The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-16
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: triaton of German prisoners of wal
shall be regulated at the conclusion
of the preliminaries Of peace
Article 12. Providing for the
withdrawal of German troops from.
territory which belong before the
war to Russia. Rumania and Turkey
is rewritten. Territory which belong
cd to Austria-Hungary is added to
that from which the Germans must
withdraw Immediately, and as to ter
ritary which belonged to Russia. it is
there shall withdraw within the from
tiers Of Germany "as soon as the al
lies, taking into account the internal
situation of those territories, shall
decide that the time for this has
come''
Article >15. "Renunciation'' is sub
stituted for abandonment" in the
stipulation that the treaties OF
Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk are
nuilifed.
Article 16. Providing free access
for the allies into evacuated terri
tory through the German eastern
frontier, is changed SO as to declare
such access is for the purpose Of con-
veying supplies to the populations
land for the purpose OF maintaining
: ORDER" instead of "or for any other
purpose
Article II. Originally providing
for the unconditional capitulation
within one month of all German
forces operating in East Africa, is
substituted by a clause requiring only
Evacuation by all German forces op-
Grating in East Africa within a pc
riod to be fixed by the allies"
Article 18. Providing for the re-
patriation of all civilians belonging
to the allies or associated powers
other than those enumerated in Ar
ticle 8, is amended to eliminate q
reservation that any future claims or
demands by the allies and the United
States shall remain unaffected.
Article %. Providing for the sur
render of 160 German submarines is
changed to read "all submarines now
existing with the added stipulation
that those which can not take these
{take the sea p shall be disarmed Of
the material and personnel and shall
remain under the supervision of the
allies and the United States" Fur
tfler provisions are added requiring
that all the conditions OF the article
shall be carried into effect within Il
days; that submarines ready for sea
shall be prepared to leave German
ports Immediately upon orders by
wireless and the remainder at the
earliest possible moment
Article 25. Providing for the dis
position Of German surface war
ships, has additional clauses requir-
ing that vessels designated for intern
naent shall be ready to leave German
pcrts within seven days upon direc-
tions by wireless and that the mill
tary armament of all vessels Of the
auxiliary fleet shall be put on shore
Article 28. Providing that the al
lied blockade remains unchanged has
this sentence added: ''The allies and
tire United States should give consid-
GRAFTON to the provisioning Of GeS,-
many during the arr ice to the ex-
tent recognized as necessary"
Article %. Providing conditionasefs
evacuation of the Belgian coast
(from which the Germans actually
had been driven before. the armistice
was signed) was changed in minor.
particulars.
Article "a. Providing that the du-
ration of the armistice shall be 80
days, and that if it's clauses are not
carried into execution, it may be re-
nounced upon 48 hours warning, has
The following added: "It is under
stood that the execution Of Articles
and 1S shall not warrant the denun-
citation of the arnnistice on the ground
Of insufficient execution within a pc
riod fixed except in the case Of bad
faith in carrying them into execu.
tion. In order to assure the eXecu
ton Of this convention under the best
conditions the principle Of perma-
nent internatioal arnnistice, commits
sion is admitted. This commission
will act under the authority Of the
allied and military and naval COM
rnanders in chief"