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accounts with those whom IT may con-
! Germ"
Z Article l0---Providing for the repatri-
h alton without reciprocity of all allied
and United States prisoners of war, in
I Guiding persons under trial or convicted,
has the following added: This condi-
h tion annuls the previous conventions on
4 the subject of the exchange of prisoners
OF war, including the one OF July. 1918.
in course OF ratification However. the
repatriation OF German prisoners of war
I interned in Holland and In Switzerland
I shall continue as before. The repatra-
tion of German prisoners Of war shall
be regulated at the conclusion Of the
l preliminaries of peace"
Withdrawal on East.
Article l2-Providlng for the with
drawal of German troops from territory
/ which belonged before the war to. Rus
STA, Rumania and Turkey Is rewritten.
Territory which belonged to Austria
Hungary Is added to that from which
4. the Germans must withdraw inmedi-
ately. II Is provided that the German
troops now there shall withdraw within
the frontiers of Germany las soon as
the Allies, taking into account the in
ternal situation otAhose territories, shall
decide that tho time for this has come"
Article INSTRUMENTATION is substi-
tuted for abandonment In stipulating
that the treaties Of Bucharest and Brest-
Litovsk are nullifed.
Article f6-Providing free access for
the Allies into territory evacuated
through the German eastern frontier is
/ changed so as to declare such access Is
for the purpose OF convey ing supplies to
the populations land for the purpose OF
maintaining order" instead of cor for
any other purpose"
/. Article 17--originally providing for the
unconditional capitulation" within one
month OF all German forces operating in
i East Africa, Is substituted by clause
requiring only Evacuation by all Ger
man forces operating In East Africa
| within period to be fixed by the Allies"
Repatriation of Civilians.
Article Eighteen Providing for the
!, repatriation of all civilians belonging
to the allies or associated powers other
than those enumerated in Article three
Is amended to eliminate reservation
: that any future claims or demands by
z the Allies and the United States shall
remain unaffected
Article Twenty-Five - Providing for
the surrender of 100 German submarines
is changed to read AL submarines now
existing with the added stipulation that
those which cannot take these (take
!. she sea- shall be disarmed of the ma
terial and personnel and shall remain
under the supervision of the Allies and
Z thu United Statees." Further provisions
saare added requiring that all the con-
q ditions of the article shall be carried
X into effect within fourteen days. that
Submarines ready for sea shall be pre-
i pared to leave German ports immedi-
e<lw 49, stu,
the remainder at the earliest possible
: moment.
Article 23-Providing for the DISPOSE
ton of German surface warships. has
additional clauses requiring that vessels
designated for internment shall be ready
+ 70 leave German ports within seven days
upon directions by wireless. and that
military armament of all vessels of the
auxiliary fleet shall be put on shore.
Provisioning Germany.
- Article 25-Providing that the allied
n Blockade remains unchanged has this
1 sentence added: THE Allies and the
United States should give consideration
Ito the provisioning of Germany during
1.-THE armistice to the extent recognized as
&necessary"E
y Article is.. Providing conditions of
Eeyacuation of the Belgian coast tfrom
frphich the Germans actually had been
driven before the armisttce was signed)
{fwAs changed in minor particulars.
~ Article 80. Providing that the dura-
l.fion Of the armistice shall be thirty days
!. and that IL Its clauses are not carried
{.into execution it may be renowned upon
fforty-eight hours warning, has the fol-
i lowing added: y
1T 10 understood that the execution
LOT articles three and eighteen shall not
& @arrant the denunciation of IL
= mistice on the ground of insunfefent
Persecution within a period fixed except
x I'm. the case of bad faith In carrying
sSthem into execution. In order to as
4 sure the execution OF this convention
under the best conditions the principle
fJof permanent International armistice
!, commission is admitted. This commits
|. sion shall act under the authority Of
the allied military and naval command
sers in chief