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Hongkong Daily Press
WEDNESDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1918.
THE ARMISTICE TERMS.
CLAUSE 17-Unconditional evacuation
The following are the terms of the CLAUSE 7-Ronds and meats of com | C-Clause relating to East Africa | Armistice which are being read by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons
this afternoon --
of all German forces operating in East Africa, within one month.
lauses relating to Western Front, shall remain, 8,000 locomotives, 150,000 D-General Clauset.
Clause 1.–Cessation of operations by land and in the air six hours after the
ignature of the Armistice.
CLAUSE 2-Immediate evacuation of invaded countries, Belgium, France, Aisace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, so ordered as to be completed within 14 days from the signature of the Armistice! German troops which have not left the above men tioned territories within the period fixed will become prisoners of war. Occupa tion by the Allied and United States forces jointly will keep pace with eve cuation in these areas. All movements
CLAtar 18-Repatriation, without re- ciprocity, within a maximum period of one month in accordance with the de- tailed conditions hereafter to be fixed of all civilians interned or deported who may be citizens of other Allied, or A sociated States than those mentioned in Clause
Note-A declaration has been signed by the Allied Delegates and handed to, the German Delegates to the effect that in the event, of ships, not being, handed over owing to the mutinous: state of the feet, the Allies reserve the right to occupy Heligoland as an "advanced base to enable them to enforce the termin of the Armistice.
The German Delegates have on their part signed a declaration that they will. recommend the Chancellor, to accept
Chatur 24-The Allies and the United States of America shall have the right tions laid by Germany outside German to sweep up all minefields and obstruc territorial waters and the positions of these are to be indicated.
munication of every kind, railroads, waterways, main roads, bridges, tele grapha, and telephones shall be in no manner impaired. All civil and military personnel at present employed on them
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 Luxembourg. The railways of Alsace Lorraine, shall be handed over within the same period, together with all pre- material necessary for the working of future claims and demands of the war personnel and material Further,
CLAUSE 19-With the reservation that railways in the country on the left banke Allies and the United States of America of the Rhine shall be left in situ. All minat unaffected, the following financial stores of coal and material for upkeep conditions are required. Reparation for CLAUER 25-Freedom of scoose to and of permanent ways, signals, and repair damage done. While the Armistice laats, from the Baltic to be given to the naval shops, shall be left unit and kept as no public securitier shall be removed by and mercantile marines of the Allied and far as the menus of communication are the enemy which can serve as a pledge Associated Powers To secure this the concerned in an efficient-state by Ger to the Allies for the recovery or repara Allies and the United States of America many during the whole period of the tion for war-losses Immediate restitu- shall be empowered to occupy all German Armistice All barges taken from the tien of the cash deposit in the National forte, fortifications, batteries and defence in general, the works of all kinds in all the entrances appended as-Annexure regulates the immediate return
anils of these measures o
specie, stock shares, paper money, 1989 to sweep up all mines and obstructions CLAUSE & The Germans Command ther with the plant for the issue thereof, within and without German is territorial shall be responsible for revealing all touching public or private interest in the waters without any questions of neutral- mines or deadly action fures disposed on invaded countries. Restitution of the ity being raised, and the positions of sil territory evacuated by the German troops Russian and Roumanian gold yielded to such mines and obstructions are to be and shall assist in their discovery and Germany or taken by that Power This indicated destruction. The Germen Command gold to be delivered in trun to the Allies
- CLACAR 6-The existing blockade can shall also reveal all destructive measures until the signature of peace.
ditions set up by the Allied and Associat- that may have been taken (uch as
Naval Conditions.ed Powers are to remain unchanged, and at all German merchant ships found at sen poisoning or pollution of springs, wells, etc.), under penalty of reprisals
CLAUBE 20-Immediate cessation of all are to remain liable to capture. The hostilities at sea and defuite information Allies and the United States contemplate to be given as to the location and move the provisioning of Germany during the ments of all German ships, Notification Armistice as shall be found necesary. to be given to Neutrals that freedom of Clated 87-All naval aircraft are to navigation, in all territorial waters is be concentrated and immobilised in Ger- given to the naval and mercantile marines man baacs to be specified by the Allies of the Allied and Associated Powers, all and the Laited States of America. questions of neutrality being waived.
- Clause 28. In evacuating the Belgian
of evacuation and occupation will be ré- Allies shall be restored to them, the Note Bank of Belgina and documents, from the Cattegat into the Baltic and
gulated in accordance with # (Annexure 1)
CLAUSE --Repatriation, beginning at ace, to be completed within fourteen days of all inhabitants of the countries ove enumerated; including hostages person under trial or convicted.
