UC-NRLF ^B saa 117 GIFT OF HORACE W. CARPENTIER %^ o'clock a.m. (French time). (Signed) F. FOCH. ERZBERGER. R. E. WEMYSS. OBERNDORFF. WINTERFELDT. VANSELOW. 8 11th November, 1918. The representatives of the AlHes declare that, iu view of fresh events, it appears necessary to them that the ft)llo\ving condition shall be added to the clauses of the Armistice : — , " 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 ensure their delivery." (Signed) R. E. WEMYSS, F. FOCH. Adntiral. '• The German delegates declare that they will forward this declaration to the German Cliancellor, with the recommendation that it be accepted, accompanying it with the reasons by which the Allies have been actuated in making this demand." (Signed) ERZBERGEK. OBERNDOKFF. WINTERFELDT. VANSELOVV. Annexe 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 : — 1st stage. — Evacuation of the tenitories situated between the existing front and line No. 1 on the enclosed map, to be completed within 5 days after the signature of the Armistice. '2nd 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). 3rrf sta^e. — 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). AUied 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 Gemiaii 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 IHth day. II. — Evacuation of the Rhine district. — This evacuation shall also l>e cariied out in several successive stages : — (1.) Evactiation of temtories situated between lines 2 and 3 and line 4, to be completed within 4 further days (19 dfiys in all after the signing of the Armistice). 9 (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). (8.) 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 ten-itories after the expiration of the period allowed to the German troops for the evacuation of each ; consequently the iVrmy will cross line No. 3, 20 days after the signing of the Armistice. It will cross line No. 4 as from the 24th day after the signing of the Armistice : Line No. 5 as from the 28th day : Line No. 6 (Rhine) the 32nd day, in order to occupy the bridgeheads, in. — Surrender by the German Armies of war material specified by the Armistice. — This war material shall be surrendered accord- ing to the following conditions : — The first half before the 10th day, the second half before the 20th 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. Annexe No. 2. Conditions regarding communications, railways, waterways, roads, river and sea ports, and telegraphic and telephonic communications : — f. — All corpmunicatiouK as far as the Rhine, inclusive, or comprised, on the right bank of this river, within the bridge- heads occupied by the Allied Armies shall be placed under the supreme and absolute authority of the Commander-in-Chief of the Alhed 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 10 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 be maintained or reinstated in such a way as to ensure the working of the system. The Commander-in-Chief of the Alhed Armies shall have the light 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-Lon-aine, 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, »ignah 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 tront. (c.) Fuel and maintenance material. — The Geiman Government shall be responsible throughout the duration of the Armistice for the release of fuel and maintenance material to the dep6ts normally allotted to the railways in the territories on the left bank of the Rhine. Y.- -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 oe supplied throughout the duration of tnc 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 ensure its control, and shall make all changes and substitutions in personnel which he may think necessary. 11 He will send back to the Gennaii Army all the inilitarj 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, 13th December, 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 Armstice 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 of 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." Trfeves, 13th December, 1918. (Signed) F. FOCH, ERZBERGER, WEMYSS, Admiral. A. OBERNDORFF, WINTERFELDT, VANS FLOW. 12 CONVENTION PROLONGING THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY, 16th January, 1919. CONVENTION. The undersigned Plenipotentiaries (Admiral Browning taking the place of Admiral Wemyss), vested with the powers in virtue of which the Armistice Agreement of llth November, 191^<, was signed, have concluded the following supplementary Agreement : — 1. The Armistice of the llth November, 1918, which was prolonged until the 17th January, 1919, by the Agi-eement 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 llth November which have not been entirely earned out shall be proceeded with and completed during the prolongation of the Armistice, in accordance v/ith 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 I7th