Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-24
PUNITIVE TERMS
IN new ARMISTICE
Allies Demand Retribution for
CrueIties by Germans to
Prisoners of War.
ALARMIST NEWS IN LONDON.
Situation in Europe Undergoes Sudden
and Vital Change-CentraI News
Issues Statement That the
War May Break Out Again.

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that as a result Of the allied discus
sions in Paris the whole aspect Of de
mobilization has undergone sudden
and vital change, this being shown il
the drastic conditions demanded OF
Germany for a renewal Of the armis.
tice.
"On the authority Of an unimpeach.
able character" says the Central
News, 'it can be stated that a situa-
ton exists in Europe under which war
may break out again at any moment.
The Allied War Council has arrived at
decision which means that the Brit
ish people have mistaken the appear
ance Of peace for reality. This deci-
sion means that the new British minis
try must revise the whole scheme of
army rehabilitation.
"The decision is that Great Britain,
in proportion to its military strength,
must maintain an army Of occupation
on the Rhine for many months. Ii the
rapid increase in demobiliZation re-
Gently announced were continued there
would in a few months be no army In
France to undertake the obligations
which by common decision of the allies
have been placed upon British SOL
diers."
The new armistice terms to be pre-
sented to Germany by Marshal Foch
are unofficially stated here to include
the following:
First -Retribution upon the Ger
mans for the murder and i'll treatment
Of allied prisoners.
Second.-The machinery and goods
stolen by Germany from France and
Belgium to be at once given up. 1t is
pointed out that France alone has
100000 men who will be out Of work
until this machinery Is returned.
Third.-German gold, amounting to
more than $500,000,000, to be moved
from Berlin to a safe place, probably
Frankfort, and protected from Bolshe-
yism in Germany. en- route. Certain
other property to be surrendered.
Fourth. to give over her
shipping, Of which she is believed to
have 100000 tons, to carry food sup
plies to countries in Europe in need OF
them.
Fifth.-Any q boats on the stocks
to be handed to the allies for their dis
posal, or to be destroyed, and no more
submarines should be built.
Commenting on the report that the
new armistice terms require the de-
struction of German submarines now
under construction, the Daily Mail
characterizes this condition as a vital
one.
Paris.-German gold reserves, which
the allies propose to transfer to Frank
fort from the Berlin Reichsbank, to-
tailed 1892, ,626, 900 marks on December
81, according to the last official report
of the Reichsbank.
Compilations made from German Of
fetal reports relative to paper in cir-
culation give total Of 81, 792,3l3,OOO
marks.
Paris.-The question of whether the
peace conference is to be secret or
wholly open to the eyes and ears of
the world, the settlement Of which has
been long awaited, was brought to IL
focus when it was announced that an
agreement had been made to confine
the information given to the public to
a.daily official c0mmunique and that
a gentlemen's agreement prevailed
among the delegates not to discuss or
in any way give information of the
meetings in the foreign office.
No written official announcement OF
this purpose was issued, but word was
passed out to this effect, and it was
followed by an explosion which quite
drowned the doings. of the peace com,
misSiOncrS.