(lljc Stonriial
VOLUME XX.
KA ISER PL A NNED S URRENDER TO BRI TISH
EVACUATION. RESTITUTION. REPATRIATION.
REVOCATION OF FORCED TREATIES AND
SURRENDER OF SHIPS SECURED BY ARMISTICE
PRESIDENT CANCELS ALL DRAFT CALLS
■■HUS ■ IS
suit iwi itis
IS TIB IS SltlEl
Greatest War in History Comes
to an End Formal An
nouncements Are Issued by
Various Capitals
“Everything for Which
U. S. Fought Achieved,”
Says President Wilson
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.—Pres i
dent Wilson issued a formal procla
mation at 10 o’clock this morning an
nouncing that the armistice witn
Germany had been signed.
The proclamation follows: •
The president said;
“Mv Fellow Countrymen:
••The armistice was signed this
duty to assist, by example, by sobc’
friendly counsel and by material aid
in the establishment of just democ
racy throughout the world.
"WOODROW WILSON.”
The president ordered that all gov
erarrttnt departments be given a hoi’- .
®»y.; ,
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Sunday. Nov. 10, S
p. m. —William Hofaenxollern, the
former German emperor, his eldest
son and Field Marshal von Hinden
burg, it Is learned from a reliable
source, are iu a railway train near
the station of Eysten awaiting the
decision of the Dutch government.
The ulinds on the train are down.
AMSTERDAM. Nov. .11. —Ex-em-
pero. William, it is repprted here,
was >n his way to the British lines
to sarrender, when he was headed
off by German revolutionists and
forced to seek safety in Holand.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. —The
greatest war in history ended this
morning at 6 o'clock, Washington
time, alter 1,567 days of horror,
during which virtually the whole
civilized world has been convulsed.
Announcement of the tremendous
event nas made at the state depart
ment at the capital at 2:4* o'clock
this morning and in a lew seconds
was Bashed throughout the continent
by the Associated Press.
The termination of hostilities hnds
red revolution in Germany and Wil
liam Hohenzollern. former emj eror,
a fugitive from his native land, it
has been suggested, however, that,
even though in a neutral country, the
former kaiser is not sale from the
consequences of bis deeds. Alter the
sinking of the Lusitania and during
'the early dajs ol aerial raids uu Lon
don. he was three ‘times indicted lor
murder iu England. Under interna
tional law, it is said, requisition tor
his extradition may be made oy
England under the indictments still
standing against him.
The terse announcement of the
state department did not teii anything
of the scene at Marshal Foch s head
quarters at the time the armistice
was signed, it was stated, however,
that at 5 o'clock Paris time, the signa
tures of Germany's delegates were
affixed to the document which blasted
forever the dreams which embroiled
the world in a struggle which has
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CIU LIFE MEN
RECENTLY INDUCTED
Cancellation Order Does Not
Affect Calls for Navy and
Marine Corps—Classification
to Be Continued
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—By order
of President Wilson. Provost- Marshal
General Crowder today directed the can
cellation of all outstanding draft calls,
[ stopping the movement during the next
five days of 252,000 men. and setting
aside all November calle for over 3'10,-
600 men. 7
A small number of men tn eastern
states commenced entraining at 6 a. m
teday for cantonments under the calls
and the cancellation comes too late to
alter their status. They will be con
sidered as in the army until demobil
ised, Wpt yet entraine_d,„>h ( djh«r
specially inducted or assembled by gen
eral call, for whom the day and hour
of service has been set by draft boards,
will be considered as honorably dis
charged and so paiA
Calis for the navy and marine corps
are not affected by the cancellation, and
entrainments of men for these services
will continue as ordered. Draft boards
will continue clasification of registrants
of September 12.
Secretary Baker later announced that
so far as practical, all men who have
been called and who have not yet com
pleted their training will be immediately
turned hack to civilian life.
Mr. Baker made thia statement after
a conference which included the heads
of practically every important bureau of
the war department. He said more com
prehensive announcements concerning
the situation would Le made later.
•‘All that can be said now,” he said,
“is that further calls and inductions un
der the draft have been suspended and
that so far as we can, thqse men who
have been called but who have not com
pletely passed through the camps will
be turned back to civilian life.”
