Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-12


ed TO occupy all German forts, forti-
fication, batteries and defense works
of all kinds in all the entrances from
the Categat into the Baltic. and to
sweep UP all mines and Instructions
within and without German terri
torial waters without any question of
neutrality being raised, and the posi-
tions of all such mines and obstruc-
tions are to be indicated.
"Twenty-six. The existing block
ade conditions SET up by the allies
and associated powers to remain I'M
changed and all German merchant
ships found at sea to remain liable to
capture.
| Twenty seYen--Ail naval aircraft
are to be concentrated and immo-
| hilized in German bases to be speci-
fled by the allies and the United
States of America.
Twenty Eight. In evacuating the
belgian coasts and ports. Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships
| tugs. lighters, cranes and all other
| harbor materials, all materials for in
land navigation, all aircraft and all
materials and stores, all arms and
ornaments, and all stores and APP
| paratus of all kinds
! Twenty nine-All Black sea ports
are to be evacuated by Germany; all
| Russian war vessels of all descrip-
! tions seized by Germany in the Black
sea are to be handed over to the al
lies and the United States OF America;
all neutral vessels seized are to be re-
| leased; all warlike and other mate
rails of all kinds seized in those ports
are to be returned and German ma
terials as specified in clause twenty
eight are to be abandoned.
"Thirty--All merchant vessels in
| German 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 Amer
lea without reciprocity.
Thirty one-No destruction of
ships or of materials to be permitted
before evacuation, surrender or res
toration.
"Thirty-two-Th German govern
ment will notify the neutral govern
ments of the world and particularly
the governments of Norway, Sweden,
Denmark and Holland that all re-
strictions placed on the trading of
their vessels with the allied and as
ISOLATED countries, whether by the
| German government or by private
German interests and whether in re-
| turn for specific concessions such as
the export of ship building materials
or not are Immediately cancelled.
"Thirty-three--.No transfers of
German merchant shipping of any de-
scription to any neutral flag are to
| take place after signature of the
armistice.
| "VI--Duratkon of Armistice.
| "Thirty-four-rh duration of the
armistice IS TO be thirty days. with
option to extend. During this period,
on failure of execution of any of the
| abvoe clauses, the armistice may be
denounced by one of the contracting
parties on forty eight hours previous
! notice.
"vII--Time Limit for Reply.
| Thirty-five-This armistice to be
accepted or refused by Germany
within seventy-two hours Of notifica-
ton.
War at an End.
"The war thus comes to an end;
| for having accepted these terms of
armistice, it will be impossible for
the German command to renew It,
| 1T is now possible to assess the
| consequences of this great consumma-
| ton. We know only that this trasi-
| cal war, whose consuming flames
| swept from one nation to another un-
Ill all the world was on fire, is at end
| and that it was the privilege of our
| own people to enter it at its most crit
| ical iuncture and in such fashion and
| in such forces as to contribute in a
way of which we are all deeply proud,
| to the great result, we know, too, that
! the object of the war is attained; the
object upon which all free men had
| set their hearts, and attained with q
| sweeping completeness which even
now We do not realize. Armed impe-
| rialsm such as men conceived who
| were but yesterday the masters OF
Germany is at an end, its Illicit ambi-
tons engufed in black disaster. Who
| will now seek to revive it? The arbi-
| trary powers of the military caste OF
| Germany, which once could secretly
and of its own single choice disturb
| the peace of the world, is discredited
and destroyed. The great nations
which associated themselves to de-
stroy il have now definitely united In
the common purpose to set up such q
peace as will satisfy the longing OF
the whole world for disinterested jus
tice, embodied in settlements which
are based upon something much bet
ter and much more lasting than thu
selfish competitive interests of pow
erful states. There is no longer con
lecture as to the objects the. victor!
have in mind. They have a mind II
the matter not only, but heart also
Their avowed and concerted purpos'
S to satisfy and protect the weak al
well as to accord their just rights Il
the strong.
"The humane temper and intention
of the victorious governments has al
ready been manifested in very prac
teal way. Their representatives II
the supreme war council at Versailles
have by unanimous resolution assured
the peoples of the central empires
that everything that is possible in thu
| circumstances will be done to suppl,
them with food and relieve the dis
tressing want that is in so many places
threatening their very lives and step
are to be taken Immediately to or
ganize these efforts at relief in tn,
same systematic manner that the,
were organized in the case of Bel
GUM. BY the use of the idle tonnage
of the central empires 1t ought pres
emily to be possible to lift the fear o
| utter misery from their population
and set their minds and energies FREE
for the great and hazardous tasks o
political reconstruction which nov
faces then, on every hand. Hunge
does not breed reform; 1t breeds mad
! ness and all the ugly distempers tina
make an ordered life impossible.
Political Changes.
For with the fall of the ancien
! Governments which rested like an In