Foch
to Direct.
SURRENDER is COMPLETE
Many Ships, Including All Submarines,
Railroads and Half of Artillery
to Be Turned Over-Restores
Italia lrredenta.


ouely in Washington and the allied
capitals.
They accomplish complete surren-
der and open Austrian and Hungarian
territory for American and allled
operations against Germany.
From this drastic document, it may
be stated, may be cleaned an accurate
outline of the conditions nearing COM
pletion in the supreme war council at
Versailles under which Germany may
have a cessation Of hostilities.
Army Must Be Demobilized.
The terms which ended the debacle
on the Italian front Monday at p. M.
include the complete rehabilitation OF
Austrian forces, surrender of half OF
all, artillery and military equipment
occupation by American and allied
forces of such strategic places as may
later be selected, free use Of Austrian
railways for operations against Ger
many.
Also evacuation of all invaded ter
ritory behind all equipment and sup
plies, including coal; surrender OF
portion of the Austrian surface and
submarine fleets and disarmament OF
others under American and allied con-
troll; surrender of all German subma-
rines in Austrian waters and repatrla-
ton of allied and American prisoners
without reciprocity.
Evacuation of Austrian territory
roughly corresponds to the boundary
lines claimed by Italy under the Italia
Irredentia or treaty of London pro-
gram.
The terms of the armistice are to be
carried out under the direction OF
Marshal Foch, who will designate ma
terial to be turned over and supervise
the movement of Austrian Hungarian
forces to the rear.
Terms of Armistice.
The terms of the Austrian armis-
tice, with parenthetical explanations
of minor errors in cable transmission,
were announced by the state depart
ment.
Following are the terms of the ar
will go into effect at o'clock:
1. The immediate cessation of hos
tilities by land, sea and air.
2. Total rehabilitation of the Aus
tro-Hungarian army and immediate
withdrawal of all AustrO-Hungarian
forces operating on the front from the
North sea to Switzerland.
TT,
limited as in clause three below, there
shall only be maintained an organized
military force reduced to pre-war eff
fectiveS.
Half the divisional corps and army
artillery and equipment shall be col
lected at points to be Indicated by the
allies and United States of America
for delivery to them beginning with
all such material as exists in the ter
ritories to be evacuated by the Aus
trO-Hungaran forces.
Evacuation Ordered.
8. Evacuation of all territories in
vaded by Austro-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-H Hungarian armies behind line
fixed as follows:
From Pic Umbrai to the north of
the Stelvio it will follow the crest of
the Rhetian Alps up to the passes of
the Adige and Eisenach, passing
+Ioroo NV Mounts Tocohop ond Prop
ner and the heights of Oetz and Zeal
Ter. The line thence turns SOUTH
crossing Mount Toblach and meeting
the present frontier Carnic Alps.
1t follows this frontier up to Mount
Jarvis and after Mount Jarvis the
! watershed of the Julian Alps by the
, Col of Predil, Mount Mangart, the Tri-
corno (Terglou) and the watershed of
the Coils eli POdberdo, PodlanisOam and
! Idria.
From this point the line turns south
, east toward the Schneeberg, excludes
the whole basin of the Save and it's
tributaries. From Schneeberg it goes
down toward the coast in such a. way
as to include Castua Mattuglia and
Volosca in the evacuated territories.
1t will also follow the administra-
tive limits of the present province of
Dalmatia, including TO the North Lii
sariCa and Trivania, and to the south,
territory limited by line from the
{Semigrand), of Cape Planca to the
SUBMITS of the water sheds eastward,
so as TO include in the evacuated area
all the valleys and water course flow
ing toward Seberico, such as the CT
cola. Kerka, Butisnica and their trib-
Utaries. 1t will also include all the
/ islands in the north and west of Dali
malta from Premuda, Selve, Ulbo.
Scherda, Maon, Paga and Puntedrur
ln.the north up to Meleda in the south,