The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-11-15
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! warshlps, which shall be designate
, by the allies and the United state
OF America, shall forthwith be dis
armed and thereafter interned il
neutral ports or Tor the want O
room in allied ports, to be designate,
by the allies and the United State
OF America, and placed under tn
surveillance of the allies and tn,
United States of America, only care
takers being left on board, namely
Six battle cruisers, ten battleships
eight light cruisers, Gncluding tive
mine layers), fifty destroyers of thu
most modern type. All other sur
face warships (including river craft
are to be concentrated at German
naval bases to be designated by Tho
allies and the United States OF
America and are to be paid off and
completely disarmed and placed un-
der the supervision of the allies and
the United States of America. All
vessels of the auxiliary fleet (trawl-
ers, motor vessels, etc. are to be dis
armed.
24-The allies and the United
States of America shall have the
right to sweep all the mine fields and
distractions laid by Germany out
side German territorial waters, and
the position of these are to be indi-
Gated.
25-Freedom of access to and
from the Baltic to be given to the
naval and mercantile marines of the
allied land associated powers. To
secure this, the allies and the United
States of America shall be empow-
cred to occupy all German forts, for
tlfications, batteries and defense
works of all kinds in all the en-
frances from the Categat into the
Baltic, and to sweep up all mines and
distractions within and without Ger
man territorial waters without any
question of neutrality being raised
and distractions are to be indicated.
26-The existing blockade condi-
lions set up by the allied and asso-
ciated powers are to remain I'M
changed and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to remain Ii
able to capture.
27-All naval aircraft are to be
concentrated and immobilized in Ger
man bases to be specified by the al
lies and the United States of A1neri-
ca.
28-In evacuating the belgian
coast and ports, Germany shall aban-
all merchant ships, tugs, lighters,
cranes and all other harbor material,
all materials for inland navigation,
all aircraft and all materials ana
stores, all arms and ornaments and
all stores and apparatus Of all kinds.
MUST EVACUATE PORTS
OF THE BLACK SEA
29-All Black Sea ports are to be
evacuated by Germany and all Rus
sian war vessels of all descriptions
seized by Germany in the Black Sea
are to be handed over to the allies
and the United States of America;
all neutral merchant vessels seized
are to be released; all warlike and
other materials of all kinds seized in
those ports are to be returned, and
German materials are specified in
clause twenty-eight are to be aban-
doned.
30-All merchant vessels in Ger
man hands belonging to the allied
and associated powers are to be re-
stored in ports to be specified by the
allies and the United States of
America without reciprocity.
31-No destruction of ships or of
materials to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender or restoration.
32-The German government will
notify the neutral governments of
the world and particularly the gov
ernments of Norway, Sweden, Den
mark and Holland, that all restric-
tons placed on the trading of their
vessels with the allied and associat-
ed countries, whether by the German
government or by private German
interests, and whether in return for
specific concessions, such as the ex-
port of shipbuilding materials or not,
are Immediately cancelled.
33-No transfers of German mer-
chant shipping of any description to
any neutral flag are to take place. af-
ter signature of the armistice.
Section 6-Duration of armistice: |
34-The duration of the armistice
to be thirty days, with option to
extend During this period on fail
ure of execution of any of the above
clauses, the armistice may be de-
nounced by one Of the contracting
parties on 48 hours previous notice.