Terms of the Armistice With Germany, Signed November
11, 19182
Between Marshal Foch, commander in chief of the allied armies, acting in
the name of the allied and associated powers, with Admiral Wemyss, first
sea lord, on the one hand, and Herr Erzberger, secretary of state,
president of the German delegation, Count von Oberndorff, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, Maj. Gen. von Winter feldt,
Capt. Vanselow (German navy), duly empowered and acting with the
concurrence of the German chancellor, on the other hand.
An armistice has been concluded on the following conditions:
Conditions of the Armistice Concluded With
Germany
(a) clauses relating to the western front
I. Cessation of hostilities by land and in the air six hours after the
signing of the armistice.
II. Immediate evacuation of the invaded countries—Belgium, France,
Luxemburg, as well as Alsace-Lorraine—so ordered as to be completed
within 15 days from the signature of the armistice.
German troops which have not left the above-mentioned territories within
the period fixed shall be made prisoners of war.
Occupation by the allied and United States forces jointly shall keep pace
with the evacuation in these areas.
All movements of evacuation and occupation shall be regulated in
accordance with a note (Annexe 1) determined at the time of the signing
of the armistice.
III. Repatriation, beginning at once, to be completed within 15 days, of
all inhabitants of the countries above enumerated (including hostages,
persons under trial, or condemned).
IV. Surrender in good condition by the German armies of the following
equipment: 5,000 guns (2,500 heavy, 2,500 field), 25,000 [Page 2] machine guns, 3,000 trench mortars, 1,700
aeroplanes (fighters, bombers—firstly all D. 7’s and night-bombing
machines).
The above to be delivered in situ to the allied
and United States troops in accordance with the detailed conditions laid
down in the note (Annexe 1) determined at the time of the signing of the
armistice.
V. Evacuation by the German armies of the districts on the left bank of
the Rhine. These districts on the left bank of the Rhine shall be
administered by the local authorities under the control of the allied
and United States armies of occupation.
The occupation of these territories by allied and United States troops
shall be assured by garrisons holding the principal crossings of the
Rhine (Mainz, Coblenz, Cologne), together with bridgeheads at these
points of a 30-kilometer (about 19 miles) radius on the right bank, and
by garrisons similarly holding the strategic points of the area.
A neutral zone shall be reserved on the right bank of the Rhine, between
the river and a line drawn parallel to the bridgeheads and to the river
and 10 kilometers (6¼ miles) distant from them, between the Dutch
frontier and the Swiss frontier.
The evacuation by the enemy of the Rhine districts (right and left banks)
shall be so ordered as to be completed within a further period of 16
days, in all 31 days after the signing of the armistice.
All movements of evacuation and occupation shall be regulated according
to the note (Annexe 1) determined at the time of the signing of the
armistice.
VI. In all territories evacuated by the enemy, evacuation of the
inhabitants shall be forbidden; no damage or harm shall be done to the
persons or property of the inhabitants.
No person shall be prosecuted for having taken part in any military
measures previous to the signing of the armistice.
No destruction of any kind to be committed.
Military establishments of all kinds shall be delivered intact, as well
as military stores, food, munitions, and equipment, which shall not have
been removed during the periods fixed for evacuation.
Stores of food of all kinds for the civil population, cattle, etc., shall
be left in situ.
No measure of a general character shall be taken, and no official order
shall be given which would have as a consequence the depreciation of
industrial establishments or a reduction of their personnel.
VII. Roads and means of communications of every kind, railroads,
waterways, roads, bridges, telegraphs, telephones, shall be in no manner
impaired.
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All civil and military personnel at present employed on them shall
remain.
Five thousand locomotives and 150,000 wagons, in good working order, with
all necessary spare parts and fittings, shall be delivered to the
associated powers within the period fixed in Annexe No. 2 (not exceeding
31 days in all).
Five thousand motor lorries are also to be delivered in good condition
within 36 days.
The railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed over within 31 days,
together with all personnel and material belonging to the organization
of this system.
Further, the necessary working material in the territories on the left
bank of the Rhine shall be left in situ.
