Evening star., 1940-06-26
Italian Ars11istice Terms
Conditions Imposed by Rome
On Conquered French Nation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, June 26.-Ternts OF the
Italian drnlistice Dith France,
made public last night, follo,D:
/. France will cease hostilities In
metropolitan territory, in French
North Africa, in the colonies and
in territories under French mandate
France will also cease hostilities in
the air and on the sea.
2. When the armistice comes into
force and for the duration OF the
armistice, Italian troops will stand
on their advanced lines in all thea
ters of operations.
Metropolitan Territory
Must Be Demilitarized.
3. In French metropolitan terri
tory, a zone situated between the
lines referred to in article 2 and
a line drawn so kilometers (about
80 miles, as the crow flies beyond
the Italians lines proper shall be
dlmilitarized for the duration OF
the armiStice.
In Tunis, the militarized zone be-
tween the present Libyan- -Tunisian
frontier and the line drawn on On
attached map shall be demilitarized
for the duration of the armistice.
In Algeria and in French African
territories south of Algeria which
border on Libya, a zone 200 kilo-
meters wide tabout 1875 miles ad-
joining the Libyan frontier, shall
be demilitarized for the duration of
the armistice.
Somaliland Coast
Included in Demilitarizati0n.
For the duration of hostilties be-
tween Italy and the British Empire
and for the duration of the armis-
tice. the French Somaliland coast
shall be entirely demilitarized.
Italy shall have full and constant
right to use the port of Djibuti with
all its equipment, together with the
French section OF the Djibuti-Addis
Ababa Railway, for all kinds of
transport.
4. The zones to be demilitarized
shall be evacuated by French troops
within 10 days after the cessation
of hostilities, except only for the
personnel strictly necessary for the
supervision and maintenance of for
tification works, barracks, arms
depots and military buildings, and
the troops required to maintain
order in the interior as shall be de-
termined later by the Italian Armis-
tice Commission.
5. Under full reserve of the right
mentioned in article 10, which fol-
lows, all arms, supplies and ammun-
tlon in the zones to be demilitarized
in French metropolitan territory ad-
joining Libya, together with the
arms surrendered to the troops ef-
fecting the evacuation of the terri
tories concerned, must be removed
within Is days.
SOmaliland Armaments
Must Be Rendered Useless.
Fixed ornaments in the fortifica-
ton works and the accompanying
ammunition must, in the period, be
rendered useless in the coastal ter
ritory of French Somaliland. All
movable arms and ammunition to-
gether with those to be given up to
the troops effecsing the evacuation
of. the territory shall be laid down
within Is days in places to be indi-
Gated by the Italian Armistice Com
mission.
In the case of fixed ornaments
and ammunition in fertilization
works in the above territory, the
same procedure shall be followed as
for French metropolitan territory
and territory adjoining Libya.
6. SO long as hostilities continue
between Italy and the British EN-
pire, the maritime military fortified
areas and naval bases of Toulon,
Bizerte, Ajaccio and Oran shall be
demilitarized until the cessation of
hostilities against the above-named
empire.
This demilitarization is to be
achieved within Is days.
1t must be such as to render such
fortresses and bases useless insofar
as their offensive or defensive effect
is concerned. Their capacity for
supply will be limited under the
control of the italian armistice COM
mission, to the needs of the French
war vessels which, under the con-
ditions OF Article IL, will keep their
base there.
Military and Maritime
Authorities to Be Designated.
7. In the zones including either
military or naval fortresses or naval
bases to be demilitarized, the French
civil authorities naturally will re-
main in charCc as well as rlolice