Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-11-08
ARMISTICE TERMS
SUBMITTED TOHUNs
IMMEDIATE END or WAR iN
eight, PROVIDED GERMANY
ACCEPTS CONDITIONS.
Terms interpreter 70 Mean Absolute
Surrender, Nothing Being Left 70
the Good Faith ef the Van
quished. Nor Victor Restricted,


Washington. Terms on which Ger.
many may obtain immediate arnistice
and end the war were completed and
signed November 4 in Paris. Secretary
Lansing announced the fact In q brief
statement Monday night. adding only
that complete diplomatic harmony had
been achieved by allied eonferees at
Versailles.
It may be stated authoritatiyely
that the terms follow closely those UNI
der which Austria-Hungary surren-
dered and passed out Of the war; leav-
Ing Germany to stand alone against
the world.
Subjected to analysis by military Of
fIcers here, allied terms of the Aus
trian armistiee, which are said to be
more drastic than those for Germany,
are interpreted to mean absolute SUR
render. Nothing Is left to the good
faith Of the vanauished and no re-
strIctions or limitations are imposed
on the victors. These officers believe
Germany, left alone, also nust throw
herself without reserve on the mercy
VI tttt tfCtotSs -l7
Final adjustments, territorial or
otherwise, are all deferred to the peace
conference for which cessation Of hos.
tilitIes paves the way.
The Judgment Of army officers as
10 the situation 90 the western front
in d military sense lis that Germany
must accept the armistice conditions
or face a debacle of her armies. Signs
of dIsintegration of the German forces
facing the Franco-American lines have
been evident for days. The German
official statement Sunday admitted an
American break through. II the
| breach is widened the German armies
win be cut in half as effectuaIly as
were the Austrian armies in Italy.
They then may be crushed separately.
An attempt to apply the lessons OF
the Austrian armistice to Germany's
situation brings out several points
upon which military men based their
forecast Of the German terms. For
/ one thing, 1t Is regarded ais certain
that complete evacuation Of AIsace-
Lorraine viii be insisted upon, as well
as the occupation Of the Rhine fort.
resses by allied garrisons. Surrender
/ of the German submarines and q sub
stantial part Of the high seas fleet
and the occupation Of land defenses
that protect German bases also is Inn.
piled.
Guns Must BE Left Behind.
So far as the German army 10 con
cerned. It must 60 hack into Germany
probably without the whole vast
mechanism Of war which II carried
into France and Belgium. All the big
guns, tanks and aircraft, under the
Austrian precedent, would be cOncen
trated and left under the direct con
troll OF the allied and American
armies.
1t was pointed out, however, thai
since Germany Is the last OF the cen
trail powers. when she surrender
there will be no need to provide fol
the employment OF her military equip
ment By Marshal Foch. There win b
no one lett against whom 70 turn tn
guns, The terms for Germany there
fore, probably viii show Tint variation
from the Austrian conditions.
One feature OF the Austrian surren
der conditions which is thought t
| have been duplicated IN the German
terms Is the entrusting TO Marsha
Foch of the carrying out Of the pro
grams Of rehabilitation and disarna
ment.