All stores of coal and material for the upkeep of permanent way, signals,
and repair shops, shall be left in situ and kept
in an efficient state by Germany, so far as the working of the means of
communication on the left bank of the Rhine is concerned.
All lighters taken from the Allies shall be restored to them.
The note attached as Annexe 2 defines the details of these measures.
VIII. The German command shall be responsible for revealing within 48
hours after the signing of the armistice all mines or delay-action fuzes
disposed on territories evacuated by the German troops, and shall assist
in their discovery and destruction.
The German command shall also reveal all destructive measures that may
have been taken (such as poisoning or pollution of wells, springs,
etc.).
Breaches of these clauses will involve reprisals.
IX. The right of requisition shall be exercised by the allied and United
States armies in all occupied territories, save for settlement of
accounts with authorized persons.
The upkeep of the troops of occupation in the Rhine districts (excluding
Alsace-Lorraine) shall be charged to the German Government.
X. The immediate repatriation, without reciprocity, according to detailed
conditions which shall be fixed, of all allied and United States
prisoners of war, including those under trial and condemned. The allied
powers and the United States of America shall be able to dispose of
these prisoners as they think fit. This condition annuls all other
conventions regarding prisoners of war, including that of July, 1918,
now being ratified. However, the return of German prisoners of war
interned in Holland and Switzerland shall continue as heretofore. The
return of German prisoners of war shall be settled at the conclusion of
the peace preliminaries.
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XI. Sick and wounded who can not be removed from territory evacuated by
the German forces shall be cared for by German personnel, who shall be
left on the spot with the material required.
(b) clauses relating to the eastern frontiers of
germany
XII. All German troops at present in any territory which before the war
formed part of Austria-Hungary, Roumania, or Turkey, shall withdraw
within the frontiers of Germany as they existed on August 1, 1914, and
all German troops at present in territories which before the war formed
part of Russia must likewise return to within the frontiers of Germany
as above defined, as soon as the Allies shall think the moment suitable,
having regard to the internal situation of these territories.
XIII. Evacuation of German troops to begin at once, and all German
instructors, prisoners and agents, civilians as well as military, now on
the territory of Russia (frontiers as defined on Aug. 1, 1914), to be
recalled.
XIV. German troops to cease at once all requisitions and seizures and any
other coercive measures with a view to obtaining supplies intended for
Germany in Roumania and Russia (frontiers as defined on Aug. 1,
1914).
XV. Annulment of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk and of the
supplementary treaties.2a
XVI. The Allies shall have free access to the territories evacuated by
the Germans on their eastern frontier, either through Danzig or by the
Vistula, in order to convey supplies to the populations of these
territories or for the purpose of maintaining order.
(c) clause relating to east africa
XVII. Evacuation of all German forces operating in East Africa within a
period specified by the Allies.
(d) general clauses
XVIII. Repatriation without reciprocity, within a maximum period of one
month, in accordance with detailed conditions hereafter to be fixed, of
all interned civilians, including hostages and persons under trial and
condemned, who may be subjects of allied or associated States other than
those mentioned in Clause III.
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financial clauses
XIX. With the reservation that any subsequent concessions and claims by
the Allies and United States remain unaffected, the following financial
conditions are imposed:
Reparation for damage done.
While the armistice lasts no public securities shall be removed by the
enemy which can serve as a pledge to the Allies to cover reparation for
war losses.
Immediate restitution of the cash deposit in the National Bank of Belgium
and, in general, immediate return of all documents, specie, stocks,
shares, paper money, together with plant for the issue thereof,
affecting public or private interests in the invaded countries.
Restitution of the Russian and Roumanian gold yielded to Germany or taken
by that power.
This gold is to be delivered in trust to the Allies until peace is
concluded.
(e) naval conditions
XX. Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea and definite
information to be given as to the position and movements of all German
ships.
Notification to be given to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all
territorial waters is given to the navies and mercantile marines of the
allied and associated powers, all questions of neutrality being
waived.
XXI. All naval and mercantile marine prisoners of war of the allied and
associated powers in German hands to be returned without
reciprocity.
