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them dong Tor her:
Immediate. rvaruniiun of AI"acc-l."T-
! yainr B"!R!um. Lux"nh"rg. RUSSIA ana
/ ';un,arra without further destruction or
hHrn 10 INHABITANTS.
! urrupnli"u by American and Allied
! .roops q! all the country on the west
! 1amk IF the Rhine.
| The further. creation OF q neutral Z"nc
! m n strip II territory on the east bank
! VI the Thine. thifr kilometres "idn,
| attending from toGal( WY down tn
! the Swiss border and twenty Allome-
! res wide for III" remainder.
| Meanwhile. as II guaranty OF GOOD
| tniuh the occupation ny American anu
| Allied troops of Mnycncc. CohlcnZ and
! Cologne. the principal crossings OF Tho
.;hin". with al thirty kilumctrc radius
! about thu bridgchrnds.
On the eastern front all German
! troops arr u H. Withdrawn from terri
! tory which before the war hrl"nged 10
! liuSsia. iiumitnIa nr turkey.
Then, the German war machine must
! Iisurm. The prIncilsu portions Of its
l"vy must be handed over; arms. mu-
nitions and engines of war numbered
| ny tn" thousands are 10 be taken from
| thc army.
| American and Allied prisoners are to
| he rCpatriated. without reciprocal action
| by the associated governments and tho
| thousands Of wrctchcd civilians dragged
! "ff into slavery from the invaded terri
! tory are 10 be returned
The provision for compromising the
| occupied territory for tho havoc wroKht
! by tho invaders is contained in SIMPLE
sentence PREPARATION for damage
DONE
For damage done as a stop to rrstor-
| t,Iau If HrRQ l.
Litovsk-which laid Russia prone. and
OF Bucharest. which plundcred Itumnnia
| must be abandoned. Money. securities.
| precious metals and other raluaelcs
| looted from the invaded countries must
| be returned in trust to the allies until
the conclusion Of peace.
In the west the railways OF Alsace-
lorraine the ecaluablc stores OF Iron
| and coal. all the stores and supplies In
| Belgium with arms and ornaments
must be handed over.
In the east. tho Black sea ports must
| b. evacuated, the war ships tnken By
Germans from the Russians must be
surrended. and there must be free access
/ for the allies.
The allied blockade Is 10 remain.
Meanwhile merchant ships arc to be de-
| livcrcd for missions Of mercy in carry
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held BY the Germans is to be released
| without any obligation to restore to Ger
| many her ships now in the hands or the
| Eovernmcuts Germany Is to notify the
neutrals they arc free TO trade with tho
| associated governments without moies-
| tation.
In a word. the iron ring is frightened,
| and ut her borders the civilized world
waits while Germany reforms herSeIt
from within.
| The duration OF the armistice iH thirty
| days and various periods nrc spe"ltied
within those thirty days for compliance
with certain specific terms.
/ President Wilson'S declarations repro
| scnt not only the ideas Of the American
! government. hut from their almost un-
! qualified acceptance by The Entente pow
rrs. may br regarded as already conSt-
| tutinr the frame work which can be
! clothed with the details necessary 10
! round out a complete fabric OF peace
| conventions.
! This frame work in all probability
! will be put into final shape by dis
cussions among the chiefs Of the VIC
! toriou. powers long before the republic
| ans OF the vanished empires are called
! in to accept or plea for modification OF
what is to be dictated 10 them.
Tho American government has been
forchanded IN preparing to deal with the
subject. For moro than yrnr past Col
; oncl House had had ut work body nr
mon. including diplomsts. lawyers ana
business men. gathering and making
| special studics OF evory subject con-
nectcd with the European nations and
; races. even TO the smallest subdivision
i; that problem would he affected by th'
poRical and Ecogrn phical rr-nrrane".
! ments which must he made.
| One provision Of the armstice which
! was supplementary In the text - first
! drawn by the suprnm" war council and
| therefore does not appear IN the toxt ns
| President Wilson delivers IT, was insert.
| I'd after The German rcvolut!oniSts tn0G
! possession Of tho German fleet. II pro.
| vidcs Tim: II tho fleet is not delivered
! 10 specified in tho agreement. the as.
/ sociated governments may occupy thc
| to secure possession Of II.
And now. having clipped tho military
aWtocrary Of its fauEs. Tho assorinted
governments will wait for thu n"xt thir-
! " days. while tho terms OF Nrn nrmis.
I tic" arr being carried OUT. to SEQ wha,
| sort ~ government in Germany thry
will have to deal with.
! In his address To congress today the
! president sounded a not" o: warning
| that unless tho German people arc rcc
| unless thoir distress is relieved there Is
! danger Of EolGhrvism The question nj
! what sort Of government might arrive n
| hnt c1or val