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WILSON REVEALS
ARMISTICE TERMS
HISTORIC DOCUMENT READ TO
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
DEATH KNELL TO AUTOCRACY
Conditions Contain Thirty-four Dras
tic Provisions Which Brand Ger
many as Nation UtteVly Crushed—
Alsace-Lorraine to be Restored.
Washington. D. C. —President Wil
son appealed before u joint session of
congress and revealed to the nation’s
lawmakers and to the world terms
Germany accepted when she signed
the armistice.
These terms pictured Germany sur
rendering abjectly to General Foch
on the Held, her armies beaten, her
government overturned, and her
master in flight.
A small congress and a * small
crowd heard the president’s burning
Words, but enthusiasm ran riot.
The president’s uddress follows:
Gentlemen of the congress:
In these anxious times of rapid
aqd stupendous changes it will In
some degree lighten my sense of re
sponsibility to perform in person the
duty of communicating to you some
of the large circumstances of the sit
uation with which it is necessary to
deal. The German authorities, who
have, at the invitation of the supreme
war council, been in communication
with Marshal Koch, have accepted
and signed the terms of armistice
which he was authorized und in-
Ptructed to communicate to them.
These terms are as follows:
One—Cessation or operations by
land and in the air six hours after
the signature of the armistice.
Two—lmmediate evacuation of In
vaded countries: Belgium, France.
Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg, so *>r
dered ns to be completed within four
teen days from the signature of the
armistice. German troops which have
not left the above mentioned territo
ries within the period fixed will be
come prisoners of war. Occupation
by the allied and United States forces
Jointly will keep puce with evacuation
In these areas. All movements of
•voruatlon and occupation will be
regulated in accordance with a note
annexed to the stated terms.
Three —Repatriation beginning at
once and to be completed within four
teen days of all Inhabitants of the
countries above mentioned, Including
hostages and persons under trial or
Convicted.
Four —Surrender in good condi
tion T»y the German armies of the fol
lowing equipment: Five thousnnd
guns (2.500 heavy, 2,500 field), 30.000
machine guns, 3.000 ininnenwerfers.
8,000 aeroplanes (fighters, bombers —
firstly D*73s and night bombing ma
chines). The above to be delivered
In Situ to the allies and the United
States troops In accordance with the
detailed conditions laid down in the
annexed note.
Five —Evacuation by the German
armies of the countries on the left
bank of the Rhine. These countries
on the left hank of the Rhine shall
be administered by the local authori
ties under the control of the allied
and United States armies of occupa
tion. The occupation of these territo
ries will be determined by nllled and
United States garrisons holding the
principal crossings of the Rhine, Mny
•nce, Coblenz. Cologne, together with
bridgeheads nt these points in 30-
kilometer radius on the right bank
and by garrisons similarly holding the
Strategic points of the rogious. A
neutral zone shall be reserved on the
right of the Rhine between the stream
and a line drawn parallel to It for 40
kilometers to the east from the fron
ties of Holland to the parallel of
Gernshelm ami as far as practicable n
distance of 30 kilometers from the
cast of the stream from this parallel
upon the Swiss frontier. Evacuation
t»r the enemy of the Rhlnelands shall
bo so ordered ns to he completed
within a further period of eleven
days after the signature of the armis
tice. All movements of evacuation
and occupation will he regulated ac
cording to the note annexed.
Six —in all territory evacuated hy
tlie enemy there shall he no evacua
tion of Inhabitants; no damage or
barm shall he done to the persons or
property of the Inhabitants. No de
struction of any kind to be committed.
Military establishments of nil kinds
shsß be delivered Intact, as well as
military stores of food, munitions,
•quipment not removed during the pe
riods fixed for evacuation. Stores of
food of nil kinds for the civil popula
tion, cattle, etc., shall be left in Situ.
Industrial establishments shall not he
Impaired In any way nnd their per
sonnel shall not be moved. Roads
and means of communication of every
kind, railroad, waterway, main roads,
bridges.' telegraphs, telephones, shall
In no manner bo Impaired.