XXII. To surrender at the ports specified by the Allies and the United
States all submarines at present in existence (including all submarine
cruisers and mine layers), with armament and equipment complete. Those
that can not put to sea shall be deprived of armament and equipment and
shall remain under the supervision of the Allies and the United States.
Submarines ready to put to sea shall be prepared to leave German ports
immediately on receipt of a wireless order to sail to the port of
surrender, the remainder to follow as early as possible. The conditions
of this article shall be completed within 14 days of the signing of the
armistice.
XXIII. The following German surface warships, which shall be designated
by the Allies and the United States of America, shall forthwith be
disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports, or, failing them,
allied ports, to be designated by the Allies and the United States of
America, and placed under the surveillance of the [Page 6] Allies and the United States of America, only care
and maintenance parties being left on board, namely:
- 6 battle cruisers.
- 10 battleships.
- 8 light cruisers (including 2 mine layers).
- 50 destroyers of the most modern type.
All other surface warships (including river craft) are to be concentrated
in German naval bases, to be designated by the Allies and the United
States of America, completely disarmed and placed under the supervision
of the Allies and the United States of America. All vessels of the
auxiliary fleet are to be disarmed. All vessels specified for internment
shall be ready to leave German ports seven days after the signing of the
armistice. Directions for the voyage shall be given by wireless.
XXIV. The Allies and the United States of America shall have the right to
sweep up all mine fields and destroy all obstructions laid by Germany
outside German territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be
indicated.
XXV. Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the navies
and mercantile marines of the allied and associated powers. This to be
secured by the occupation of all German forts, fortifications,
batteries, and defense works of all kinds in all the routes from the
Cattegat into the Baltic and by the sweeping up and destruction of all
mines and obstructions within and without German territorial waters
without any questions of neutrality being raised by Germany, and the
positions of all such mines and obstructions to be indicated, and the
plans relating thereto are to be supplied.
XXVI. The existing blockade conditions set up by the allied and
associated powers are to remain unchanged, and all German merchant ships
found at sea are to remain liable to capture. The Allies and United
States contemplate the provisioning of Germany during the armistice as
shall be found necessary.
XXVII. All aerial forces are to be concentrated and immobilized in German
bases to be specified by the Allies and the United States of
America.
XXVIII. In evacuating the Belgian coasts and ports Germany shall abandon
in situ and intact the port material and
material for inland waterways, also all merchant ships, tugs and
lighters, all naval aircraft and air materials and stores, all arms and
armaments and all stores and apparatus of all kinds.
XXIX. All Black Sea ports are to be evacuated by Germany; all Russian
warships of all descriptions seized by Germany in the Black Sea are to
be handed over to the Allies and the United States of America; all
neutral merchant ships seized in the Black Sea are to [Page 7] 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 XXVIII are to be abandoned.
XXX. All merchant ships at present in German hands belonging to the
allied and associated powers are to be restored to ports specified by
the Allies and the United States of America without reciprocity.
XXXI. No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender, or restoration.
XXXII. The German Government shall formally notify all the neutral
Governments, and particularly the Governments of Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, and Holland, that all restrictions placed on the trading of
their vessels with the allied and associated countries, whether by the
German Government or by private German interests, and whether in return
for specific concessions, such as the export of shipbuilding materials,
or not, are immediately canceled.
XXXIII. No transfers of German merchant shipping of any description to
any neutral flag are to take place after signature of the armistice.
(f) duration of armistice
XXXIV. The duration of the armistice is to be 36 days, with option to
extend. During this period, on failure of execution of any of the above
clauses, the armistice may be repudiated by one of the contracting
parties on 48 hours’ previous notice. It is understood that failure to
execute Articles III and XVIII completely in the periods specified is
not to give reason for a repudiation of the armistice, save where such
failure is due to malice aforethought.
To insure the execution of the present convention under the most
favorable conditions, the principle of a permanent international
armistice commission is recognized. This commission shall act under the
supreme authority of the high command, military and naval, of the allied
armies.
The present armistice was signed on the
11th
day of November, 1918, at 5 o’clock a.m. (French
time).