Instructions to Boards
The following instructions have been
sent by the provost marshal general
to all local boards:
"Pending developments in the situa
tion which arises because of the fact
that Germatoy has signed an armistice
providing for the cessation of hostilities,
the president directs that all general
ar.d voluntary sjiecial calls now out
standing for the induction and mcblllza*'
lion of registrants of whatever color
or physical qualifications for the ann.v
be hereby cancelled. Pending further in
structions no more inductions shall be
made into the army, no entrainment per
mitted or undertaken under such calls.
"Th* nresident further directs that all
legtstfahts wno are already inducted
into the army under these calls because
ot the fact that the day and hour speci
fied in form 1028 or enterei in column
24 of the classification list have arrived,
i.ut who have not been actually entrain
ed foi -■» Oblli&sUon camp shall be
hereby discharged front the army. Tne
Iccal board shall so notify each such
registrant.
"The purpose of this telegram is
merely to cancel outstanding calls and
slop the entrainment thereunder of men
for the army. All registrants released
Irom induction under the pi o vis ions of
this telegram are liable for immediate
call in the usual manner at any time.
"The orderly processes of classifica
tion, physical examination, and other
activities of the selective draft which
will not be affected by or interrupted
as the result of this telegram.”
IMPORTANT WORK REMAIN’S
FOR V. S.*ARMV TO DO
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11—Signing of
the armistice with Germany, which
j brings the world war to an end. does
i that the great American mill*
I tary ’ machine will cease to operate at
once. America must play an< impoi
tant part in disarming and guarding the
enemy until this work is completed.
Even the movement of troops to France
will be continued, although oh a greatly
reduced scale.
During the interval between the ces
sation of hostilities and the conclusion
' of the peace conference, it Is assumed
that the major portion of General Persh
ing's expeditionary forces in France
must be retained there. It Is possible
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FULL TEXT OF TERMS
THAT ENDED DIG WAR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The presi
in his address to congress an
nouncing the armistice terms,
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In these anxious times of rapid
and stupendous change it will in
some degree lighten my sense of re-1
sponsibility to perform in person
the duty of communicating to you
some of the larger circumstances of
the situation with which it is neces
sary to deal.
The German authorities who have,
at the invitation of the supreme
war council, been in communication
with Marshal Foch have accepted
and signed the terms of armistice
- which he was authorized and in
structed to communicate to them.
Those terms are as follows:
One. Military clauses on western
front:
One—Cessation of operations by
land and in the air six hours after
the signature armistice
- Tfro.-Tii'Hiiwmfte evacuationpf ffi-'-
vaded countries, Belgium, France,
Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg, so or
, derecl as to be completed within
fourteen day% 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. Occu
pation by the allied and United
States forces jointly will keep peace
with evacuation 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
fourteen days; of all inhabitants of
the countries above mentioned, in
cluding hostages and persons under
trial or convicted.
EQUIFKENT TO
BE BUXSENDEBED
Fourth. Surrender in good con
dition by the German armies of the
following equipment: Five thousand
guns (two thousand five hundred
heavy, two thousand five hundred
field', thirty thousand machine guns,
three thousand minenwerfers. two
thousand airplanes (fighters, bomb
ers firstly, D. Seventy-three’s and
night bombing machines). The above
to be delivered in situ to thb allies
and United States troops in accord
ance with the detailed conditions
laid down in the annexed note.
TO EVACUATE LARDS
OK WEST BANK OX* RHINE
Five. Evacuation by the German
armies ot the countries on the left
bank of the Rhine. The countries
on the left bunk of the Rhine shall
be administered by the local au
thorities under the control of the
allied and United States armies o’
occupation. The occupation of these
territories will be determined by al
lied and United States garrisons
holding the principal crossings of
the Rhine, Mayence, Coblenz. Co
logne. together with bridgeheads at
these points in thirty-kilometer ra
dius on the right bank and by gar
risons similarly holding the strate
gic points of the regions. A neu
tral zone shall be reserved on
the right of the Rhine between
the stream and a line drawn
parallel to it forty kilometers
to the east from the frontier
of Holland to the parallel of
Gernsbcim and as. far as practica
ble a distance of thirty kilometers
from the east of the stream from
this parallel upon the Swiss fron
tier. Evacuation by the enemy on
the Rhine lands shall be so ordered
ns to be completed within a fur
ther eleven days, in all nineteen
days after the signature of the
armistice. All movements of evac
uation and occunatlon will be reg
ulated according to the note an
nexed.
