The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22
U ARlIIS7IcE
TERMS ARE RIGID
renewed for Indetesminate Pc
iod With Delay of Three
nays for Denunciation of It.
MADE PLANS THAT HUNS
MUST CARRY. OUT TERMS
Handed Foch Statement Declar-
my Germany Knew Of Serious
Consequences Involved.


Consequences Involved.
PARIS, Feb. 17-Marshal Foch this
aftsrnpca informed the supreme coun-
Ell Ses the acceptance:by the Germans
bf the: conditions for a renewal of the
arnistice-
Msfsnal Foch appeared in person
hefare .be council Of the great pow
!. aFa ,today and announced the accept
I anee ana the signing by the Germans
of Sthe new conditions OF the arms
The ssanins took place at 6 O'Clock
4 Sunday evening on board Marshai
Eoch,s private car at Treyes.
S. The s:sning .aaerts what promised
a:ta be rather; critica; situation as It
8 8 aas heeasr eporteds that. the Germans
.night pessist in carrying out their
intinatioas Of refusal to sign.
,ehs new terms while still wltnnesd'
are understood to- restrict German
operauons against Poland within Ger
tasu fixed lines, thus removing the
{ danEer OF military clash, and at tne
same time: opening access between the
Interior oe Poland and the Baltic sea.
.SsBut more important results wiii
i 4ahe form shortly when Marshal t,ocn
rsfrrns TO Treyea for submission or
8 fherdetai,s of the disarmament ana
demebil,Zation of the German forces
which are being formulated oy the
]. military naval and economic ADVISERS
pf .Foch. These are OF nature
$Srppnsing in fact to prehnllnatS
sEaaeA agreement.
Dtsar raement is understood TO ln-
scsyde both the naval and military
branches and the naval authorltles
3 sxpeet the ultimate naval terms VIII
!. afoy;de sfvr the disn,antling OF the
frstifaeat.Gns of Heligoland and the
Eiei cansl, the canal being opened
esfs commercial navigation:
While the blockade is not raised by
5 he present tergns yet IT. is expected
naA the disarmament under later and
alSre CDR: :paete terms will sobviate the
ei:ssa4ty Of q further frblockade and
isssFsisss ssnch economic and food rel.ee
as; iss determined upon.
s Tie. council of the great powers to-
daESgase a further hearing on the
Russaan question; but no decision was
TSaShed; The, feeling seems to be sen-
ef1tsthaf no decision is in sight ana
sfat more OF the pending plans oftes
1aueh ,of a prospect for arriving a1
Z Satsgfaesto p solution.
= = 6agned Sunday Evening.
CupenE.eg gen, Feb. 1.-THE renewal
Of the armistice was. signed at o.So
O'Clock Sunday evening in Aarsna'
Eochs psivase car, according to dis
patch received here from Treves.
The Following dispatch from Wei
mar gi1ea the German account OF tue
s;sn,ng of the armistice renewal:
ssA,Yshe gaverrmen, instructed Herr
Etsnergey 10 sign the armistice, but
bsspFe doing so to hand to Marshal
Eoch 4 written statement declaring
AhaSs the German government was
lHars ot the serious consequences in
eolred in either signing or rejecting
The. agreement.
lnstrac;ing it's delegates to sign, It
does SO with the conviction that the
sihed ,aaG associated governments
are eade<.vesing to restore peace 10
the word
sc:s9he t;ernaea government is obl!g-
Aas-to define its standpoint to-
ward three articles, first, the agree
snent entirely ignores the German
Soyernn,ant which has arisen in IN
orderly manner from the will Of the
people. It imposes in the form of curt
orders, provisions for the evacuation
insfaeor c9 the insurgent Poles, OF a
npnaher cf important places, including
Rtshbauna and Bentschen. Although
wssare ready to cease all military ag-
gressive action in Posen and other
regions we must expect the Poles to
respect the line OF demarkation; 9TH
erwtse we must be authorized to de-
fead. ourselves by. force.
Second Germany promises to car
~ cut these arn1istice terms which
she hitherto had not succeeded IN DO
ing, ,hu. she venures to assume that
her oblsgstion will not be interpreted
in manner incompatible with Presi-
dent. Wilson's principles. We must
wait and see whether we are in a.
position fully to follow the contem-
plated Instructions Of the allied su-
nsenae command.
.sTthir.i. objection is raised to the
potnt in the agreement giving Only
three days notice for its denuncia-
ton