-
F. Foch
-
R. E. Wemyss
-
Erzberger
-
Oberndorff
-
Winterfeldt
-
Vanselow
The representatives of the Allies declare that, in view of fresh
events, it appears necessary to them that the following condition
shall be added to the clauses of the armistice:
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In case the German ships are not handed over within the periods
specified, the Governments of the Allies and of the United
States shall have the right to occupy Heligoland to insure their
delivery.
F. Foch
R. E. Wemyss
Admiral
The German delegates declare that they will forward this
declaration to the German chancellor, with the recommendation
that it be accepted, accompanying it with the reasons by which
the Allies have been actuated in making this demand.
-
Erzberger
-
Oberndorff
-
Winterfeldt
-
Vanselow
Annex No. 1
I. The evacuation of the invaded territories, Belgium, France, and
Luxemburg, and also of Alsace-Lorraine, shall be carried out in
three successive stages according to the following conditions:
First stage.—Evacuation of the territories
situated between the existing front and line No. 1 on the inclosed
map,2b to be completed within 5 days after the
signature of the armistice.
Second stage.—Evacuation of territories
situated between line No. 1 and line No. 2, to be carried out within
4 further days (9 days in all after the signing of the
armistice).
Third stage.—Evacuation of the territories
situated between line No. 2 and line No. 3, to be completed within 6
further days (15 days in all after the signing of the
armistice).
Allied and United States troops shall enter these various territories
on the expiration of the period allowed to the German troops for the
evacuation of each.
In consequence, the allied troops will cross the present German front
as from the 6th day following the signing of the armistice, line No.
1 as from the 10th day, and line No. 2 as from the 16th day.
II. Evacuation of the Rhine district.—This
evacuation shall also be carried out in several successive stages:
- (1)
- Evacuation of territories situated between lines 2 and 3
and line 4, to be completed within 4 further days (19 days
in all after the signing of the armistice).
- (2)
- Evacuation of territories situated between lines 4 and 5
to be completed within 4 further days (23 days in all after
the signing of the armistice).
- (3)
- Evacuation of territories situated between lines 5 and 6
(line of the Rhine) to be completed within 4 further days
(27 days in all after the signing of the armistice).
- (4)
- Evacuation of the bridgeheads and of the neutral zone on
the right bank of the Rhine to be completed within 4 further
days (31 days in all after the signing of the
armistice).
The allied and United States army of occupation shall enter these
various territories after the expiration of the period allowed to
the German troops for the evacuation of each; consequently the army
will cross line No. 3, 20 days after the signing of the armistice.
It will cross line No. 4 as from the twenty-fourth day after the
signing of the armistice; line No. 5 as from the twenty-eighth day;
line No. 6 (Rhine) the thirty-second day, in order to occupy the
bridgeheads.
III. Surrender by the German armies of war material
specified by the armistice.—This war material shall be
surrendered according to the following conditions: The first half
before the tenth day, the second half before the twentieth day. This
material shall be handed over to each of the allied and United
States armies by each larger tactical group of the German armies in
the proportions which may be fixed by the permanent International
Armistice Commission.
Annex No. 2
Conditions regarding communications, railways, waterways, roads,
river and sea ports, and telegraphic and telephonic
communications:
I. All communications as far as the Rhine, inclusive, or comprised,
on the right bank of this river, within the bridgeheads occupied by
the allied armies shall be placed under the supreme and absolute
authority of the commander in chief of the allied armies, who shall
have the right to take any measure he may think necessary to assure
their occupation and use. All documents relative to communications
shall be held ready for transmission to him.
II. All the material and all the civil and military personnel at
present employed in the maintenance and working of all lines of
communication are to be maintained in their entirety upon these
lines in all territories evacuated by the German troops.
All supplementary material necessary for the upkeep of these lines of
communication in the districts on the left bank of the Rhine shall
be supplied by the German Government throughout the duration of the
armistice.
III. Personnel.—The French and Belgian
personnel belonging to the services of the lines of communication,
whether interned or not, are to be returned to the French and
Belgian armies during the 15 days following the signing of the
armistice. The personnel belonging to the organization of the
Alsace-Lorraine railway system is to [Page 10] be maintained or reinstated in such a way as to
insure the working of the system.
