The Monticellonian., 1918-11-15

WaShlngton.-The terms of the arm istice with Germany were read to Con gress by President Wilson.
 Assembled in the hall of the House where nineteen months ago senators and representatives heard the Presi- dent asked for the declaration of war, they heard him speak the words which herald the coming of peace.
 The President spoke as follows:
 "Genxemen of Congress:
 "The German representatives who have, at the invitation of the supreme war council, been in communication with Marshal Foch, have accepted and signed the terms of armistiee which he was authorized and instructed to communicate to them. Those terms are as follows:
 Il. Military clauses on western front.
 "1. Cessation of operations by land and in the air six hours after the sig nature of the armistice.
 "2. Immediate evacuation.
 "The strictly military terms of the armistice are embraced in eleven spec ifieations, which include the evacua- tion of all invaded territories, the withdrawal of the German troops from the left bank of the Rhine and the sur render of all supplies of war.
 Abandonment of Treaties
 "The terms also provide for the abandonment by Germany of the treat ies of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk
 "The naval terms provide for the 160 submarines. fifty destroyers, six battle cruisers ten battleships, eight light cruisers and other miscellaneous ships. All allied vessels in German hands are to be surrendered and Germany is to notify neutrals that they are free to trade at once on the seas with the allied countries.
 Among the financial terms included are restitution for damage done by the German armies; restitution of the cash taken from the national bank of Bel gium and return of gold taken from Russia and Roumania
 "The military terms include the sur render of 5000 guns, half field and half light artillery; 30,O00 machine guns, 5000 flame throwers and 2,0OO airplanes.
 .The surrender of 5000 locomotives, 60,000 wagons, 10000, motor lorries, the railways of Alsace-Lorraine for use by the allies and stores of coal and iron also are included.
 "In connection with the evacuation of the left bank of the Rhine it is pro vided that the allies shall hold the crossing of the river at Coblentz, Co logne and Mayence, together with bridgeheads and a thirty-kilometer radius.
 "The immediate repatriation of all allied and American prisoners without reciprocal action by the allies also is included.
 ''The right bank of the Rhine and that occupied by the allies is to be- come neutral zone and the bank held by the Germans is to be evacu-
 
 is for thirty days, but the President spoke of the war as "coming to an end
 German troops are to retire at once from any territory held by Russia, Roumania and Turkey before the war.
 The allied forces are to have access to the evacuated territory either through DantZig or by the river Wis tula. The unconditional equalization of all German forces in East Africa within one month is provided
 The repatriation within fourteen days of the thousands of unfortunate civilians deported from France and Belgium also is required.
 Freedom of access to the Baltic Sea with power to occupy German forts in the Gattegat is another provision The Germans also must reveal location of mines, poisoned wells and like agen. blockade is to remain unchanged dur ing the period of armistice.
 These are the "high spots" of the terms as the President read them to terms as the President read them to Congress. Germany's acceptance of them, he said, signalized the end of the war, because it made her power less to renew it.
 All ports on the Black Sea occupied by Germans are to be surrendered and Russian naval vessels also are to be surrendered.
 The President made it plain that the nations which have overthrown the military masters of Germany will now