Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-08

table, there standing at attention
The Allied officers bowed stiffly.
Every ones visage-ally or enemy
was rigid. Not a trace of smile
appeared on any face.
There are four COPIES" Gen
Smith remarked dryly, ito be
signed"
Jodl Signed First.
Jodl was the first to put his name
to the quadruplicate document at
2:41 am. Copies were passed across
to be signed by Gems. Ivan Suslopa-
row of the Red Army, Smith of the
SHEAF and Francois Sevez of
France in that order.
The terms of the naval agree
ment which were signed by Admiral
Burroughs and the terms of the land
and air disarmament were signed
by Smith and presented to the Ger
mans to be carried out.
1t was 2::45 am. The ink of the
signatures sstill was damp. Jodl
spoke, beseeching generosity" of
the Allied conquerors.
chairs scraped and the Germans
rose stiff1y to stand at attention
The Allies got to their feet and
bowed formally and the Germans
walked out of the room at PAT am
Jodl, his grazing blond hair al
most bald at the top, looked glum-
mer than ever and seemed a little
unsteady. Briedenburg was solemn
and behind his bushy eyebrows, he
appeared not at all happy.
They were escorted down the hall
to meet Gen. Eisenhower for the
first time. Until now, the supreme
commander had spoken to them only
through messages relayed by his
chief of staff.
Flashes Victory Smile.
Eisenhower face was stern as
he made it plain to the ENJOYS of
Grand Admiral Doenitz that the
Germans must obey Allied orders.
On their departure, Gen. Eisen-
hover summoned all Allied officers
who had participated in the cere-
mony of surrender.
His mouth broke into a big vic
tory smile. His eyes, moment be-
fore stern and cold, sparkled with
JOY.
Sir Arthur clasped his hand. Then
Gen. Eisenhower greeted Smith
warmly, thanking him for his
spectacular work of the last two
days. He thanked all of those pres
ent and held up the fountain pens
with which the surrender was
signed-making v sign with them
for cameramen.
He left his office at 3::39 am. for
the war room, where he made brief
victory speech into newsreel micro
phones.
"Just few minutes ago, Germany
surrendered all her remaining forces
on land and sea-" he said. They
have been thoroughly whipped and
the surrender is unconditional.
I'm January, 1s4s, the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill met in Casablanca. There
they pronounced a formula of I'M
conditional surrender for the Axis
powers. In Europe, that has been
fulfilled. The Allied forces which
landed on the continent on June 6,
1914, have utterly defeated the Ger
mans on land, sea and in the air."
Tribute to France.
Eisenhower remarked that 1t was
particularly fitting" that the sur
render was signed "in the heart of
France" country which had con-
tributed in large measure to the
common victory.
This unconditional surrender was
achieved by teamwork not only
among the Allies, but by all the
services Of the land, sea and air."
he said.
Eisenhower's voice was filled with
emotion. He said he owed "a debt
Of gratitude that can never be re-
paid" to all his aides and all the
men who had fought under his COM
mand.
The only payment is the lasting
gratitude of all free citizens of all
the United Nations" the COM
mander in chief added.
Negotiations for the full surrender
grew out of the conference between
Friedeburg and Field Marshal Mont
gomery last Thursday. After agree
ing to surrender of German forces
In Holland, Denmark, Northwest
Germany, the Tristan Islands and
Helgoland at that meeting, the Ger
man delegates indicated that fhA