The commander in chief of the allied armies shall have the right to
make all changes and substitutions that he may desire in the
personnel of the lines of communication.
IV. Material—(a) Rolling stock.—The rolling stock handed over
to the allied armies in the zone comprised between the present front
and line No. 3, not including Alsace-Lorraine, shall amount at least
to 5,000 locomotives and 150,000 wagons. This surrender shall be
carried out within the period fixed by clause 7 of the armistice,
and under conditions the details of which shall be fixed by the
permanent International Armistice Commission.
All this material is to be in good condition and in working order,
with all the ordinary spare parts and fittings. It may be employed
together with the regular personnel, or with any other, upon any
part of the railway system of the allied armies.
The material necessary for the working of the Alsace-Lorraine railway
system is to be maintained or replaced for the use of the French
army.
The material to be left in situ in the
territories on the left bank of the Rhine, as well as that on the
inner side of the bridgeheads, must permit of the normal working of
the railways in these districts.
(b) Permanent way, signals,
and workshops.—The material for signals, machine tools, and
tool outfits, taken from the workshops and depots of the French and
Belgian lines, are to be replaced under conditions the details of
which are to be arranged by the permanent International Armistice
Commission.
The allied armies are to be supplied with railroad material, rails,
incidental fittings, plant, bridge-building material, and timber
necessary for the repair of the lines destroyed beyond the present
front.
(c) Fuel and maintenance
material.—The German Government shall be responsible
throughout the duration of the armistice for the release of fuel and
maintenance material, to the depots normally allotted to the
railways in the territories on the left bank of the Rhine.
V. Telegraphic and telephonic
communications.—All telegraphs, telephones, and fixed W/T
stations are to be handed over to the allied armies, with all the
civil and military personnel and all their material, including all
stores on the left bank of the Rhine.
Supplementary stores necessary for the upkeep of the system are to be
supplied throughout the duration of the armistice by the German
Government according to requirements.
The commander in chief of the allied armies shall place this system
under military supervision and shall insure its control, and shall
make all changes and substitutions in personnel which he may think
necessary.
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He will send back to the German Army all the military personnel who
are not in his judgment necessary for the working and upkeep of the
railway.
All plans of the German telegraphic and telephonic systems shall be
handed over to the commander in chief of the allied armies.
Convention Prolonging the Armistice With Germany,
Signed December 13, 1918
Convention
The undersigned, in virtue of the powers with which they were endowed
for the signing of the armistice of the 11th November, 1918, have
concluded the following additional agreement:
1. The duration of the armistice signed on the 11th November, 1918,
has been prolonged for a month, i. e., till 5 a.m. on the 17th
January, 1919.
The one month’s extension will be further extended until the
conclusion of peace preliminaries, provided this arrangement meets
with the approbation of the allied Governments.
2. The clauses of the convention (11th November) which have been
incompletely fulfilled will be carried out during the period of
extension, according to the conditions laid down by the Permanent
International Armistice Commission following the orders given by the
allied generalissimo.
3. The following clause is added to the convention of the 11th
November, 1918:
From now onwards the generalissimo reserves to himself the
right of occupying (when he deems it advisable), as an
additional guarantee, the neutral zone on the right bank or
the Rhine, north of the bridgehead of Cologne, and as far as
the Dutch frontier.
Six days’ notice will be given by the generalissimo before
the occupation comes into effect.
Trèves, December 13, 1918.
F. Foch
Wemyss
Admiral
Erzberger
A. Oberndorff
Winterfeldt
Vanselow
Convention Prolonging the Armistice With Germany,
Signed January 16, 1919
Convention
The undersigned plenipotentiaries (Admiral Browning taking the place
of Admiral Wemyss), vested with the powers in virtue of which [Page 12] the armistice agreement of
11th November, 1918, was signed, have concluded the following
supplementary agreement:
1. The armistice of the 11th November, 1918, which was prolonged
until the 17th January, 1919, by the agreement of the 13th December,
1918, shall be again prolonged for one month, that is to say, until
the 17th February, 1919, at 5 a.m.
This prolongation of one month shall be extended until the conclusion
of the peace preliminaries, subject to the approval of the allied
Governments.