Seven— All civil and military per
sonnel at present employed on them
•hall remain. Five thousnnd Inco
motlves. SO.OOO wnftnns nnd 10.01 VI
motor lorries In Rood working order
with all necessary spare parts and
flttlmrs shall he delivered to the ns
anointed powers within the period
fixed ftir the evaenntlon' of Belßliun
■nd I.nxemhnrjr. The railways of At
anee-I-ormlne shall he handed over
within the same period, toeether with
■II pre-war personnel nnd mnterlnl.
Further material necessary for the
worklnc of railways In the counter <n
the left hank of the Rhine shall he
left In S'fn. All stores of coal and
material for the upkeep of permanent
GENERAL FOCH
Commander-in-chief of allied armies
who presented the armistice terms to
the German delegation.
wnys, signals and repalrshops left ln
tlre in Situ and kept in an efficient
state by Germany during the whole
period of armistice. All barges taken
from the allies shall be restored to
them. A note appended regulates the
details of these measures.
Eight—The German command shall
lie responsible for revealing nil mines
or delay acting fuses disposed on ter
ritory evacuated by the German troops
and shall assist Jn their discovery
nnd destruction. The German com
mand shall also reveal all destructive
measures that may have been taken
(such as poisoning or polluting of
springs, wells, etc.) under penalty of
reprisals.
Nine—The right of requisition shall
be exercised by the allies and the
United States armies In all occupied
territory. The upkeep of the troops
of occupation In the Rhineland (ex
cluding Alsace-Lorraine), shall be
charged to the German government.
Ten—An immediate repatriation
without reciprocity according to de
tailed conditions which shall be fixed
of all allied nnd United States pris
oners of war. The allied powers and
the United States shall be able to dis
pose of these prisoners ns they wish.
Eleven —Sick and wounded who
cannot be removed from evacuated
territory will be enred for by German
personnel, who will be left on tho
spot with the medical material re
quired.
Twelve—All German troops at
present in any territory which before
the war belonged to Russia, Rouma
nln or Turkey shall withdraw within
the frontiers of Germany as they ex
isted on August 1. 1914.
Thirteen —Evacuation by German
troops, to begin at once and all Ger
man instructors, prisoners nnd civil
ians. as well ns military agents, now
in the territory of Russia (ns defined
before 1914), to be withdrawn.
Fourteen —Germnn troops to cense
at once all requisitions nnd seizures
and any other undertaking with a
view to obtaining supplies In Rouma
nin and Russia (ns defined on August
1, 1914).
Fifteen —Abandonment of the
treaties of Bucharest nnd Rrest-
Lltovsk nnd of the supplementary
treaties.
Sixteen —The allies shall have free
access to the territories evnrunted by
the Germans on their eastern fron
tles. either through Dantr.lg ot* by the
Vistula in order to convey supplies to
the population of those territories
or for any other purpose.
Seventeen—Unconditional capitula
tion of all Gerpinn forces operating
in Fast Africa within one month.
Eighteen— without re
ciprocity, within a maximum period
of one month. In accordance with
detailed conditions hereafter to be
fixed, of all civilians Interned or de
ported who may be citizens of other
allied or associated states than those
mentioned In clause three, paragraph
19. with the reservation that any
further claims and demands of the
allies nnd the United States remain
unaffected.
Nineteen —The following financial
conditions are required?
Reparation for damage done. While
such armistice lasts no public securi
ties shall be removed by the enemy
which can serve as a pledge to the al
lies for the recovery or reparation
for war losses. Immediate restitution
of the cash deposit in the National
Hank of Belgium, nnd In general. Im
mediate return of all documents,
specie, stocks, slinres, paper money,
together with plant for the Issue
thereof touching public or private In
terests in the invaded countries.
Restitution of the Russian nnd Rou
manian gold yielded to Germany or
taken by that power. This gold to be
delivered in trust to the allies until
the signature of peace.
