Arizona republican., 1918-11-12
TERMS OF THE GERMAN
 ARMISTICE

q. Cessation of operations by land and in the air six hours after the sig nature of the armistice.
 70. Immediate evacuation of invad- ed countries, Belgium, France, Alsace- Lorraine, Luxemburg; so ordered as to be completed within fl days from the signature of the armistice. Ger man troops which have not left the above mentioned territories within the I period fixed will become prisoners of war. Occupation by the allied and
 United States forces jointly will keep pace with evacuation in these areas. All movements of evacuation and oc- 1 cupation will be regulated in accord ance with a note annexed to the stated
 terms.
 3. Repatriation beginning at once
 and to be completed within 14 days of all inhabitants of the countries above mentioned, including hostages and per
 sons under trial or convicted.
 4. Surrender in good condition by
 the German armies of the following
 equipment: Five thousand guns 2,500
 heavy, 2,500 field); 30,0O0 machine
 guns, 5000 ,minnenWerfer, 1000 aero
 planes Cfighters, bombers, firstly
 D-79s and night bombing machines).
 The above to be delivered in situ to |
 in accordance with the detailed condi-
 tions laid down in the annexed note.
 Evacuation Rhine Left Bank
 9. Evacuation by the German ar
 mics of the countries on the left bank
 of the Rhine. Those countries on the
 left bank of the Rhine shall be admin
 istered by the local authorities under
 the control of the allied and United
 States armies of occupation. The
 occupation of these territories will be
 determined by allied and United
 States garrsons holding the principal crossings of the Rhine, Mayence, Cob lenZ, Cologne, together with bridge heads at these points in the 30-kilome- ter radius on the right bank and by
 garrisons similarly holding the strate-
 sic points of the regions. A neutral zone shall be reserved on the right of the Rhine between the stream and a line drawn parallel to it 40 kilometers to the east from the frontier of Hol-
 land to the parallel of Gernsheim and
 as far as practicable a distance of 30 kilometers from the east of the stream from this parallel upon the Swiss
 frontier. Evacuation by the enemy of the Rhine lands shall be so ordered as to be completed within period Of II days, in all 19 days after the signature
 
 evacuation and occupation will be regulated according to the note an nexed."
 Here the president interrupted his reading to remark that there eyi- | dently had been an error in transmits | sion, as the arithmetic was bad. . The further period" of Il days is Y in addition to the IA days allowed for ' evacuation of invaded countries, mak- oo ing twenty five days given the Ger U mans to get entirely clear of the T Rhine lands.
 70 o ''6. In all territory evacuated by the z enemy there shall be no evacuation of V inhabitants; no damage or harm shall be done to the persons or property of
 the inhabitants. No destruction of any e kind to be committed. Military estab-
 lishments of all kinds shall be deliv- V cred intact as well as military stores
 of food munitions, equipment not re- -o moved during the periods fixed fol
 evacuation. Stores of food of all kinds U for the civil population, cattle, etc.
 shall be left in situ. Industrial estab- l. lishments shall not be impaired in any
 way and their personnel shall not be
 moved. Roads and means of commu-
 nication of every kind. railroad, water J ways. main roads. bridges ,telegraphs 1 telephones shall in no manner be i'm 7 paired.
 J Locomotives and Trucks Remain
 v. All civil and military personne T at present employed on them shall re- n main. Five thousand locomoties n ,000 wagons and 10000 motor lorrie! Il in good working order with all neces $ sary spare parts and fittings shall bc
 delivered to the associated power! u within the period fixed for the evacua
 tion of Belgium and Luxemburg. Th'
 railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall b.
 handed over within the same period n together with all pre-war personne 'o and material. Further material neces sary for the working of railways o III the country on the left bank of tn Rhine shall be left in situ All stores o le coal and material for the upkeep O I- permanent ways, signals and repai
 shops left entire in situ and kept il le an efficient state by Germany durinj Ie the whole period of armistice. Al " barges taken from the allies shall b restored to them. A note appende'
 regulated the details of these meas
 ures.
 rS. The German command shall b
 responsible for revealing all mines o le delay acting fuses disposed on terri d. tory evacuated by the German troop a and shall assist in their discovery an T. destruction. The German comman shall also reveal all destructive meas A ures that may have been taken (suc ! as poisoning or pOlluting of springs
 wells, etc.) under penalty of reprisal:
 @. The right of requisition shall b exercised by the allies and the Unite al States armies in all occupied territory . 10 The upkeep of the troops of occupatio | in the Rhine land (eXclusding Alsace ; Lorraine) shall be charged to the Ger ;" man government.
 s Immediate Surrender of Prisoners '9 TO. An immediate repatriatio
 without reciprocity according to de - tailed conditions which shall be fixeC U of all allied and Unite dStates prison
 CTS of war. The allied powers an 7 the United States shall be able to dis - pose of these prisoners as they wisl . T. Sick and wounded who cannt D. be removed from evacuated territor n- will be cared for by German pei " sonnel who will be left on the spt to with the medical material required. II. Disposition relative to the east II ern frontier of Germany:
 or ''12. German troops at present "a any territory which before the wa til belonged to Russia, Rumania or Tur e. key shall withdraw within the frontier III of Germany as they existed on Angus
 i, 1914
 rs. "13. Evacuation by German troor r. to begin at once and all German ir CT structors prisoners and civilians no well as military agents now on u n. far- Ioff,, ,n1 hnf fnf