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NOVEMBER 14, THE ARMISTICE AVIATION has had such an all-governing effect upon the final attainment of Peace that as a matter of record we reproduce the terms of the November nth Armistice, which for all practical purposes signifies the end of the most ghastly and iniquitous war the world has known. A.—CLAUSES RELATING TO WESTERN FRONT I.—Cessation of operations by land and in the air six hours after the signature of the Armistice. II.—Immediate evacuation of invaded countries—Belgium, France, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg—so ordered as to be completed within 14 days from the signature of the Armistice. German troops which have not left the above-mentioned territories within the period fixed will become prisoners of war. Occupation by the Allied and United States Forces jointly will keep pace with evacuation in these areas. All movements of evacuation and occupation will be regulated in accordance with a Note (Annexure 1). III.—Repatriation, beginning at once, to be complete within 14 days, of all inhabitants of the countries above enumerated (including hostages, persons under trial, or convicted). IV.—Surrender in good condition by the German Armies of the following equipment :—5,000 guns (2,500 heavy, 2,500 field) ; 30,000 machine-guns ; 3,000 Minenwerfer 2,000 aeroplanes (fighters, bombers — firstly D.y's—and night-bombing machines). The above to be delivered in situ to the Allied and United States troops in accord- .ance with the detailed conditions laid down in the Note. (Annexure 1). V.—Evacuation by the German Armies of the countries on the left bank of the Rhine. These countries on the left bank of the Rhine shall be administered by the local autho- rities under the control of the Allied and United States Armies of occupation. The occupation of these territories will be carried out by Allied and United States garrisons hold- ing the principal crossings of the Rhine (Mayence. Coblenz, Cologne), together with bridgeheads at these points of a 30 kilometre [about 19 miles] radius on the right bank, and by garrisons similarly holding the strategic points of the regions. . A neutral zone shall be set up on the right bank of the Rhine between the river and a line drawn 10 kilometres [6J miles] distant, starting from the Dutch frontier to the Swiss frontier. In the case of inhabitants, no person shall be prosecuted for having taken, part in any military measures previous to the signing of the Armistice. No measure of a general or official character shall be taken which would have, as a con- sequence, the depreciation of industrial establishments or a reduction of their personnel. Evacuation by the enemy of the Rhinelands shall be so ordered as to be completed ' within a further period of 16 days, in all 31 days after the signature of the Armistice. Al! movements of evacuation ' and occupation will be regulated according to the Note (Annexure 1). VI.—In all territory evacuated by the enemy there shall be no evacuation of inhabitants ; no damage or harm shall be done to the persons or property of the inhabitants. No destruction of any kind to be committed. Military establish- ments of all kinds shall be delivered intact, as well as military stores of food, munitions, equipment not removed during the periods fixed for evacuation. Stores of food of all kinds for the civil population, cattle, &c, shall be left in situ. In- ' dustrial establishments shall not be impaired in any way, and their personnel shall not be moved. VII.—Roads and means of communication of every kind, '••• railroads, waterways, main roads, bridges, telegraphs, tele- phones, shall be in no manner impaired. All civil and military - personnel at present employed on them shall remain. 5,000 ' locomotives, 150,000 wagons, and 5,000 motor lorries in good working order, with all necessary spare parts and fittings, shall be delivered to the Associated Powers within the period .fixed for the evacuation of Belgium and Luxemburg*1 The railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed over within the same period, together with all pre-war personnel and material. Further, material necessary for the working of railways in the country on the left bank of the Rhine shall be left in situ. All stores of coal and material for upkeep of permanent way, signals, and repair shops shall be left in situ and kept in an efficient state by Germany, as far as the means of communication are concerned, during the whole period of the Armistice. All barges taken from the Allies shall be restored to them. The Note appended as Annexure 2 regulates the detail of these measures. VIII.—The German Command shall be responsible for revealing all mines or delay-action fuses disposed on territory evacuated by the German troops and shall assist in their discovery and destruction. The German Command shallalso reveal all destructive measures that may have been taken (such as poisoning or pollution of springs, wells, &c )under penalty of reprisals. IX.—The right of requisition shall be exercised by theAllied and United States Armies in all occupied territory, save for settlement of accounts with authorised persons. Theupkeep of the troops of occupation in the Rhineland (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) shall be charged to the German Government. X.—The immediate repatriation, without reciprocity,according to detailed conditions which shall be fixed, of alt Allied and United States prisoners of war ; the Allied Powers:and the United States of America shall be able to dispose of these prisoners as they wish. However, the return of Germanprisoners of war interned in Holland and Switzerland shalf continue as heretofore. The return of German prisonersof war shall be settled at peace preliminaries. XI.—Sick and wounded who cannot be removed fromevacuated territory will be pared for by German personnel, who will be left on the spot, with the medical materialrequired. B.—CLAUSES RELATING TO THE EASTERNFRONTIERS OF GERMANY XII.—All German troops at present in any territorywhich before the war belonged to Russia, Rumania, or Turkey shall withdraw within the frontiers of Germany asthey existed on August 1st, 1914, and all German troops at present in territories which before the war formed partof Russia must likewise return to within the frontiers of Germany as above defined as soon as the Allies shall thinkthe moment suitable, having regard to the internal situation of these territories. XIII.—Evacuation by German troops to begin at once;and all German instructors, prisoners, and civilian as well as military agents now on the territory of Russia (as definedon August 4th, 1914) to be recalled. XIV.—German troops to cease at once'a'1 requisitions andseizures, and any other undertaking with a view to obtaining supplies intended for Germany in Rumania and Russia, asdefined on August Tst, 1914. XV.—Abandonment of the Treaties of Bukarest and Brtst-Litovsk and of the Supplementary Treaties. XVI.—The Allies shall have free access to the territoriesevacuated by the Germans on their Eastern frontier, either through Danzig or by the Vistula, in order to convey suppliesto the populations of these territories or for the purpose of maintaining order. C.—CLAUSE RELATING TO EAST AFRICA XVII.—Unconditional evacuation of all German forces operating in East Africa within one month. D.—GENERAL CLAUSES XVIII.—Repatriation, without reciprocity, within a maximum period of one month, in accordance with detailed conditions hereafter to be fixed, of all civilians interned or deported who may be citizens of other Allied or Associated States than those mentioned in Clause III. XIX.—With the reservation that any future claims and demands of the Allies and United States of America remain unaffected, the following financila conditions are required :— Reparation for damage done. While the Armistice lasts no public securities shall be removed by the enemy which can serve as a pledge to the Allies for the recovery or reparation for war losses. Immediate restitution of the cash deposit in the National Bank of Belgium and, in general, immediate return of all documents, specie, stock, shares, paper money, together with money plant for the issue thereof, touching public or private interests in the invaded countries. Re- stitution of the Russian and Rumanian gold yielded to Ger- many or taken by that Power. This gold to be delivered in trust to the Allies until the signature of peace. E.—NAVAL CONDITIONS XX.—Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea, and definite information to be given as to the location and move- ments of all German ships. Notification to be given to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all territorial waterfi is given to the Naval and Mercantile Marines of the Allied and Associated Powers, all questions of neutrality being waived. XXI.—All Naval and Mercantile Marine prisoners of ^ar ,-of the Allied and Associated Powers in German hand? to be returned, without reciprocity. » XXII.—Handing over to the Allies and the United States af all submarines (including all submarine cruisers ana minelayers) which are present at the moment with full com- 12?6
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