Twenty—lmmediate cessation of
all hostilities at sea and definite In
formation to be given as to the loca
tion and movements of all Geramn
ships. Notification to be given to
neutrals that freedom of navigation
in all territorial waters Is given to
the naval and mercantile marines of
'he allied and associated powers, all
questions of neutrality being waived.
Twenty-one—All navnl and mercan
»lle marine prisoners of war of the
allied nnd associated powers In Ger
man hands to be returned without
•v^nrnHty.
Twenty-two— n d«*r to the alllee
THE RECORD. CHEYENNE WELLS, COLORADO.
and the United States of America of
IGO submarines (including all subma
rine cruisers and mine laying sub
marines), with their complete equip
ment in (Sorts which will be specified
by the allies and the United States of
Atnericu. All * other submarines to
be paid off uud completely disarmed
and placed under the supervision of
the allied powers and the United
States of America.
Twenty-third—The following Ger
man surface warships, which shall be
designated by the allies and the
United States, shall forthwith be dis
armed and thereafter interned in neu
tral ports, or for the want of them,
allied ports, to be designated by the
allies and the United States and
placed under surveillance of the al
lies and the United States of America,
only care takers being left on board,
namely:
Six battle cruisers, ten battle
ships, eight light cruisers, including
two mine luyers, fifty destroyers of
the most modern type.
All other surface warships ' (In
cluding river craft) are to be con
centrated in German nuvul bases to
be designated by the allies and the
United States and are to be paid
off and completely disarmed, under
the supervision of the allies and the
United States of America. All vessels
of the auxiliary fleet (trawlers, motor
vessels, etc.) are to be disarmed.
Twenty-four—The allies and the
United States shall have the right to
sweep up all mine fields and obstruc
tions laid by Germany outside German
territorial waters, and the positions
of these are to be Indicated.
Twenty-five—Freedom of access to
and from the Baltic to be given to the
naval and mercantile marines of the
allies and associated powers. To se
cure this the allies and the United
States of America shall be empowered
to occupy all German forts, fortifica
tion*, batteries and defense works of
all kinds In the entrances from the
Cattegat into the Baltic; and to sweep
up all mines and obstructions within
and without German territorial waters
without any question of neutrality
being raised, and the positions of all
such mines and obstructions are to be
indicated.
Twenty-six—The existing blockade
conditions set up by the allies and as
sociated powers are to remain un
changed and all German merchant
ships found at sea are liable to cap
ture.
Twenty-seven—All navnl aircraft
are to be concentrated and immobil
ized In German bases to- be specified
by the allies and the United States.
Twenty-eighth—ln evacuating the
Belgian const and ports, Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships,
tugs, lighters, cranes and all other
harbor materials, all materials for
inland navigation, all aircraft and
all materials and stores, all arms
and arinuments, and ull stores and
apparatus of all klftfls.
Twenty-ninth—All Black sea ports
are to he evacuated by Germany;
all Russian war vessels of all descrip
tion seized by Germany in the Black
sea nre to be handed over to the
allies and the United States of
America; all neutral merchant vessels
seized and other materials of all
kinds seized In those ports are to be
returned and German materials as
specified In clause 28. are to be aban
doned.
Thirtieth—All merchant vessels in
German hands belonging to the allied
and associated powers are to be re
stored in ports to be specified by the
allies and the United States of
America, without, reciprocity.
Thirty-first—No destruction of ships
or of materials to be permitted be
fore evacuation, surrender or restora
tion.
Thirty-second—The German govern
ment shnll formally notify the neu
tral governments of the world, and
particularly the governments of Nor
way( Sweden, Denmark and- Holland,
that all restrictions placed on the
trading of their vessels with the nllies
and associated countries, whether by
the German government or by private
German Interests, and whether in re
turn for specific concessions such ns
the export of ship-building materials
or not. nre Immediately cancelled.
Thlrt.v-thtrd —No transfers of Ger
man merchant shipping of any de
scription to any neutral flag are to
take place after signature of the ar
mistice.
