Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-11-28

belonged to Russia, Rumania or Turkey
shall withdraw within the frontiers o.
Germany as they existed on August A.
1914. .
Thirteenth. Evacuation by Germani
troops to begin at once and all GerinS-i
instructors, prisoners and civilians, as
well as military agents now In the terri
tory OF Russia, as defined before 1874 TO-
be recalled.
Fourteenth. German troops 20 cease
at once all acquisitions ana seizures ana
any other Undertakings with view 10
obtaining supplies intended for GERMANY,
In Rumania and Russia, as defined {
August /, 1914. 81
Fifteenth. Abandonment OF the treat
les of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk aDol
OF the supplementary treaties.
Free Access to Eastern Frontier.
Sixteenth The Allies shall have fret
access TO the territories evacuated by the
Germans on their eastern frontier, either
through Danzig or by the Vistula, in or
der to convey supplies to the populations
OF those territories or for any oIher pur-
poses.
Clause concerning East Africa:
seventeenth, Unconditional capitula-
ton of all German forces operating in
East Africa within one month.
Eighteenth. Repatriation without rec
lprocity within maximum period of one
month, in accord with details hereafter
to be fixed, of all civilians interned or
deported who may be citizens of other
Allied or associated states than those
mentioned in Clause 3, Paragraph IS.
with the reservation that any future
claims and demands Of the Allies and the
| United States of America remain unaf-
! fected.
Nineteenth The following financial
conditions are required:
Preparation for damage done.
while such armistice lasts no public
! securities shall be removed by the enemy
/ h IN aFHNTn a a N
| for the recovery or reparation for war
| losses.
Immediate restitution for the cash de-
! post in the National Bank of Belgium.
and in general immediate return of all
! documents, specie, stocks, shares, paper
| money, together with plant for the issue
thereof, touching public or private inter-
| ests in the invaded countries.
Restitution of the Russian and Ru-
manian gold yielded to Germany or takeT
| by that power.
~. This gold to be delivered in trust e
| the Allies under the signature OF peace
| Twentieth. Immediate cessation OF al
| hostilities at sea and definite informal
| ton to be given as to the movements OF
| all German ships.
Notification to be given to neutrals
that freedom of navigation in all terri.
torial waters is given to the. naval and
mercantile marines OF the Allied and as
| ISOLATED powers, all questions or neutrai-
| ity being waived.
All Naval Prisoners Freed.
Twenty first. All naval and mercan7
! tile marine prisoners of war Of the Ais
| lied and associated powers in German
| hands to be returned without reciprocity
"Twenty-second. Surrender to the All
lies and the United States of 100 German
ubmarines-including all submarine
cruisers and mine-laying submarines
| with their complete armament and equlpi
| ment in ports which vii! be speclhed ol
the Allies and the United States OF Amert
lea.
"All other submarines to be paid o.
and completely disarmed and placed unE
| der the supervision of the Allied Power5
and the United States of America.
Twenty third. The folio wing German
surface warships which shall be desigi
mated by the Allies and the Unitee
| States of America shall FORTHWITH
be disarmed and thereafter interned
in neutral ports, or fer the want of them
in Allied ports to be designated by tbs
Allies and the United States of America
| and placed under the surveillance of the
Allies and the United States of America
only .careta.iers being left on board
namely:
"Six battle cruisers, 10 battleships, |
light cruisers, including minelayers; 3
| destroyers of the most modern type.
"All other surface warships, including
river craft, are to be concentrated in Ger
man naval bases to be designated by TIN
Allies and the United States of America
| and are to be paid off and completely d.
armed and placed under the superyia<
of the Allies and the United States u
America All vessels of the auxiliay
fieet-trawlers, motor vessels, etc.--aret TO
be disarmed.
Twenty fourth. rhe Allies and ne
United States of America shall have ne
right to sweep up all mnefields and d.
structions laid by Germany outside CIR
man territorial waters, and the positions
of these are to be indicated.
Allies May Occupy Baltic Ports.
Twenty fifth. Freedom Of access TO
and from the Baltic to be given to me
naval and mercantile marines of the Al
lied and associated powers.
ITO secure this, the Allies and the Uni.
ted States of America shall be empow"
| cred 10 occupy all German forts, fortifita.
tions, batteries and defense works OF al
kinds in all the entrances from the Gaze
gat into the Baltic, and to sweep up all
mines and distractions within and WITH
out German territorial waters without
any question of neutrality being raised,
and the positions of all such mines aad
distractions are to be Indicated.
"1wenty-sixth. The existing blockade
conditions set up by the Allies and asso-
ciated powers are to remain unchanged
and all German merchant ships found at
sea are to remain liable to capture.
| Twenty seventh. All naval aircraft
are to be concentrated and immobilized
| in German bases to be specified by the
Allies and the United States of America
/ Twenty eighth. In evacuating the Bel.
gian coast and ports Germany shall aban-
don all merchant ships, tugs, lighters
cranes and all other harbor materials, all
materials for inland navigation, all air.
| craft and all materials and stores, all
| arms and ornaments and all stores anu
/ apparatus of all Sinds.
Must Quit Black Sea Ports.
Twenty ninth. All Black Sea ports are
| to be evacuated by Germany: all Russian
war vessels of all descriptions seized by
Germany in the Black Sea are to be
! handed over to the Allies and the United
/ States of America; all neutral merchant
vessels seized are to he released; all war
J like and other materials of all kinds
| and German materials as specified III
| Clause 20 are to be abandoned.
"Thrtieth. All merchant ships in Ger
| man hands which belonged to the Allied
and associated powers are to be restored
in ports to be specified by the Allies ard
the United States of America without
| reciprocity.
"Thirty- first. No destruction of ships
or of materials to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender or restoration.
Remove Restraint On Neutrals.
"Thirty- second. The German Govern
ment shall formally notify the neutral
| larly the governments of Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark and Holland that all re-
strctions placed on the trading of their
vessels with the Allies and associated
countries, whether by the German Gov
eminent or by private German interests,
and whether in return for specified con-
| cessions, such as the export of snipbuild-
ing materials, or not are Immediately
cancelled.
"Thirty- third. No transfers OF German
merchant shipping of any description TO
| any neutral flag are to take place after