2. The execution of those clauses of the agreement of the 11th
November which have not been entirely carried out shall be proceeded
with and completed during the prolongation of the armistice, in
accordance with the detailed conditions fixed by the Permanent
International Armistice Commission on the instructions of the allied
high command.
3. In substitution of the supplementary railway material specified by
Tables 1 and 2 of the Spa protocol of 17th December, i. e., 500
locomotives and 19,000 wagons, the German Government shall supply
the following agricultural machinery and instruments:
- 400 two-engined steam-plow outfits, complete, with
suitable plows.
- 6,500 drills.
- 6,500 manure distributors.
- 6,500 plows.
- 6,500 Brabant plows.
- 12,500 harrows.
- 6,500 scarifiers.
- 2,500 steel rollers.
- 2,500 Croskill rollers.
- 2,500 mowing machines.
- 2,500 hay-making machines.
- 3,000 reapers and binders.
or equivalent implements, according to the scale of
interchangeability of various kinds of implements considered
permissible by the Permanent International Armistice Commission. All
this material, which shall be either new or in very good condition,
shall be delivered together with all accessories belonging to each
implement and with the spare parts required for 18 months’ use.
The German Armistice Commission shall, between the present date and
the 23d January, supply the Allied Armistice Commission with a list
of the material that can be delivered by the 1st March, which must,
in principle, constitute not less than one-third of the total
quantity. The International Armistice Commission shall, between now
and the 23d January, fix the latest dates of delivery, which shall,
in principle, not extend beyond the 1st June.
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4. The officers in Germany delegated by the allied and associated
powers to organize the evacuation of the prisoners of war belonging
to the armies of the entente, together with representatives of the
relief associations of the United States, France, Great Britain,
and; Italy shall form a commission charged with the care of Russian
prisoners of war in Germany.
This commission, the headquarters of which shall be in Berlin, shall
be empowered to deal with the German Government direct, upon
instructions from the allied Governments, regarding all questions
relating to Russian prisoners of war.
The German Government shall accord the commission all traveling
facilities necessary for the purpose of investigating the housing
conditions and food supply of such prisoners.
The allied Governments reserve the right to arrange for the
repatriation of Russian prisoners of war to any region which they
may consider most suitable.
5. Naval clauses.—Article XXII, of the
armistice agreement of the 11th November, 1918, shall be
supplemented as follows:
In order to insure the execution of such clause, the German
authorities shall be bound to carry out the following
conditions:
All submarines capable of putting to sea, or of being towed,
shall be handed over immediately and shall make for allied
ports. Such vessels shall include submarine cruisers, mine
layers, relief ships, and submarine docks. All submarines
which can not be surrendered shall be completely destroyed
or dismantled under the supervision of the allied
commissioners.
Submarine construction shall cease immediately, and all
submarines in course of construction shall be destroyed or
dismantled under the supervision of the allied
commissioners.
Article XXIII of the armistice agreement of the 11th November, 1918,
shall be supplemented as follows:
In order to insure the execution of such clause, the German
commission shall furnish the interallied naval armistice
commission with a complete list of all surface vessels
constructed or in course of construction (launched or on the
stocks), specifying probable dates of completion.
Article XXX of the armistice agreement of 11th November, 1918, shall
be supplemented as follows:
In order to insure the execution of such clause, the allied
high command informs the German high command that all
possible measures must be taken immediately for delivery, in
allied ports, of all allied, merchantmen still detained in
German ports.
6. Restitution of material carried off from Belgian
and French territories.—As restitution of material carried
off from French and [Page 14] Belgian
territory is indispensable for setting factories once more into
working order, the following measures shall be carried out, viz:
(a) All machinery, machinery parts, industrial
or agricultural plant, accessories of all kinds and, generally, all
industrial or agricultural articles carried off by German military
or civilian authorities or individuals, under any pretext whatever,
from territories formerly occupied by the German armies on the
western front, shall be placed at the disposal of the Allies for the
purpose of being returned to their places of origin, should the
French and Belgian Governments so desire.
These articles shall be returned without further alteration and
undamaged.
