VII. The immediate repatriation without reciprocity of all Allied prisoners of war and internal subjects of civil populations evacuated from their homes, on conditions to be laid down by the Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the associated powers on the various fronts. Sick and wounded who cannot be removed from evacuated territory will be cared for by Austro Hungarian personnel who will be left on the spot with the medical material required.
Naval Conditions.
I. Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea and definite information to be given as to the location and movements of all Austro-Hungarian ships. Notification to be made to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all territorial waters is given to the naval and flier cantile marine of the Allied and associated powers, all questions of neutrality being waived.
II. Surrender to the Allies and the United States of fifteen Austro-Hungarian submarines completed between the years loio and 1918, and of all German sub marines which are in or may hereafter enter Austro Hungarian territorial waters. All other Austro-Hun garian submarines to be paid off and completely dis armed and to remain under the supervision of the Allies and the United States.
III. Surrender to the Allies and the United States with their complete armament and equipment of three battleships, three light cruisers. nine destroyers, twelve torpedo boats, one mine layer, six Danube monitors, to -be designated by the Allies and the United States of America. All other surface warships, including river craft, are to be concentrated in Austro-Hun garian naval bases to be designated by the Allies and the United States of America, and are to be paid otf and completely disarmed and placed under the super vision of the Allies and the United States of America.
IV. Freedom of navigation to all warships and merchant ships of the Allied and associated powers to be given in the Adriatic and up the River Danube and its tributaries in the territorial waters and terri tory of Austria-Hungary. The Allies and associated powers shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and obstructions, and the positions of these are to be indicated. In order to insure the freedom of naviga tion on the Danube, the Allies and the United States of America shall be empowered to occupy or to dis mantle all fortifications or defense works.
V. The existing blockade conditions set up by tha Allies and associated powers are to remain unchanged. and all Austro-Hungarian merchant ships found at sea are to remain liable to capture, save exceptions which may be made by a commission nominated by the Allies and the United States of America.
VI. All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and impactionized in Austro-Hungarian bases to be desig nated by the Allies and the United States of America.
VII. Evacuation of all the Italian coasts and of all ports occupied by Austria-llungary outside their na tional territory and the abandonment of all floating craft, naval materials, equipment and materials for inland navigation of all lands.
VIII. Occupation by the Allies and the United Viii. Occupation by the Allies and the United States of America of the land and sea fortifications and the islands which form the defenses and of the dockyards and arsenal at Pola.
IX. All merchant vessels held by Austria-Hungary belonging to the Allies and associated powers to be returned.
X,. No destruction of. ships or of materials to. be pernutted before evacuataon, surrender or restocatson.
X ,I All naval and mercantile marine prisoners of the Allied and associated powers in Austro-Hungarian hands to be returned without reciprocity.
Germany.— Germany, the greatest and most powerful member of the Central Powers, was the last belligerent to lay down her arms on the tenns set by the Allied and associated powers. On 5 October negotiations began between the United States and Germany. These negotiations were brought to an end on 5 November when President Wilson informed the German govern ment that Marshal Foch had tieen authorized by the Allies to open .negotiations with the properly accredited representatives of Germany.
have not left the se-tattationed territories within the period fixed will ome pnsoners of war. °car pation by the Allied and Uruted States forces jointly will keep pace with evacuation in these areas. AR movements of evacuation and occupation will be revs. lated in accordant.* with a note annexed to the stated terms.
III. Repatriation, beginning at once and to be completed within fourteen days, of all inhabitants of the countries above 'enumerated, inducting hostages and persons under trial or convicted.
IV. Surrender in good condition by the Germen armies of the following war material: Five thousand guns (z000 heavy, a,seo field?, 3o,000 machine guns, f,000 anosesteerfer, z,000 airp anes (fighters, bombers -- firstly, all of the D. *evens and night bombing machines). The above to be delivered in situ to the Allied and the United States troops in accordance with the detailed conditions laid down in the note (An. nature No. 0 drawn up at the moment of the sign ing of the armistice.
On 7 November came the announcement that Germany's representatives bad been appointed and were about to start from Spa, Belgium, the location of German general headquarters. On 8 November they received at Marshal Focles headquarters the terms of an armistice of 35 clauses, the most severe and drastic ever de manded from a great power. After several days of delay and parley the German representa tives accepted the terms and signed the armis tice at 5 A.11. (Paris time) on 11 Nov. 1918.
The tertns of the arrnistice follow: