The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-11-13
TERMS GIVEN TO GERMANS
READ BY PRESIDENT WILSON
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are 10 DC concentrated ana 1mmOD1llZ-
cd in German bases to be specified by
the Allies and tho United States of
America.
Twenty-eight.-In ovacuating the
Belgian coasts and ports, Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships. tugs,
lighters, cranes, and all other harbor
materials and stores. all arms and
armamcnts, and all stores and appar-
stus Of all kinds.
Twcnty-nine.-All Black Sea ports
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 arc to be re-
leased, all warlikc and other mate
rial3 OF all kinds seized in these ports
arc to be returned and German mate
rails as specified In clause twenty
eight are to be abandoned.
Thirty.-All merchant vessels in
Germany belonging to the Allies arc
to be restored in ports to be specified
by the Allies and the United States OF
America without rcCiprocation.
Thirty onc.-No destruction Of ships
or material to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender or restoration.
Thirtytwo.--Th German govern
mcnt shall formally notify tho neutral
governments OF the world, and partic-
ularly the governments OF Norway,
Sweden, Denmark and Holland, that
all restrictions placed OH the trading
OF their vessels with the Allied and
associated countries whether by ;Mc
German government or by p"vatA Ger
man interests, and. whether in return
for specific concessions such as the
export Of shipDuitting material or not,
arc Immediately cancelled.
Thirty -thrcc.--NO transfers OF Ger
man merchant shipping or any de-
scriptions to any neutral nag to
take place after signature OF tic ar:.,-
iSticc.
Duration OF Armisticc.
Thirty-four.-Thc duration OF NNo
armisticc is TO be thirty days with
option to extend. During this period,
on failure Of execution OF any OF the
above clauses, the armisticc may be
denounced by one OF the contracting
parties. on forty-eigllt hours previous
notice.
Time Limit for Reply.
Thirty -fvc.--Thi3 armisticc to be
accepted or refused by Germany with
in scvcnty-two hours OF notification.
The war thus comes 10 an end, for,
having accepted these terms Of armis-
tice, il Will be impossible for the Ger
man command to renew it.
No chance to Renew.
1T is not mow possible to assess
the consequences Of this great con
summation. We know only that this
iragical war whose consuming flames
swept from one nation to the other
until, Ill the world was on fire, is att
an end and there with the privilege
or our own people to enter it in its
most critical juncture in such fashion
ana III such force as to contribute in
q way OF which we are all deeply
proud OF tho great result. We know,
too, that the object OF the war is at
tG!nch, the object upon which al, free
mon had set their hearts and attained
with sweeping completeness which
even now we do not realize. Armed
imperialism such as the men concoiv-
cd who were but yesterday the mas
tors OF Germany IS at an end, its Illicit
ambitions cnGulfcd in black disaster.
Who will secl: to revive it? The arbi-
try power of the military caste or
Germany which once could secretly
and Of its o"n second choice disturb
the peace Of the world is diScroditcd
and destroyed. And more than that
much more than that--has been ac-
coMp''rhCh. The great nations which
associated Themselves to destroy II
have now definitely united III the coul-
mon purpose to set uD such u pcacc
as viii satisfy the longing OF the whole
world for diSintcrcstcd justice, en-
bodied in settlements which arc based
uoon something much better and
much more lasting than tho selfish
competitive interests OF powerful
states. There is no longer conjecture