Thirty-fourth Duration of the
armistice is to be thirty days with
option to extend. During this period,
on- failure of execution of any of
the above clauses, the armistice may
be denounced by one of the contracting
parties, on forty-eight hours’ previous
notice.
Signs Decree of Abdication.
London.—Emjieror William signed
a letter of abdication N9vemher i> at
the German grand headquarters in
the presence of Crown Prince Fred
erick William and Field Marshal Hln
denburg. Just thirty-six hours before
the German emlssnries signed the ar
mistice with the allied nations which
meant abject surrender for Germany.
The German crown prince signed
his renunciation to the throne shortly
afterward.
Thirty years and almost five months
after he ascended the imperial throne,
William Ilohenzollern, his armies de
feated in the field, forced to sue for
armistice terms and the German peo
ple rising in revolt, gives np his
power.
He came Into authority with hi*
country at the threshhold of an era of
peace and material progress; he
leaves It torn by revolution and suf
fering from hardships and sacrifices
of more tyan four years of war—vir
tually ruined.
Prince Maximilian, the imperial
chancellor, will remain In office until
questions connected with the abdica
tion of the emperor are settled. For
the regency. Freldrlch Ebert, a social
ist and president of the main commit
tee of the rrtchstag, will be chancel
lor.
When the war began the Teutonic
GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING
Comender-in-chief of the American
armies in France who hastened the
capitulation of Germany.
alliance was headed by two of the
proudest houses in history—the Ho
henzollerns and the Hapsburgs. To
day William II of Germany is a fugi
tive in Holland and Charles I of Aus
tria, while he may be still in his
country, has been stripped of all
power and -has seen his empire shat
tered. Ferdinand of Bulgaria, an
other of the rulers in the Teutonic
combination, has fled from his coun
try, and Mohammed of Turkey, who
also joined in the attempt of Ger
many to dominate the world, is dead,
slain. It Is said, by the hand of an
assassin.
While the curtain was rolling down
on the most stupendous tragedy in
mankind’s history, events were mov
ing with terrible swiftness in Ger
many, -the nation about which re
volved the plot and counter-plot of
the drama. Berlin, Lelpzlc, Stutt
gart, Cologne, Hamburg and Frank
fort are in the hands of the revolu
tionists, who last week raised the red
fleg at Kiel. Germany’s navy appar
ently Is scattered into disjointed units,
each seeking sanctuary in Danish
ports or waiting in German harbors
for the latest turn of events.
Wurtemburg, Schleswig - Holstein
and Hesse-Darmstadt have declared
themselves independent republics,
following the action taken by Ba
varia last Friday. Wilhelm II of
Wurtemburg is reported to have ab
dicated. Saxony is said to be near a
like declaration.
The republic of Poland has served
official notice on Austria that Po
land has annexed the crown land of
Galicia.
As the last hours of the mighty
combat drew near, French, British,
Belgian and American forces were
rapidly pushing the last German
troops from France and Belgium.
It Is suggested that William Hohen
zollern Is not safe from the conse
quences of his deeds, even though he
has fled to Holland. After the sink
ing of the Lusitania and during the
early days of the aerial raids on Lon
don he was three times indicted for
murder in England. Under inter
national law, It is said, requisition
for hjs extradition may be made by
England under the indictments still
standing against him.
Cancel Draft Calls.
Washington. D. C.—Almost the first
action of the War department after
announcement of the signing of the
armistice with Germany, was the
cancellation of all army draft calls,
under which more than 300,000 had
been ordered to entrain for camps be
fore November 30.
Since August, 1917, when the first
calls were issued under the army
draft law, 2,700,000 men have been in
ducted into the army. Practically all
physically qualified men between the
ages of 21 and 31 who were placed In
Class 1 are now in the service. The
men who were to have moved to camp
this month were of the new registrants
enrolled September 12.
General Crowder announced that
registrants whose induction orders are
cancelled or who are discharged after
their entrainment for camps, will re
vert to the status existing nt the time
the original _ induction order was is
sued. this to include resumption of
their order and serial number.
