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HERE ARE TERMS GERMANY SIGNS
AFTER TRYING TO RULE WORLD
Armistice Went Into Effect at 5 O'Clock Monday Morn
ing, November 11th, and President Wilson Appeared
Before Congress at 1 O'CIock in Afternoon and Made
Terms Known.
Washington, Nov. 11.—Signing of
the armistice with Germany was pro
claimed today by President Wilson,
who also announced its terms at a
joint session of Congréss.
! The terms heralded the end of the
war, because they take from Ger
many the power to renew it.
Just before he went to the capitol
the President, in a proclamation ad
dressed to his fellow-countrymen,
said :
"The ' armistice was signed this
morning. Everything for which
America fought. has been accepted.
It will now be our fortunate duty to
assist, by example, by sober, friendly
counsel and by material aid in the es
timate of jusi democracy through
out the woaW.*'
Stripped of its malicious power, the
military autocracy, its masters driven
to exile, Germany stands before the
world's courts of justice as having
subscribed to * terms of surrender
which probably will be recorded as
the most drastic and complete ever
meted out to a defeated foe.
Reading of the full text of the
terms discloses measures the United
States and the Allied governments
have taken to guarantee that Ger
many's acceptance shall not be a
scrap of paper, and to insure the de
struction of the military caste which
could secretly and of its single choice
disturb the peace of the world.
What P«*ca Terms Mean
Evacuation, reparation and restitu
tion are the keynotes of the armis
tice.
Here are the principal things Ger
many must do
Immediate evacuation of; Alsace
Lorraine, Belgium, Luxemburg, Rus
sia and Rumania without further de
struction or harm to inhabitants.
Then occupation by American and
, Allied troops of all the countries on
the west bank of the Rhine.
Then, further, creation of a neu
1 zone in a strip of territory on the
east bank of the Rhine, thirty kilo
meters (about twenty miles) wide
extending from Holland half way
down to the Swiss border, and twenty
kilometers widtj for the remainder.
Meanwhile, «is a guaranty pf good
faith, t^ie occupation by American
and Allied troops,of Mayence, Co
blenz and Cologne, the principal
crossings of the Rhine, with a thirty
kilometer radiua about bridgeheads.
On the eastern front all German
troops are to be withdrawn from ter
. ritory which before the war belonged
to Russia, Rumania or Turkey.
Then, t^ie German war machine
must disarm. The principal portions
, of its navy must be handed over, and
arms, munition*- and engines of war,
numbered .by the thousands, are to be
taken from the army.
American and Allied prisoners are
to be repatriated without reciprocal
! action by the associated governments,
and thousands of wretched civilians
COST OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR
.
COST OF THE WAR IN LIVES
; -Estimated
German Losses:
• Killed ..................!................... 2,875,000
Disabled .................................. 2,240,000
Total ................................
Entente Ally Losses.*
Killed ...................................... 4,542,000
Disabled .................................. 3,289,000
Total
o, 115,000
7,831,000
12,946,000
Grand Total.......;............
Men in die War
Central Powers ..............................*..........20,000,000
Entente Allies* ............................................33,000,000
Total .............................................53,000,000
♦Including United States.
THESE NATIONS WON
* Soldiers
For Democracy : Population. In War
United States................................103,600,00 2,000,000
British Empire............................434,287,000 7,500,000
France................................. 39,602,000 6,000,000
Italy........... ......................V...... 36,546,000 2,500,000
Belgium...................................... 7,571,000 500,000
Serbia .........................,.............. 4,548,000 250,000
Russia........................................171,060,000 14,000,000
Rumania.................. 7,508,000 250,000
Portugal......................-........... 5,958,000 50,000
Japan................. 55,968,000 50,000
867,648,000 33,100,000
dragged off to slavery from invaded
countries are to be returned.
Must Pay for Damage
The provisions for compensating
the occupied territories for the havoc
wrought by the invaders is contained
in a simple sentence—"Reparation
for damage done.
As a step to restoring the map
lines, the treaties of Brest-Litovsk,
which laid Rusisa prone, and of
Bucharest, which plundered Ru
mania, must be abandoned. Money,
securities, precious metals and other
valuables looted from the invàded
countries must be returned in trust
to the Allies until the conclusion of
peace.
In the weçt, the railways of Alsace
Lorraine, the valuable stores of iron
and coal, all the stores and supplies
in Belgium, with arms *, and arma
ments, must be handed over.
In the east, the Black Sea ports
must be evacuated, the warships
taken by Germany from the Rus
sians must be 'surrendered; in the
Baltic forts and defenses barring the
way at the Categat must be deliv
ered and there must be free access
to the sea for the Allies.
The Allied blockade :s to remain
unchanged. Meanwhile German mer
chant ships are to be delivered for
missions of mercy in carrying food to
the starving; Allied shipping held by
the Germans is to be released with
out any obligation to restore to Ger
many her ships now in the hands of
the associated governments. Ger
many is to notify the neutrals they
are free to trade with the associated
governments without molestation.
