Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-07
TRUCE TERMS TO
AUSTRIA Open up
Gates TO BERLIN
Armistice Gives Entente Allies
Complete Military Rule
Over Nation.
IS A COMPLETE SURRENDER
Terms Open Austrian and Hungarian
Territory for American and Al
Tied Operations Against Ger
many-Foch to Direct
Move.

many-fcch TO Direct
Move.
Washington, Nov. 5.--Allied terms OF
armistice under which the land and
tro-Hnngarian empire have laid down
their arms We're announced simultane-
ously In Washington and the allied
capitals.
They accomplish complete surrcn-
der and open Austrian and Hungarian
territory for American and allied
operations against Germany.
From this drastic document. it may
be stated, may be cleaned an accurate
outline of the conditions nearing COM
| pletion III the supreme war council 1T
| Versailles under which Germany may
| have cessation OF hostilities.
Army Must Be Demoblized.
| The terms which ended the debacfe
on the Italiun front Monday at 3 p. M,
| include the complete rehabilitation of
1 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
I plies, including coal; surrender OF a
l portion OF the Austrian surface and
submarine fleets and disarmament OF
others under American and allied CON
tr9l; surrender of I'LL German submn-
rines in Austrian waters and repatria-
tion 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 te
carried out under the direction of
Marshal Focf, who will designate ma
terial to be turned over and supervise
the movement of Austrian-ElungariHn
forces to the rear.
Terms Of Armtstice.
The terms of the Austrian armis-
ticc, with pnrenthetical explanations
Of minor errors in cnble transmission.
were announced by the state depart
ment.
Following are the terms of the ar
mistice imposed upon Austria, which
will go into effect at 3 o'clock:
i. The immediate cessation Of hos
Lilites by land. sea and air.
2. Total rehabilitation OF the Aus
tro-Hungarian army and Immediate
withdrawal of all Austro-H Hungarian
forces operating on the front from the
North sea to Switzerland.
Within Austro- Hungarian territory
limited as in clause three below, there
shall only be maintained an organized
military force reduced to prewar ef-
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 slcll material as exists in the ter.
ritories to be evacuated by the Aus.
trn-Hungarian 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
nj 1e
Austro-Hungurian armies behind line
fixed as follows:
From Pic Umbrai to the north ol
the SteIvio ii will follow the crest Of
! the Rhetian Alps. Adige and the
Eisach. passing thence by Mounts
!. Rcschen and Bremen and the heights
: of Oetz and ZOaller. The line thence
turns south, crossing Mount Toblact
!; and meeting the present frontier Car
J mic Alps.
. 1t follows this frontier up to Noun
Jarvis and after Mount Jarvis the
! watershed of the Julian Alps by the
/, Col of Predil. Mount Mangart, the Tri
corno (TergloW and the watershed O
, the Coils Iii Pndberdo, Podlanisoam ant
, llria.
From this point the line turns souti,
east toward the Schneeberg, exclude.
J the whole basin of the Save and 1t!
, tributaries. From Schneeberg it goe.
down toward the coast in sllcl, il wa,
rs to include Castua Mattugliu ant
: Nolosca in the evacuated territories
!; 1t will also follow the adminlstra
! tive limits Of the present province o
: Dalmatia, including to the North Ii
: sarica and Trivania, and to the south
. territory limited by line from th,
(Semigrand), of Cape Planca to th'
SUBMITS of the water sheds eastward
} SO as to include In the evacuated are,
all the valleys and watercourses flow
ing toward Seberico, such as the CT
! cola, K.rka, Butisnica and their trih
4 utaries. Ii will also include alli tn
islands in the north and west of Dal
4 matia from Premuda. Selve, U!he
!, Schersl,. Maon, P,,ga and Puntadrnr i
. the north M to Meleda in the sonti
eIlbEaciitg Sniltandrea, BuSi, lisa Iel