The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-11-14


| lands shall be ordered so as to be
completed within a further period OF
eleven days, in all nineteen days at
ter the signature OF the armistlce:
Here the president interrupted his
reading to remark that there evident
| ly had been an error in transmission
as the arithmetic was very bad. The
| further period of eleven days is in
addition to the. fourteen days allow
ed for evacuation of invaded coun-
tries, making twenty-five days given
| the Germans to get entirely clear or
the Rhine lands.
All movements of the evacuation
and occupation will be regulated ac-
cording to the note annexed.
6. In all territory evacuated by
tion of the Inhabitants; no damage
or harm shall be done to the persons
or property of the inhabitants. No
destruction of any kind to be CON-
mitted Military establishments Of all
kinds shall be delivered intact as
we'll as military stores OF food, mu-
ing the periods fixed for evacuation
Stores of food of all kinds for the
civil population, cattle, ETC., shall be
left in stu. Industrial establish
ments shall not be impaired in any
way and their, personnel shall not De
munication of every kind, railroad,
waterways, main roads, bridges, tel
egraphs. telephones shall be in no
manner impaired.
7. All civil and military person
mel at present employed on them
motives, fifty thousand wagons and
ten thousand motor lories in good
working order with all necessary
spare parts and fittings shall be de-
livered to the associated powers
within the period fixed fqr the , S',ae evac-
qaton of gelgiuAm1 and sha
be handed over within the same per-
iod, together with all prewar person.
mel and material. Further material
necessary for the working, OF ral;,-
ways in the country on the left BANK
of the Rhine shall be left IN stu. Al
upkeep of permanent ways, signals
and repair shops left entire in stu
and kept in an efficient state by Ger.
many during the whole period OF
armistice. All barges~ taken from
the allies shall be restored to them.
A note appended regulates the de-
tails of these measures. :,
8. The German command shaii
be responsible for revealing all
mines or delay acting fuses disposed
on territory evacuated by the ger
man troops and shall assist in thelr
discovery ana ueSIi uStiCil. ~ 80
mand command shall also reveal al
destructive measures that may have
been taken lsuch as poisoning and
poi,ltino of springs, wells, etc., un-
der penalty Of reprisals.
g.. The right of requisitlon shall
BE- exerssfd sisds by syres the m aeI a occuped ana
territory. The upkeep, Of the troops
of occupation in the Rhine land lex
Guiding Alsace Lorraine), shall be
charged to the German goVernment:
10. An immediate repatriation
without reciproctyb yb,a1 aGceFangb sha he 10 xed ue
Of Of ali allied and United States pris-
oners of war The allied powers
and the United States shall able
TO dispose of those prisoners as they
wish. ,, o,n
not be removed from evacuated Ter
ritory will be cared for by, German
nersonnel who will be left on the
spot with the medical material re-
quired. 10 tho
eastern frontiers of Germany:
in anv m Territories which before: the
war w belonged to Russia, Rumanla% or or
turkey shall withdraw within tne
frontiers of Germany as they existed
on August l, 1914.
10. Evacuation by Gernan H
troops to begin at ;ne.rs once, ana Ina al c;vil- wi
ians as we'll as military agents now
in in + the territory of Russia (as defined
hefore 1914) to be recalled.
IA. German troops to cease ;Ns,.as at
once all acquisitions and SEIZURES
and any other undertaking. undertak;ing; ;n*andea %l19
view, to obtaining supP;aies n;a and dhfSi Rmssia
Gas Gas defined on Aug. l, 1914.)
Is. abandonment of the treaties
of bucharest and Brest-Litovk and
of the supplementary treaties:
is. The allies shall have iaae,dted dtee 5rv bv
cess to the ter1'tGfiiGs t%air eastern 'front.'
ier, either through Danzig or Dy me
Vistula in order to convey suppnes
to tie populations of those terri
tories or for any other purpose.
UI-Clause concerning East Al
Il Unconditional capitulation OF
al, German forces operating in East
Africa within one month.
V-(1eneral clauses:
1S. Repatriation. without recSe
procity, within maximum perioa ~
one month, in accordance ftan Tl.f Sn fxed u Of
ed conditions nseeaed o. or deported
Sih Who may be citizens of other allied
or associated states than those men
toned in clause three, paragIapn
nineteen, with the reservation that
any future claims and i..l demaaas 9tatas Of of
America remain unaffected.
IS. The following financial con. con,
d;tions are required: Reparation
for damage done. While such arm 2;
istice lasts no public securities shall
be removed by the e enemy me- s1,ies McM for the
recovery m or repatriation for war
losses. Immediate restitution OF
the cash deposit, in the national
bank Of Belgium, and in general I'M
mediate return of all documents,
foeethr with plant for the issue
thereof touching public or private
interests in the invaded countries.
Restitution of the Russian and Ru-
manian gold yielded to Germany Or
taken by that power. This gold 70
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