Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-19
MUN|T|ON PLANTS
AND KEEL CANAL .
TO Be: DELIVERED.
Armistice Terms Call for
Destruction of All IN
termed Warships.
FORTS AT HELGlOLAND
ARE TO BE DISMANTLED
Place Most Heavily Fortified
With Guns Having Ten
Mile Range.
ITALIANS REFUSE PROPOSAL
Territorial Claims of Serbs. SIorcncs
and Croatians Arc Submitted
to Supreme Council.
ITALIANS REFUSE PROPOSAL
Territorial Claims of Serbs, Slorcncs
and Croatians Arc Submitted ~
to Supreme Council.

PARIS. Feb. ls--Germany viii be
forced 10 reduce her army to 1000
men surrender all her munition plants.
submit TO the opening of the Kiel Canal
and the destruction of warships now
;nterned. according to conditions TO be
imposed in the arniistice.
The definite armiatico which will hold
good until the peace preiiminaries are
signed, ~ now being completed by ito
commission.
II i; is understood that the terms
will require the Immediate reduction
o. tho armed forces OF Germany $40
for the preservation of order in the
limits Of that country.
All war material, in addition 20 such
permitted must be placed under the
co1trSl of the ailiea. who will; also,
hold Germanys munition factories. 5SS
FINAL TERMS WILL BE 56t
ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK
The final armistice conditions which
tho supreme council is considering viii
he made public before the end OF the
1nln nnners aSS a9Sording tag 70 yarious nsws
the naval conditions the demolition uss
the forts on Heelgoland -and.ttte -Is1el
GSnI, os,rnctIne, Inc anFrendar Tor pnrposeA
/ now %interned, and the opening OF the
Kiol Canal for civil transports Ita5isR
stated that Germany. will be left @ithra
Hect large enough for defensive nur-
poses. M. 4 80 +
The naval correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail. writing OF tho strong
fortiiications on The island OF IIcinus5
land. says: sslft.
The summit of the islsnd is ono i'm
mensc honb,proot' and the batteries
the sea. The heavy guns there
eleven inch and twelyc-inc;l Weapons
PROBABLY we're ,e.enforced during the
war by ffteen-inch guns. The guns
are mounted In steel turrete OF great
thickness All the batteries and OBJ
serration posts are connected by sub
terranean passages and the roads lead
ing up TO them run alon. galleries
which arc shell-proof
GUNS HAVE IMMENSE
RANGE OF TEN MILES
Tho guns are mounted after the
usual German fashion SO as to give
them an immense range. probably from,
ten To twelve and u half sea miles TO
enable the island TO stand tho concus-
sion or their discharge and resist fire
directed against 1t E6.000,000 is said
to have been spent before 1910. and.
allotted. 7f
said to have been of the disappear.
ing type. which could be lowered a:sru
protection against long-rangc fire
naval base. The fortifica tions prs.i
sumably will be blown UP, but their
They are OF armored eoncrete and
steer. and n very large quantity of. caA
rlogivess viii be required
The fortiiica tionS at either rntra nca +
TO the kiel Canal are OF immense
strength. and are larishly suppiiep
with. the heayies, guns iD steel tug-
ITALIAN DELEGATES REFUSE
TO ACCEPT pNOPOS
The Italian delegation to the peace
conference, according TO an official
noIe' not .onss has Informed the secretary OF
the proposal for The arbitration or
Italian and Juso-Slav claims in psl-
me- Ths i,s aS urged sdn, by 1i,G
letter 10 the secretary explain that
al al tsrri;orial LEI claims are being SUBJ
they do no, believe that rec recomrse iise
SHOULD be had TO any exceptional pro.
Early last week the Jugo -s,av dele.
gates 10 the peace conferense asiiss
President Wilson to act as arbitrator
IN IN the ne, differences With Italy .rcgu.d-
President Wilson suggested that tib
Italians and JuGo-Slavs discuss their
difsrences The Itainns declined te
the Jugo-Slav delegates appealed 10
rremier Clefnenceau, as president os
t, Inc conference. to act as Arbitrator,
me French leader took any action on
the question. =
TERRITORIAL CLAIMS
SUBMITTED TO COUNCJF,
The territorial claims of the Serbs
Slovene sand Croatians we're submitted
TO the supreme council at it's meeting
this afternoon by NJ. vcsnitch AZ
Trumbitch and M. ZoiEer Accordjnc
70 an official announcement it was de-
cided to bmit the question of the
frontiers claimed. eNccpt ihosc IN
which Italy is directly Interested, TO
the commission already charged .yith
INC question OF tho frontiers OF Banat ,s
cOMMITCE.F. -
FILES SPECIAL REpoRT
the official statement on the work
or the special committee OH territorial
claims says: I;
The special committee for the study
Of territorial qnestions relating to-
Greccc met Tuesday at 10 4. NJ AT tho )
Foreign OGicc, This committee is
composcd OF tho following delagattona:
representing America, w. l.. Wcstcrf
mann. and Give Day; Great Britain. Sir
Robert l.. Borden and Sir Eyre Groves:
France, Jules rainbon and ycan Gout:
Italy. NJ. do Martino Castolldi. f5SS
''Fhc. committee rs rDESfng an crie@
animation of the conditions to be ct,n- 4
sidersd In Determining tho, portitgrnS Il
boundary OF Greece and Northern t.pt.ig
rus. The dineren, delegations presented
their . t.nta,iye proposalss VI
ATTITUDE Of GERMANY
When the Germans cane TO- sign tho Z
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