CLAUSE 4-Sprrender in good condition 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 neroplanes (fighters, bombers, first D 7 and night bombing machines). The above to be delivered in situ to the Allied and United States troops in accordance with the detailed Note conditions Laid down (Annexure 1).
the
CLATE The right of requisition shall be exercised by the Allied and United States Armies in all occupied territory, save for settlement of accounts with authorised persons; the upkeep of occupation in the Rhineland (excluding Alsace Lorraine) shall be charged to the German Government.--
CLAUS 21-All naval and mercantile coaste and ports, Germany shall abandon matine prisoners of war of the Allied and all merchant ships, tugs, lighters, oranes Associated Powers in German hands to and all other harbour materiais, all be returned, without reciprocity
materials for inland navigation, all air-
OLACER 10 The immediate repatris tion without reciprocity, according to the detailed conditions which shall be fixed, of all Allied and United States prisoners of war; the Allied Powers and – CLAUS 22-In order to meet our wishes - craft and air materials and stores, all CLAUSE 6-Evacuation by the German the United States of America shall be the text will be modified as follows arms and armamente, and all stores and Armies of the countries on the left bank able to dispose of these prisoners as they Handing over to the Allies and the apparatus of all Linda of the Bhine. These countries on the left wish. However, the return of the Ger United Stater of all submarines (includ- CLAUSE 29-All Black Sea porta are to bank of the Rhine shall be administered man prisoners of war interned in Hollanding all submarine cruisers and mine be evacuated by Germany; all Busine by the local authorities under the con- and Switzerland shall continue as here t
complement in the ports Germany in the Blank Bea are to be hand trol of the Allied and United States tofore. The return of German-prisoners with their full come the present moment warships of all descriptions seized by armies of occupation. The occupation of war shall be settled at the peace pre-ecified by the Allies and United States ed over to the Allied and the United of these territories will be caried out by liminaries wounded those that cannot put to sea to be des States of America; all neutral merchant Allied and United States garrisong hold. CALCEZ 11-Sick and wounded who prived of their crews and supplies and ship seized are to be released all war ing the principal crossings of the Rhine cannot be removed from the evacuated shall remain under the supervision of the like and other materials of all kinds (Mayence, Coblenz, Cologne), together territory will be cared for by German Allies and the United States Sub- seized in those ports are to be returned with bridgeheads at these points of a personnel, who will be left on the spot marines ready to put to sex shall be pre- and German materials: a specified in 30-kilometre radius on the right bank with the medical material required pared to leave German ports immediately Clause 28 are to be abandoned
on receipt of a wireless order to sail to CLAUSE 30-All merchant ships in Ger- and by garrisons similarly holding the B-Clauses relating to the Easter strategic points of the regions. A frontiers of Germany
the port of surrender, the remainder-to neutral zone shall be set up on the right CLACES 12-All the German troops at follow as early as possible. The condi- bands belonging to the Allies and bank of the Rhine between the river and present in any territory, which before the tions of this Article shall be carried out Associated Powers are to be restored in the United States of America without a line drawn 10 kilometres distant start wat belonged to Basis, Ronmania, or within 14 days after the signing of the ports to be specified by the Allies and
reciprocity. ing from the Dutch frontier to the Swiss Turkey shall withdraw within the Atmistice
- CLAVÉ 31. —No destruction of ships or frontier. In the case of inhabitants, no Frontiers of Germany, as they existed on CLAUSE 22-The following German ur person shall be prosecuted for having August last, 1914 And all the German face warships, which shall be designated taken part in any military measures troops at present in territories which by the Allies and the United States of of materials to be permitted before previous to the signing of the Armistice before the war formed part of Russia rien, shall forthwith be disarmed and evacuation, surrender or restoration. No measure of a general or official must likewise return to within the thereafter interned in neutral ports, or The German Government character Ahall be taken which would frontiers of Germany as above defined failing them, Allied ports, to be designat-shall formally notify the Neutral Govern- have as a consequence the deprecia as soon as the Allies shall think the ed by the Allies and the United Statesments of the world, and particularly the tion of industrial establishments or a moment suitable, having regard to the lance of the Allies and the United States mark and Holland, that all restrictions of America and placed under the surveil Governments of Norway, Sweden, Den- reduction of their personnel. Evacuation internal situation of these territories
with the Allied and Associated countries, by the enemy of the Rhinelands shall be CLAURE 13-Evacuation by German of America, only caretakers being left placed on the trading of their vessels
on board, namely t
whether by the German Government or so ordered as to be completed within a troops to begin at opce, and all German
by private German interesta, and whether further period of 11 days, in all 25 days instructors, prisoner, and civilian as
in return for specifio concessions such an after the signature of the Armistice well as military agents, now on the
the
e export of shipbuilding material, or All movements of evacuation and octu territory of Russia (as defined on Aug.
not, are immediatel cancelled. pation will be regulated according to the 1st, 1914) to be recalled
HOME CLAUAK: 14.-German troops to cease st Note (Annexars 13
CLAUSE 8,In all territory evacuated once all requisitions and seizures and any by the enemy there shall be no evacuation other undertakings with a view to ob
d Battlecruisers. 10 Battle ships..
8 Light cruisers, including mines
50 Destroyers of the most modern types, (including river of inhabitante; no damage or harm shall taining, supplies intended for Germany crafty are to be concentrated in
Rhein Roumania and Bussia, as defined on naval bases to be designated by the Allies be done to the persons or prop
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and the United States of America, and CLAUSE 16-Abandonment of the rear to paid off and
dia ties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk and simed and placed under of the Supplementary Tresties, of the Alles the United
inbabitanta No destruction
to be committed. Military of all kinds thall be delive well as military stores o tions and equipment not during the periods fired for stores of food of all kinds population, cattle, ste in situ, Industrial estab not be impaired in any personnel all not be mor
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CLAUSE 22-No transfers of German merchant shipping of any description to shy Neutral ag are to take place after signature of the Armistice.
30 days with option to cut Duration of the Armistice
ESCLAVER (34.–During this failure of execution of any Clauses, the Armistice, may
one of the Contracting 19ura, previous Botinassa ime Limit for CLADSK 15. This Armistic ed or refused by Germany of notification:
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