(b) In view of such restitution, the German
Government shall immediately furnish the armistice commission with
all official or private accounts, agreements for sale or hire, or
correspondence relating to such articles, together with all
necessary declarations or information regarding their existence,
origin, adaptation, present condition and locality.
(c) The delegates of the French or Belgian
Government shall cause inventories or examinations of such articles
to be made on the spot in Germany, should they think fit.
(d) The return of such articles shall be
effected in accordance with special instructions to be given as
required by the French or Belgian authorities.
(e) With a view to immediate restitution,
declarations shall more particularly be made of all stocks of
driving belts, electric motors and parts thereof, or plant removed
from France or Belgium and existing in depot parks, railways, ships,
and factories.
(f) The furnishing of the particulars referred
to in articles 3 and 6 hereof shall commence within eight clear days
from the 20th January, 1919, and shall be completed in principle
before the 1st April, 1919.
7. As a further guarantee, the supreme allied command reserves to
itself the right to occupy, whenever it shall consider this
desirable, the sector of the fortress of Strassburg formed by the
fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine, with a strip of
territory extending from 5 to 10 kilometers in front of such
fortifications, within the boundaries defined on the map appended
hereto.2c
The supreme allied command shall give six days’ notice prior to such
occupation, which shall not be preceded by any destruction of
material or of buildings.
The limits of the neutral zone will, therefore, be advanced by 10
kilometers.
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8. In order to secure the provisioning of Germany and of the rest of
Europe, the German Government shall take all necessary steps to
place the German fleet, for the duration of the armistice, under the
control and the flags of the allied powers and the United States,
who shall be assisted by a German delegate.
This arrangement shall in no wise affect the final disposal of such
vessels. The Allies and the United States shall, if they consider
this necessary, replace the crews either entirely or in part, and
the officers and crews so replaced shall be repatriated to
Germany.
Suitable compensation, to be fixed by the allied Governments, shall
be made for the use of such vessels.
All questions of details, as also any exceptions to be made in the
case of certain types of vessel, shall be settled by a special
agreement to be concluded immediately.
Trèves, January 16, 1919.
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Foch
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Browning
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Erzberger
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Oberndorff
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von Winterfeldt
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Vanselow
Convention Prolonging the Armistice With Germany,
Signed February 16, 1919
Convention
The undersigned plenipotentiaries, possessed of the powers in virtue
of which the armistice agreement of November 11, 1918, was signed,
have concluded the following additional agreement:
Admiral Wemyss being replaced by Admiral Browning, Gen. von
Winterfeldt by Gen. von Hammerstein, and the minister
plenipotentiary, Count von Oberndorff, by the minister
plenipotentiary, von Haniel.
- I.
- The Germans are to cease all hostilities against the Poles at
once, whether in the district of Posen or any other district.
With this end in view, they are forbidden to allow their troops
to cross the following line: The old frontier between East and
West Prussia and Russia as far as Louisenfelde, from thence the
line west of Louisenfelde, west of Gr. Neudorff, south of
Brzoza, north of Schubin, north of Exin, south of Samotschin,
south of Chodziesen, north of Czarnikau, west of Miala, west of
Birnbaum, west of Bentschen, west of Wollstein, north of Lissa,
north of Rawitsch, south of Krotoschin, west of Adelnau, west of
Schildberg, north of Doruchow, to the Silesian frontier.
- II.
- The armistice of November 11, prolonged by the agreements of
December 13, 1918, and January 16, 1919, until February 17,
1919, is [Page 16] further
prolonged for a short period, the date of expiry not being
given, the allied powers and those associated with them
reserving to themselves the right to terminate the period at
three days’ notice.
- III.
- The carrying out of those clauses of the agreement of November
11, 1918, and of the additional agreements of December 13, 1918,
and January 16, 1919, the terms of which have not yet been fully
carried into effect, will be continued and completed during the
prolongation of the armistice, according to detailed
arrangements made by the permanent armistice commission, acting
on instructions issued by the supreme allied command.
Trèves, February 16,
1919.
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Foch
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Browning
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Erzberger
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Freiherr v. Hammerstein
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von Haniel
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Vanselow