Armisice for Thirty Day*
In a word the iron ring is tight
ened, and at her borders the civilized
world waits while Germany reforms
herself from within.
The duration of the armistice,
which was supplementary to the text
as drawn by the Supreme War Coun
cil, and therefore appears in the text
as President Wilson delivered it, was
inserted after the German revolution
aries took possession of the German
fleet. It provides that if the fleet is
not delivered as specified in the
agreement, the associated govern
ments may occupy the Heligoland
fortress as an advanced base to se
cure possession of it.
And now, having drawn the fangs
from the military autocracy, the as
sociated governments will wait for
the next thirty days while the terms
of the armistice are being carried out
to see what sort of government in
Germany they will have to deal with.
In his address to Congress the
Fresident sounded a note of warning
that unless the German people are
fed, unless their distress is relieved,
there is danger of Bolshevikism. The
question of what sort of government
might arise to make peace, he de
clared, was a matter for not small
anxiety and misgiving.
COST OF THE WAR IN DOLLARS
Central Powers: August, 1914, to August, 1918
Germany.............. „ .$35,000,000,000
Austria .................. 13,000,000,000—$48,000,000,000
Entente Allies :
United States........$13,000,000,000
Great Britain ........ 27,000,000,000
France ...............21,500,000,000
Italy .-..................... 8,500,000,000
Russia.................... 21,000,000,000—$91,000,000,000
$139,000,000,000
Devastations, estimated:
France..................$ 4,000,000,000
Belgium................ 8,000,000,000
Russia .................. 5,000,000,000
Serbia l ................... 3,000,000,000
Italy................... 2,000,000,000
$25,000,000,000
Economic ......................$25,000,000,000—$50,000,000,000
$189,000,000,000
No computation is made for the value of lives lost.
China, Greece, Liberia, Panama, Cuba, Siam, Monte
negro, Hayti, also declared war on Germany. Statistics
are not available for the armies of these nations.
Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay and Egypt severed
diplomatic relations with Germany.
These nations lost
For Autocracy: Population
Germany.............. 67,812,000
Austria-Hungary............ 49,882,000
Bulgaria...................................... 4,753,000
Turkey ...........,.............-............ 21,264,000
Soldiers
In War
10,500,000
7,000,000
2,500,000
20 , 000,000
143,721,000
WHAT IS MY SHARE?
JJE IS A CONSCIENTIOUS GENTLEMAN WHO HON
" estly wants to do right. And he came to me shaking
his head.
"I want to do my full part in this-United War Work
Campaign," he said. "Do you think a hundred dollars is
my share?"
And I told him that it would be hard for anyone but
himself to decide. "There are so many different ways of
looking at money," I said.
A hundred and seventy millions looks big at first
glance. It is forty times what Jefferson gave för the
Louisiana territory.
It's a dollar and seventy cents for every man, woman
is
Bringing Kaiser to
Trial Is Discussed
Washington, Nov. 11.—The possi
bility of bringing William Hohenol
lem and his arch accessories before,
a bar of justice to answer for high,
crimes against the laws of nations
and humanity was discussed here to
day by experts in international law.
There was no official comment!
from any government source, nor.
would those who talked informally
venture unqualified assertions as to
the former emperor's lack of im-j
munity from extradition and arrest in
the haven he has sought within the
Dutch borders.
ROBERTS' HEALTH IMPROVED
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Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Roberts who
left Bogalusa a year ago were en
joying a visit with their many friends
here last week. Mr. Roberts has
been in New Mexico for several
months and his health is geratly im
proved.
EVERY CAR OUT
Every car in Bcgalusa that was in
running condition Monday was out
and filled with parties celebrating the
end of the world war. No serious ac
cidents were reported, but a few cars
were slightly damaged.
NEW CHIEF CLERK
The new chief clerk to H. B. Wood
cock, Great Southern Lumber Co.
purchasing agent, Crawford B. Dunn,
Jr., has not reported for work yet,
but is said to be giving some fine in
structions at the Dunn home. He ar
rived several days ago and the moth
er and little fellow are getting along
fine, while Dunn Sr., was so proud
that he held down two jobs for a few.
days.
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BOWEN REPORTED DEAD
W. L. BoWen, who was the lino
type operator at the Enterprise of
fice and took the "flew" four weeks
ago last Monday when the other mem
bers of the staff were in their rooms
with the "flu," is reported to have
died in Nashville, Tenn., last week
of influena, news to this effect was
received Monday, coming from Wave
land, Miss., where he had formerly
worked, He is survived by a widow
and one child, a daughter. He was
the son-in-law of Judge Edwin Laizer.
LOST
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"You can figure it on that basis," I told him
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"g he questioned. "I do not understand.
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lectures and games, and the thought of mother and ^
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"Fifteen cents a day for a boy; two for a quarter.
day. How many boys will you take?"
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