NO DESTRUCTION
DURING EVACUATION
Sixth—ln ail territory evacuated
by the enemy there shall be no evac
uation of inhabitants; no damage or
harm shall be done to the persons or
property of the inhabitants. No de
struction of any kind to be commit
ted. Military establishments of ail
kinds shall be delivered intact, as
well as military stores of food, mu
nitions. equipment not removed dur
ing the periods fixed for evacuation.
Stores of food of all kinds for the
civil population, cattle, etc., shall
be left in situ. Industrial establish
ments shall not be impaired in any
way and their personnel shall not
be moved. Roads and means .of com
munication of every kind, railroAd,
waterways, main roads, bridges,
telegraphs, telephones, shall be In
no manner impaired.
Seven. All civil and military per
sonnel at present employed on them
shall remain. Five thousand lo
comotives. 50,000 wagons and 10.-
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. The railways of
Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed
over within the same period, to
gether with all pre war personnel
and mater.al. Further material nec
essary for the working of railways
in the country on the lets bank of
the Rhine shall be left in situ. All
stores of coal and material for the
upkeep of permanent ways, signals
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1918.
and repair shops left entire tn 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 de
tails of these measures.
Eight. Th o' German command
shall be responsible for revealing all
mines or delay-acting fuses disposed
on territory evacuated by the Ger
man troops and shall assist in their
discovery and destruction. The Ger
man command shall also reveal all
destructive measures that may have
been taken (such as poisoning or
polluting of springs, wells, etc.)
under penalty qf reprisals.
Nine. The right of requisition
shall be exercised by the allied and
the United States’ armies in occu
pied -territory. The up-keep of the
troops of occupation in the Rhine
land (excluding /Alsace-Lorraine)
shall be charged t© the German gov
ernment.
, - i-
ZMKEBXAVS
WITHOUT BECTRBOCITT -.
Ten. An immediate repatriation
without reciprocity according to
detailed conditions which shall be
fixed, of all allied and United States
prisoners of war. The allied powers
and the United States shall be able
to dispose of these prisoners as
they wish.
Eleven. Sick and wounded who
cannot be removed from evacuated
territory will be cared for by Ger
man personnel who will be left on
the spot with the medical material
required.
11. Disposition relative to the
eastern, frontiers of Germany.
Twelve. AU German troops at
present in any territory which be
fore the war belonged to Russia,
Rumania or Turkey shall withdraw
within the frontiers of Germany as
they existed on August first, 1914.
Tnirteen. Evacuation by German
troops o tbegin at once and all Ger
man instructors, prisoners and ci
vilian as well as military •agents,
now on the territory of Russia (as
defined before 1914) to be recalled.
Fourteen. German troops to cease
at once all requisitions and sei»-
ures and any other undertaking
with a view to obtalnig supplies in
tended for Germany in Rumania
and Russia (as define! on August
first, 1914.)
TREATIES MUST
3E ABANDONED
Fifteen. Abandqpment of the
treaties of Bucharest and Brest-
Litovsk and of the supplementary
treaties.
Sixteen. The allies shall have
free access to the territories evac
uated by the Germans on their east
irn frontier i ither through Danzig
or by the Vistula in order to con
vey* supplies to the populations of
those territories or for any other
purpose.
HI. Clause concerning East Af
rica :
Seventeen. Unconditional capitu
lation of all German forces operat
ing in East Africa within one
month.
IV. General clauses.
Eighteen. Repatriation, without
reciprocity, within a maximum pe
riod of one month, in accordance
v.itb detailed conditions hereafter
to be fixed, of all civilians interned
or deported who may be citizens of
ether or allied or associated states
thai those mentioned in clause
three paragraph nineteen, with
the reservation that any future
claims and demands of the allies and
the Unitec States of America re
main unaffected.
FINANCIAL REPARATION
i’CR ALL DAMAGE DONE
Nineteen. The following financial
conditions are required:
Reparation lor damage cone.