December, i.e.. 500 locomotives and 19,<»00 wagons, the German Government shall supply the following agricultural machinery and instru- ments : — 400 two-engined steam plough outfits, complete, with suitable ploughs, 6,500 drills, rt,500 manure distributors, 6,500 ploughs, 6,500 Brabant ploughs, 12,500 harrows, 6,500 scarifiers, 2,500 steel rollers, 2,500 Gk-oskill rollers, 2,500 mowing machines, 2,500 hay-making machines, 3,000 reapers and binders. or equivalent implements, according to the scale oi interchange- ability of various kinds of implements considered permissible by the Permanent Internatic)nal Armistice Commission. All this material, which shall be either new, or in very good condition, shall be delirered 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 23rd January, supply the Allied Armistice Com- mission with a list of the material that can be delivered by the lat March, which must, in principle, constitute not less than one-third of the total quantity. The International Armistice 13 GommisBiou shall, between now and the 23rd January, fix the latest dates of delivery, which shall, in principle, not extend beyond the 1st June. 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. T'he German Government shall accord the Commission all travelling 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 Clanfies. — Article XXII. of the Armistice Agreement of the 11th November, 19 18, shall be supplemented as follows: — " In order to ensure the execution of such clause, the German authorities shall be bound to cany 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 cannot be surrendered shall be completely destroyed or dis- mantled, 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 ensure the execution of such clause, the German Commission shall furnish the Inter -Allied 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 ensure 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 AlHed ports, of all Allied merchantmen still detained in German ports." H. Restitution of Material carried off from Btlyian and French Territories. — As restitution of material carried off from French 14 and Belgian temtory 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 oh 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. (6.) 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. (/.) The furnishing of the particulars referred to in Articles 3 and 6 hereof shall commence within 8 clear days from the 20th January, 1919, and shall be completed in principle before the Ist 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 kilometres in front of such fortifications, within the l)oundaries defined on the map appended hereto. The Supreme Allied Command shall give 6 days* notice prior to such occupation, which shall not be preceded by any destruc- tion of material or of buildings. The limits of the neutral zone will, therefore, be advanced by 10 kilometres. 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, 15 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 ofiicers 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. Treves, 16th January, 1919. (Signed) FOCH. ERZBERGER. BROWNING. OBERNDORFF. VON WINTERFELDT. VANSELOW. CONVENTION PROLONGING THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY, 16th February, 1919. CONVENTION. The undersigned Plenipotentiaries, possessed of the powers in virtue of which the Armistice Agreement of 11th November, 1918, was signed, have concluded the following additional agreement : — Admiral Wemyss being replaced by Admiral Browning, General V. Winterfeldt, by General v. Hammerstein, and the Minister Plenipotentiary Count v. Obemdorff by the Minister Plenipo- tentiary V. Ilaniel. 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 Exiu, 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 Schild- berg, north of Doruchow, to the Silesian frontier. II. — The Armistice of 11th November, prolonged by the Agreements of 13th December, 1918, and 16th January, 1919, until 17th February, 1919, is further prolonged for a short period, 1<) the date of expiry not being given, the Allied Powers and those associated with tlieni reserving to themselves the right to terminate the period at 3 days' notice. III. The carrying out of those clauses of the Agreement of 11th November, 1918, and of the additional Agreements of 13th December, 1918, and 16th January, 1919, the terras of which have not yet been fully carrieil into effect, will be continued and completed during the prolongation of the Armistice, according to detailed arrangements made by the Permanent Aimistice Com- mission, acting on instructions issued by the Supreme Allied Command. Treves, IHth February, 1919. ERZBERGEH. (Sd.) FOCa FREIHERR v. HAMMERSTEIN. BROWNING, von HANIEL. VANSELOW. TERMS OP ARMISTICE WITH AUSTRIA- HUNGARY, 3rd November, 1918. A. — Military Clauses. 