The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-17
ACCEPT TERMS
FOR ARMISTICE
Conditions of Extension Held
Out by Allies Signed by
German Government.
PARTY LEADERS AGREED
Tenth German Army to Be
. Witr.<awn From Lithuania
ssult Agreement.

Pa Feb. 1I.-l n avas. )-Dis-
pate from Treves announce that
the enent for the renewal of the
ar a se with Germany has been
So the previous dispatches reIat-
\ to the signing of the armistice
.se come from osrnan sources. The
reeoing announcement 10 the first to
received from the allied side.
Some of the rsquests made by the
Germans in eonnSotion with the re-
newal of the arsslrt are reported
in a Berlin dispatch through Copen-
hagen to the Central News quoting
from letters written BY Matthias Erz-
berger to Marshal Foch. In the first
of two letters Herr Erxberesr enum-
Grated requests, inciuding the release
Of the German prisoners, the main
tenanee Of intercourse, especially eco
nomic, with. the territories occupied
by the allies and ths Poles; freedom
for the German coastal trade and bet
ter treatment for the herman popu.
lace of Aisaoe -Lorraisss. The letter
also protested against The opening up
OF the question OF machinery carried
OFT from France and 9sIuium through
an investigation Of the subject.
Copenhagen. Feb. 17.--The German
government Sunday night decided to
accept the terms OF the allies condi-
tions for extension OF the armistice,
The Weimar correspondent of the
Politiken wires his paper, under date
of Sunday, 6:20 pm, that the agree
ment to accept the conditions was
reached at a conference of party
leaders.
Marshal Foch had informed the
commission that the armistice would
expire at o'clock Monday morning
and that the last hour for signing
would be 6 O'Clock Sunday evening.
He declared if the armistice was not
signed that he would leave Treyes
and it would no longer be in force.
The meeting at which the accept
ance was decided upon, the Politi-
ken's correspondent says, was at
tended by leaders of the various par-
ties
Withdraw From Lithuania.
Berne, Feb. 17svlIt is announced ne
EQUATIONS between Lithuania and
! roland have resulted in an agree .
rfrent by which theNTenth Herman n
army Will withdraw from Lfthuania
and the Polish army will occupy the
territory thus evacuated. 1t is said
that the Polish forces have already
entered Volkovisk. near Grodno.
Debated Conditions.
Berlin, Sunday, Feb, 16.-(A. P)-
The German cabinet, meeting at Wei
mar, debated the new armistice con.
ditions through Saturday night and
resumed its deliberations before II
o'clock this morning. The result of
the discussions is not yet known
here and under present wire condi-
tions 1t is uncertain whether the ans
wer of the cabinet can be sent to
Treves in time to affect the neeo
tiations there.
The Berlin staff of the foreign Of
fice is without special information
regarding the armistice proposals
which apparently were published
mere only in part. The staff therefore
is unable to express a definite opin-
ion regarding the German Polish
frontier.
Accepted Uneo additionally.
London. Feb. 1.-THE German
cabinea discussed the armistice
terms from 1880 Sunday morning
unlti 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when
an effort was made to summon the
national assembly to decide upon the
answer, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dicpatch from Copen-
hagen. 1t was found impossible to
summon the assembly, ii is added,
and after a conference with the party
leaders it was decided to accept the
terms Internationally.