Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-11-23
The TERMS THAT
BROUGHT PEACE
PRESIDENT, WILSON READ TO
CONGRESS TERMS WHICH GER
MANY SIGNED TO GET PEACE.
THE many OBLIGATIONS
Reparation and Restitution and Full
Compensation to Be Made by Ger
= Many for@A4I Disaster :That~FoI-
lowed Her Armies During Mar.

lowed Her Armies During War.
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Washing signing OF the armis-
Hce~ with Germany was proclaimed Mon
day by President Wilson, who announced
IT'S terms al a joint session of congress
The terms heralded the end of the war,
because they took from Germany the
power TO renew it. -~-.---- ~ %
The president spoke as follows:
.. Gentlemen of the congress: -
In these anxious times of RAPID and
stupendous change, II will in some degree
tighten my sense of responsibility TO per
form in person the duty OF cOmmunicat-
ing TO you some of the larger clrcum-
stances of the situation with which 1t IS
necessary to deal.
The German authorities who have. at
the invitation of the supreme war coun-
ell, been in communication with Marshal
Foch, have accepted and signed the terms
of armistice~ which he was authorized
and instructed to communicate to them.
Those terms are as follows:
Military clauses on western front:
l. Cessation of operations by land and
in the air six hours after the signature of
the armistice.
2. Immediate evacuation of invaded
countrieS-Belgium,~ France, sAlsace=Lor-
rains, Luxemburg-so ordered as to be
completed within fourteen days from the,
signature of the ar1nistice.
which have not left the
above mentioned territories within the
period fixed Will become prisoners of
war. Occupation by, the allied and the
United States forces Jointly will keep
pace with evacuation in these areas. All
movements of evacuation and occupation
will be regulated in accordance with a.
note annexed to the stated terms
3. Repatriation, beginning at once and
to be completed withiR~fourteen days, of
all inhabitants of the countries above
mentioned including hostages and per-,
sons under trial or convicted.
-4-4. Surrender in good condition by the
German. armies of the following equip
ment: s-z.@ - --E
: Five thousand guns (2.50O heavy. 2,5O0
fieldl 30 600. machine guns 5000 mime i
werfer tflame throwers), 1000 airpIaneS
tfighteEsy bomhers, firstly d T3s and night
bomb bing, machinesl. ~-- Z
allies and the United States troops in ac-
cordance with the detailed conditions laid
down in the annexed note.
Evacuation of Portion of Germany.
.. -,EEacuation by the German armies
of -tfTe~ countries on tlfe~Ieft~b bank of<sthe
Rhine -rr f..-.-~ .-.-.1.z - :
T Then further, creation-.of- a. neutral
zone in . strip of territory on the east
bank OF the Rhine thirty kilometers
tabout twenty milesl wide extending
from : Holland Erhaf way down to the
Swiss border and twenty kilometers wide
for the remainder - Ns',.h. ..5-s-,. Z.
These countries on the left bank of
the Rhine shall he administered by the
local authorites under the control of the
allies and The United States armies of
becupa ton, The oeeupatien-of-these ter-
Gpited States gaTrfsonsH-T holding the
principal crossings of the Rhine. May
Rnce, SSsobtenz and Cologne together with
bFidgeheads at these points within thirty
radius on. the right bank and
by garrisons similarly holding the stra-.
teg1c points of the regionS- 4 neutral
zone shall be reserved on the right of the
Rhine. between the stream and line
drawn parallel to it forty kilometers to
the. east, from the frontier of Holland to
t.-e. parallel of GernSheim. and as far as
practicable a distance OF thirty hlome-
terS from the east of the stream from
ths-~ parallel upon the. Swiss. frontier.
Evacuation by the enemy of the Rhine
lands shall be so ordered as to be COM,
pleted within a further period of eleven
days, in all nineteen days after the sig
nature of, the armiStice.
Here the president interrupted his read7
ng TO remark that there evidently had
been an error In traasIni isSien4.ore the
arithmetic was very bad. The further
period of eleven days is in addition to
The fourteen days allowed for evacuation
Of invaded countries, making twenty
i've days given the Germans to get en-
,irely clear of the Rhine lands. All move-
nents of evacuation and occupation will
De regulated according to the note an-
lexed
6. IN all territory evacuated by the
snemy there shall be no evacuation of in
labitants; no damage or harm shall be |
tone 10 the persons or property of the |
mia abitantss No destruction of any kind |
S TO be committed. Military eStab abIfsh- |
neI1ts of, all kinds shall be delivered in |
act, as we'll as military stores of food |
equipments not removed dur4 |
ng the periods fixed for evacuation |
stores Of food of all kinds for the civil |
population, cattle. etc, shall be left in |
1tu.z 9Adaistf4aiz eSta biiShnIentS shall not |
'e impaired In aIiy way and their per-
on9el shall not he moved Reads and |
means of communication of every kind, |
abroad waterways. main roads bridges, !
elegraphs and Telephones shah be in no |
manner Impaired.
:. muss Z urn over Raiieoads.
Al civil and military personnel at |
resent employed on them shall remain
i've 1housaspa locomotives $1,000 wagons
T1Iers Win All necessary spare parfs and
fittings, shall be delivered to the asso-
lated powers within the period fixed for |
he evacuation of Belgium and Luxem-
hail ne~-haEded over within the same
eriodss tege theF with stll-pre-waF person
81 and. material Further ma teFiaI nee
ssa1y for ~tlfe~workfng of railways in The
oulltr5v, en the left hank Of the Rhine
bail be e}eft IN ~sittl.-s-lti4 stores of coal
nd material Tor the upkeep of perma-
ent ways ST gnals and repair shops left |
ntirely inesitu and kept.in- an efficient
tate by Germany during the whole pe-
Io6sef sti1e aTTaiStiee. All barges taken |
ROM The allies shah he restored to them I
note appended regulates the details of |
1ese measures 3-s
s. The GerTua1~cammand shall be re- I,
popsible- for revealing all mines or de-
ly-acting fuses disposed on territory
by The German troops. and Il
hall 8ssiSt IN their discovery and de-
tructions. The German Command shall Z
Iso reveal all-asStrnctiye measures. that
layt have been taken (such as poisoning |
3 polIuting. of springs; wells, etc1, under
enalty of reprlsals.
a = fI.t,e .=ffsyIit sxrer,,fcifsov, sh.u -
xercised by the allies and The United
tatess armies IN all occupied territory.
he upkeep of the troops of occupation
i athe Rhine land lexcluding Alsace-I4or-
line) shall be charged to the German
overnment.
.IG. An immediate repatriation, without
according to detailed condi-
, ns which shall be- fixed. of all allied
q United States prisoners Of war. The