1. Immediate cessation of hostilities by land and sea and air. 2. Total demobilization of Austro - Hungarian Army and immediate withdrawal of Austro -Hungarian forces operating on front from North Sea to Switzerland. Within Austro-Hungariau territory limited as in Clause 3 below there shall only be maintained as an organized military force a maximum of 20 divisions reduced to pre-war effectives. Half the divisional corps and army artillery and equipment shall be collected at points to be indicated by Allies and United States of Amenca for delivery to them, beginning with all such material as exists in territories to be evacuated by Austro- Hungarian forces. 3. Evacuation of all territories invaded by Austria-Hungary since the beginning of the war. Withdi-awal within such periods as shall be determined by Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces on each front, of Austro-Hungarian armies behind a line fixed as follows : from Piz Umbrail to north of Stelvio it will follow crest of Rhetian Alps to sources of the Adige and Eisach, passing thence by the Reschen and Brenner and the heights of Getz and Ziller. The line thence turns south, crossing Mount Toblach as far as present frontier of Carnic Alps. It follows this line as far as Mount Tarvis, thence tt) watershed of .lulian Alps by Col de Predil 17 Mount Mangart, the Tricorno (Terglou) and watershed Podberdo, Podlanisoan and Idria. From this point the hne turns south- east towards the Schneeber"^, excludi)ig tlie whole basin ot the Save iliver and its tributaries; from Sc'ineeberg it descends the coast in such a svav as to include Castua, Mattugha and Volosca iu evacuated territories. It will follow the administrative limits of present province of Dalmatia, including to the north Lisarica and Tribania and to the south, territory limited by a line from the shore of Cape Planka to the summits of watershed eastwards so as to include in evacuated area all the valleys ajid WMtercourses flowing towards Sebenico, such as Cicola, Karka. Butisuica, and their tributaries. It will also include all the islands in the ncn-th and west of Dalmatia from Premuda, Selve, Ulbo, Scherda, Maon, Pago and Puntadura islands, in the north, up to Meleda, in the south, embracing Sant' Andrea, Busi, Lissa, Lesina, Tercola, (Jurzola, Cazza and Lagosta as well as neighbouring rocks and islets and Pelagosa, oidy excepting the islands of great and small Zirona, Bua, Solta and Brazza. All territories thus evacuated will be occupied hy AlHed and American troops. All military and railway equipment of all kinds (including coal) witiiin these territories (o be left in situ, and surrendered to the Allies and America according to special orders given by Commander-in-Chief of forces of Associated Powers on ditierent fronts. No new destruction, pillage or requisition by enemy troops in territories to be evacuated by them and occupied by Associated Powers. 4. Allied Armies shall have the right of free movement over all road and rail and waterways in Austro-Hungarian territory which shall be necet^sary. Armies of Associated Powers shall occupy such strategic points in Austiia- liungary at such times as they may deem necessary to enable them to conduct military operations or to maintain order. They shall have right of requisition on payment for troops of Associated Powers wherever they may be. 5. Complete evacuation of all German troops within 15 days not only from Italian and Balkan fronts but from all Austro- Hungarian territory. Internment of all German troops which have not left Austria- Hungary before that date. 6. Administration of evacuated territories of iVustria -Hungary will provisionally be entrusted to local authorities under control of the Allied and associated armies of occupation. 7. Immediate repatriation, Avithout reciprocity, of all prisoners of war and interned AUied subjects and of civihan populations evacuated from their homes on conditions to be laid down by Commanders-in-Chief offerees of Allied Powers on various fronts. 8. 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 medical material required. (6974) B 18 B. — Naval Conditions. 1. Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea and definite information to be given as to location and movements of all Austro-Hiui^arian ships. Notification to be made to neutrals that free navigation in all territorial waters is given to the naval and mercantile marines of the Allied and Associated Powers, all questions of neutrality being waived. 2. Surrender to the Allies and United States of America of 15 Austro-Hungariaii submarines completed between years 19l0 and 1918 and of all German submarines which are in or may hereafter enter Austro-Hungarian territorial waters. All other Austro- Hungarian submarines to be paid off* and completely disarmed and to remain under supervision of the Allies. 