It also was specifically announced
that nothing in the cancellation of the
calls shall operate to relieve from the
consequences of his acts any regis
trant who has heretofore become de
linquent.
By order of Secretary Raker, Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder direct
ed local and district boards to con
tinue to completion ns expeditiously
as possible the classification of all
registrants who on September 12 had
attained their 19th, and had not at
tained their 20th birthday.
General Crowder, however, directed
the hoards to discontinue all work
connected with the classification of
men who on September 12 had attain
ed their 37th birthday and had not at
tained their 46th birthday.
To Prevent Civil War.
Washington—Friederlcb Ebert, upon
assuming office as chancellor. Issued
a proclamation announcing that the
new government at Berlin had taken
charge of business to prevent civil
war and famine. In a manifesto ad
dressed to the “Citizens” of Germany,
the chancellor said he was going to
form a people’s government to bring
shoot pence “as quickly ns possible”
and to confirm the liberty which the
government has gnlnod.
TASK CONFRONTS
AMERICAN ARMY
TO PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN
GUARDING THE ENEMY
MUCH WORK FOB OUR NAVY
Plan for Demobilizing 2,200 f 000 > Sol
diers Overseas Worked Out By
Washington Officials—All Will Be
Furnished Employment.
.Washington, D. C. —Signing of the
armistice with Germany does not
meun that the great. American mili
tary machine will cease to operate at
once. America must play un import
ant part in disarming and guarding
the enemy, and until this work is com
pleted, even the troop movement to
France will continue, although on a
greatly reduced scale.
During the Interval between the
cessation of hostilities and the con
clusion of the pease conference it is
assumed that the maojr portion of
General Pershing’s expeditionary
force in France must be retained
there. It Is possible, also, that for
reasons of international politics some
American garrison Inay be kept In dis
puted territory even after actual
peace negotiations have been closed.
Troops which have seen the long
est service in France probably will be
returned home soon to be replaced by
new men now in this country who will
perform guard or other dutj overseas.
There are nearly 1,000,000 men now
in camps in the United States.
Return home of American naval
forces, battleships, destroyers, sub
marines, converted yacht*, supply
ships and other craft, also will fol
low the end of the war. Definite
plans have not been revealed, but It
is assumed that once disposition Is
made of the German high sees fleet
and submarines in accordance with
terms of the armistice, the American
dreadnaughts with ...e British grand
fleet, together with most of the de
stroyers and other submarine hunting
and convoying craft will return.
Even .with hostilities ended, how
ever, much other naval work, aside
from that of taking over and guard
ing German and Austrian naval ves
sels, remains to be done. Removal of
thousands of mines laid by the allied,
American und German navies will
form no small part of this work and,
undoubtedly. the fleet of mine
sweeping and laying craft sent over
seas by the United States will assist
In this gigantic task. The greatest
mine field is that put down in the
North sea as a barrage against the
German submarines. The mines were
manufactured in this country and
were laid largely by American ships.
With the return of all German sub
marines to their bases, allied and
American shipping once more may
sail the seven seas without fear of
molestation and in disregard of the
regulations made necessary by Ger
many's unrestricted warfare. -There
will be no more running at nighr
without lights, with its attendant
dangers of collisions and zigzagging
and deviation from established ship
id ng routes.
Much of the shipping used for war
purposes will be freed for peace time
commerce and there will follow a
gradual relaxation of the restrictions
as to food and other necessities im
posed upon the peoples of the allied
countries. These changes will not
come immediately, however, for It is
the purpose of the American and en
tente governments to ro-operate with
Germany. Austria. Bulgaria, Serbia
and Roumnnla. in furnishing as far ns
possible the food and other supplies
necessary for the civilian populations
of those countries.
These considerations of world
l»euee. Important as they are, must
be adjusted as they They
could not be planned in advance, as
has been the breaking up of the
military forces of the United States,
Great Britain and France and the
orderly return of millions of those
soldiers to their civilian status.
