The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-15
ARMISTICE Terms
SPELL SURRENDER
Battleships, Subs, Forts,
Guns, Invaded Lands
Given Up.

Washington, Nov. 11.-Signing of
the armistice with Germany was pro-
claimed to-day.
Stripped of its malicious power, the
military autocracy. its masters driv-
en- to exile. stands before the worlds
court of Justice, having subscribed to
terms of surrender which probably
will be recorded in history as the
most drastic and complete ever meas
ured out to a defeated foe.
Not Scrap OF Paper.
Reading of the full text of the
terms discloses measures the United
States and the allied governments
have taken to guarantee that Ger
many's acceptance shall not be
scrap of paper and to insure the de-
.struction of, the military caste which
once could secretly and of its single
choice disturb the peace of the
world
Having lifted the yoke of militar-
empires, the allies now turn to tasks
of humanity and mercy to bind up
their wounds and feed the hungry.
meanwhile seeking to guide them
to a place in the family of nations
from which they can take part in
assuring that another such 1900 days
of blood and horror need never come
again
Truce Terms Summarized.
Evacuation. reparation and resti-
sutton are the keynotes of the armis-
tice.
Here are the principal things Ger
many must do, or. powerless before
the victorious allied armies, will have
them done for her:
Immediate evacuation of Alsace-
Lorraine. Belgium. Luxembourg. Rus
ria, and Rumania without further de-
struction or harm to inhabitants.
Then, occupation by American and
allied troops of all the countries on
the west bank of the Rhine.
Then. further, creation of a neu-
trail zone in a strip of territory on the
cast bank of the Rhine, thirty kilo-
meters (about twenty miles, wide,
extending from Holland halfway
down to the Swiss border and TWEEN
~ kilometers wide for the remain
der.
Meanwhile, as a guaranty or good
faith. the occupation by American
and allied troops of Mayence. Coblenz
and Cologne. the principal crossings
of the Rhine. with a thirty-kilometre
radius about the bridgeheads.
On the eastern front all German
troops are to be withdrawn from ter
ritory which before the war belong
ed to Russia, Rumania or Turkey.
Then, the German war machine
must disarm. The principal portions
Of its navy must be handed over;
arms, munitions and engines of war
numbered by the thousands are to
be taken from the army.
American and allied prisoners are
10 at once be repatriated, without
reciprocal action by the associated
governments. and the thousands of
wretched civilians dragged of into
slavery from the invaded territories
are TO be returned.
The provision for compensating the
occupied territories for the havoc
wrought by the invaders is contained
in a simple sentence-''reparatio for
damage done"
Treaties Knocked Out.
AS step to restoring the map
lines, the treaties of Brest-Litovsk,
which laid Russia prone, and OF
Bucharest, which plundered Rum
ania, must be abandoned. Money,
securities, precious metals and other
yaluables looted from the invaded
countries must be returned in trust
10 the allies until the conclusion of
peace.
In the West the railways of AL
sace-Lorraine,. the valuable stores OF
iron and coal, all the stores and sup
plies in Belgium with arms and arm
aments must be handed over.
In the East. the Black Sea ports
must be evacuated, the warships TAX
en- by Germany from the Russians
must be surrendered; in the Baltic,
forts and defenses barring the way
20 the Categat must be delivered, and
there must be free access to the sea
for the allies.
The allied blockade Is to remain
unchanged. Meanwhile German
merchant ships are to be delivered