While sucn armistice lasts no pub
lic securities shall be removed oy
the enemy which can serve as u
pledge to the allies tor the recovery
repatriation tor war losses, im
mediate restitution oi the cash de
posit, in the National Bai in of Bel
gium, and in general immediate re
turn of ail documents, specie, stocks,
shares, paper money together with
plant for the issue thereof, touch
ing public or private interests in the
iniaded countries. Restitution of
the Russian and Rumanian gold
yielded to Germany or taken by that
power. This gold to be delivered m
trust to the allies until the signa
ture of peace.
MUST SURRENDER
IGO SUBMARINES
V. Naval conditions:
Twenty. Immediate cessation of
all hostilities at sea and definite
information to be given as to the
location and movements of all Ger
man ships. Notification to be given
to the naval and mercantile marines
of the allied and associated powers,
all questions of neutrality being
waved.
Twenty-one. All naval and mercan
tile marine prisoners of war of the
allied and associated powers In Ger
man hands to be returned without
reciprocity
Twenty-two Surrender to the allies
and the United States of America of
one hundred and sixty German sub
marines (including all submarine
cruisers and mine laying sub-
marines) with their complete arma
ment and equipment in ports which
will be specified by the allies and
the United States of America. All
other submarines to be paid off and
completely disarmed and paced und
er the supervision of the allied
powers and the United States of
America.
DESIGNATED WARSHIPS
HUST BE DISARMED
Twenty-three. The following Ger
man surface warships which shall
be designated by the allies eand the
United States of America shall
forthwith be disarmed and there
after interned in neutral ports, or,
for the want of them, in allied ports,
to be designated by the allies and
the United States of America and*
placed under surveillance of the al
lies and the United States of Ameri
ca, only caretakers being left on <
board, namely: Six battle cruisers,
ten battleships, eight.light cruisers,
including two mine fifty de
stroyers of the most modern type.
All other surface warships (inclnd
rived craft) are to be concentrated
in German naval bases to be desig
nated by the allies and the United
B States of America, and are to be
paid off and completely disarmed
and placed under the •supervision of
the allies and the United States of
America. AHI vessels of the auxi
liary fleet (trawlers, motor vessels,
etc.) are to be disarmed.
Twenty-four—The allies and the
United States of America shall have
the right to sweep up all mine fields
and obstructions laid by Germany
outside German territorial waters,
and the positions of these ate to
be indicated.
Twenty-five—Freedom of access
to and from the Baltic to be given
to the naval and mercantile ma
rines of the allied and associated
powers. To secure this the allips
and the Ignited States of America
shall be empowered to occupy all
German forts, fortifications, batter
ies and defense works of all kinds
in all the entrances from the Cate
gat into the Baltic an dto sweep
. up all mines and obstructions with
in and without German territorial
waters without any question of neu
trality being raised, and the posi
tions of all such mines and ob
structions are to be indicated.
Twenty-six. The existing blockade
conditions set up by the allies and
associated powers are to remain
unchanged and all German merchant
ships found at sea are to remain
liable to capture.
Twenty-seven. All naval aircraft
are to be concentrated and immob
ilized in German bases to be speci
fied by the allies and the United
States of America.
Twenty-eterht. In evacuating the
Belgian coasts and ports. Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships,
tugs, lighters, cranes and all other
harbor materials and stores, all
arms and armaments, and all stores
and apparatus of all kinds.
All Black sea ports
are to be evacuated by Germany;
all Russian war vessels of all de
scriptions seized by Germany in the
Black seat are to be handed over to
the allies and the United States of
America. All neutral merchant ves
sels seized are to be released. All
warlike and other materials of all
kinds seized in those ports are to
be returned and German materials
as specified in clause • twenty-eight
are to be abandoned.
Thirty. All merchant vessels in
German hands belonging to the al
lied and associated powers are to be
restored in ports to be specified bv
the allies and the United States of
America without reciprocity.
Thirty-one. No destruction of
ships or of materials to be permit
ted before evacuation, surrender or
restoration.
Thirty-two—The German govern
ment shall formally notify the neu
tral governments of the world, and
particularly the governments of Nor-
Swerten > Denmark and Holland,
that all restrictions placed nn th*
trading of their vessels with the
allied and associated countries,
whether by the German govern
ment or b\ private German inter
ests. and whether In return for
specific concessions such as the ex
port of ship-building materia! or
not. are immediately cancelled.