In this country the problem lias
been taken up with reference to 4s
two chief phases: The strictly mili
tary, having to do with the denfbhi
llzntlon of the army and its safe
return to America, and the Indus
trial, which deals only with the in
filtration of the soldiers into the
ranks of labor after they have been
released from the army. The third
problem of demobilization will deal
with the mobilized industries of the
United States.
The military authorities have had
under consideration for some time
the subject of demobilization of the
army, but the plan which will be
used has not yet been officially ap
proved. Breaking up of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, now num
bering 2.200.000 of men, will begin
In France if this plan Is adopted.
The program entails the gradual
breaking up of the large military
units into segments governed solely
by the location of the home of the
Individual soldier.
The United Btates will be divided
GEN. SIR DOUGLAS HAIQ
British general who played a big
part in bringing about the cessation
of hostilities in the world's greatest
war.
into districts, each of which is to bt
I fed by one or more Atlantic porta,
I from Galveston to Bangor. Command
ing officers of divisions will be in
structed to detach, for instance, men
from the “first demobilization dis
trict," which might include men from
Maine to Massachusetts, and entrain
them for a specified French port
where adequate shipping will be wait*
ing. These vessels will proceed di
rectly to the ports selected for ths
first district, and disembarking thelv
passengers, will return an a routine
schedule to meet the next detachment
of soldiers for that territory.
By carefully controlling the re
turning shipments, military authori
ties believe that they can to a great
degree regulate the flood of dlo
charged soldiers so that no single
section of ' the country will be
swamped.
The work of returning the soldiers
to their former civilian status in the
industrial life of the nation has been
turned over to the Department of
Labor and is being handled by a
special committee, headed by Felix
Frankfurter. An organization is
ready for the use of the authorities
in the same machinery which has cai*
ried out the provisions of the “work
or fight” order, and it is understood
in tiie task of finding positions for
the men. Under this plan each local
draft board will be constituted a cen
tral labor office for the district in
which it Is situated and will place the
men who were sent by it to the army
In the positions found vacant.
While full authority is held by ths
War department for the demobilize
! tlon of the armed forces, the return
of the nation’s mobilized industries
to a peace basis, it is thought, will
necessitate important legislation by
congress to prevent a period of
acute disruption in business. Offi
cials here expect that congress will
he called upon soon to consider a
“demobilization bill,” which will
deal with this and kindred problems.
Designation of the units of ths
army to remain in France over ths
period of settlement has not been
taken by the War department. - If
should be realized, officials point out,
that even after terms of pence havs
been signed a work of stupendous
magnitude will remain. Millions of
tons of material, comprising railroad
equipment, as well as arsenal sup
plies, repair and refitting plants and
the strictly military accoutrements,
must be collected and invoiced pre
paratory to their disposal, either to
one of the allied governments or rs
shipment to the United States. As
army of considerable size will bo
needed for this work for months after
the war ends.
It has been suggested that th#
units to remain in France for this
work he obtained by calling for vol
unteers from the expeditionary forces.
Under existing law, authority is
given for the maintenance of a regu
lar army up to a strength of about
375,000. It is the belief that a much
larger force will be needed In Europe
for possibly two years after the sign
ing the armistice.
The British government began its
preparations for demobilization nearly
a year ago. Its plans have been so
thorougly worked out that when s
“dress rehearsal" was held recently
a unit of the British army In Franco
was sent through the machinery to
its final operation, where each man
found himself In his native town, dad
in civilian clothes, possessing a goo*
eminent voucher, which could bo
cashed at any postofllce, sufficient to
cover a period of idleness. Each Brit
ish soldier also will be handed a gov
ernment insurance policy against non
employment.
Complete plans for breaking up
the French forces also have been pre
pared, but it la considered probe bio
that the demobilization process In the
case of these armies will be much
slower than for the American or even
the British, because of the necessity
for guarding Alsace-Lorraine and also
In view of the gigantic task of re
construction In the invaded districts.