Thirty-three—No transfers of
German merchant shipping of anv
description to any neutral flac are
to take place after signature of the
I armistice.
AE3OCBTXCE TOR 30 BATS
WITH OPTION TO EXTEND
Thirty-four—The duration of the
! armistice is to be thirty days, with
option to extend. During this pe
riod, 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.
Thirty-five—This armistice to be
accepted or refused by Germany
within seventy-two hours of notifi
cation.
WAR THUS
| COMES TO END
The war thus come sto an end.
i For, having accepted these terms of
armistice, it will be impossible for
the German command to renew it.
It is not possible to guess the
consequence of this great consum-
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PRESIDENT ADDRESSES
CONGRESS AND WAKES
PUBLIC TRUCE TERMS
WASHINGTON, Nev. 11.—The term* of the armistice with
Germany were read to congress by President Wilson at 1 o’clock
this afternoon.
Assembled in the hall of the house, where nineteen months ago
senators and representatives heard the president ask for the declara
tion of war, they today heard him speak the words which herald
the coming peace.
President Wilson drove to the capital at 12:40 o’clock through
streets thronged with cheering people.
The strictly military terms of the armistice are embraced in
eleven specifications which include - the evacuation of all invaded
territories, the withdrawal of the German troops from-the left bank
of the Rhine and the surrender of all supplies of war.
The terms also provide for the abandonment by Germany of
the treaties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk.
The naval terms provide for the surrender of one hundred and
sixty submarines, fifty destroyers, six battle cruisers, ten battleships,
eight light cruisers and other miscellaneous ships.
All allied vessels in German hands are to be surrendered and
Germany is to notify neutrals that they are free to trade at once
on the seas with the allied countries.
Among the financial terms included are restitution for damage
done by the German armies; restitution of the cash taken from the
national bank of Belgium and return of gold taken from ‘Russia'
and Rumania. ,
The military terms include the surrender of 5,000 guns, half
field and half light artillery; 30,000 machine guns, 3,000 flame
throwers and 2,000 airplanes.
IMMEDIATE REPARTRIATION
OF ALL PRISONERS
The surrender of 5,000 locomotives, 50,600 wagons, 10,000 mo
tor lorries, the railways of Alsace-Lorraine for use by the allies and
stores of coal and iron also are included. z
The immediate repatriation of all allied and American prisoners
without reciprocal action of the allies also is included.
In connection with the abandoning of the left of the bank of
the Rhine it is provided that the allies shall hold the crossings of
the river at Coblenz, Cologne and Mayence, together wiht bridge
heads and a thirty kilometer radius.
ARMISTICE IS
FOR THIRTY DAYS
The right bank of the Rhine land, that occupied by the allies,
is to become a neutral zone and the bank held by the Germans is
to be evacuated in nineteen (Jays. The armistice is for thirty days,
but the president spoke of the war as “coming to an end.”
German troops are to retire at once from any territory held by
Russia, Rumania and Turkey before the war.
The allied forces are to have access to the evacuated territory
either through Dantzig or by the river Vistula. The unconditional
capitulation of all German forces in East Africa within one month is
provided.
German troops which have not left the invaded territories which
specifically includes Alsace-Lorraine within fourteen days become
prisoners of war. • •
The repatriation of the thousands of civilians deported from
France and Belgium, within fourteen days also is required.
ALLIED BLOCADE TO
REMAIN UNCHANGED
Freedom of access to the Baltic, with power to occupy German
forts in the Kattegat is another provision. The Germans also must
reveal mines, poisoned wells and like agencies of destruction and
the allied blockade is to remain unchanged during the period of
armistice.
All ports on the Black Sea occupied by Germans are to be sur
rendered and the Russian war vessels recently taken by the German
naval forces also are to be surrendered to the allies.
These are the "high spots” of the terms as the president read
them to congress. Germany’s acceptance of them, he said, sig
nalized the end of the war, because it made her powerless to re
new it. . ■*
The president made it plain that the nations which have over
thrown the military masters of Germany will now attempt to guide
the German people safdy to the family of nations of democracy.
Beside the surrender of one hundred and sixty submarines, it is
required that all others shall have their crews paid off, put out of
commission and placed under the supervision of the allied and
American naval forces.
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