3. Surrender to the AUies and United States of America, with their complete armament and equipment, of 3 battleships, 3 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, 12 torpedo-boats, 1 mine-layer, 6 Danube monitors, to be designated by the Allies and United States of America. All other surface warships (including river craft) are to be concentrated in Austro-Hungarian naval bases to be designated by the Allies and United States of America, and are to be paid off, completely disarmed and placed under supervision of Allies and United States of America. 4. Free navigation to all warships and merchant ships of Allied and Associated Powers to be given in Adriatic, in territorial waters and up River Danube and its tributaries, and Aiistro- Hungarian territory. Allies and Associated Powers shall have right to sweep up all minefields and obstructions, and positions of these are to be indicated. In order to ensure free navigation on the Danube, Allies and United States of Americsi shall be empowered to occupy or to dismantle all fortifications or defence works. 5. Existing blockade conditons set up by Allied and Associated Powers are to remain unchanged, and all Austro-Hungarian merchant ships found at sea are to remain liable to capture with the exceptions which may be made by a Commission nominated by Allies and United States. 6. All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobilized in Austro-Hungarian bases to be designated bv Alhes and United States ut America. 7. Evacuation of all the Italian coast, and of all ports occupied by Au8tria-HuTig;iry outside their national territory, and abandon- ment of all floating cratt, naval materials, equipment and materials for inland navigation of all kinds. b. Occupation by Allies and United States of America of land and sea fortirications and islands which form defences, and of dockyards and arsenals at Pula. 9. All merchant vessels held by Austria-Hungary belonging to Allies and Associated Powers to be returned. 10. No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender or restoration. 19 11. All naval and mercantile prisoners of war of Allied and Associated Powers in Austro-Hungarian bands to be returned without reciprocity. The undersigned plenipotentiares, duly authorized, signify their approval of above couflitious: — 8rd November, 1918. Representatives of '• ustro-FIun- Representatives of Italian garian Supreme Command. Supreme Command. Victor Weber, Edler von Ten. Gen. Pietro Badoglio. Webenau. Magg. Gen. Scipioxe S ipioni. Karl Schneller. Colonn. Tullio Marchetti. Y. VON Liechtenstein. Colonn. Pietro Gazzera. J. V. Nyekhegyi. Colonn. Ptetro Maravigna. ZvviKRKOWijKT. Colonn. Alberty Pariani. Victor, Freiherr von Seeller. Cap. Vase. Francesco Accinni. Kamillo Rugqera. Supplement to Protocol. Contains details and executive clauses of certain points of the Armistice between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria-H iin gary . I.— Military Clauses. 1. Hostilities on land, sea and air, will ceape on all Austro- Ilungarian fronts 24 hours after the signing of the Armstice, 7.e., at 3 o'clock on 4th November (Central European time). From that hour the Italian and Allied troops will not advance beyond the line then reached. The Austro-Hungarian troops and those of her allies must retire to a distance of at least 3 kilometres (as the crow flies) from the the line reached by the Italian troops or by troops of Allied countries. Inhabitants of the '6 kilometre zone included between the two lines (above-mentioned) will be able to obtain necessary supplies from their own army or those of the Allies. All Austro-Hungarian troops Avho may be at the rear of the fighting lines reached by the Italian troops, on the cessation of hostilities, must be regarded as prisoners of war. 2. Regarding the clauses included in Articles 2 and 3 con- cerning artillery equipment, and war material to be either collected in places indicated or left in territories which are to be evamiated, the Italian plenipotentiaries representing all the Allied and Associated Powers, give to the said clauses the following inter- pretation which will be carried into executioji : — (a.) Any material or part thereof which may be used for the purpose of war, must be given up to the Allied and Associated Powers. The Austro-Hungarian Army and the German troops are only authorized to take personal arms and equi[>ment belonging to troops evacuating the tenitories mentioned in Article 3, besides officers' chargers, the transport train, and horses specially allotted to each unit for transport of food supplies, kitchens, offict-rs' luggage and medical material. This clause applies to the whole army and to all the services. 10 (b.) Concemina: artillery — it has been arranged that the Anstro-Hunc^arian Army and German troops shall abandon all artillery material and equipment in the territory to be evacuated. The calculations necessary for obtaining a complete and exact total of the artillerv divisions and army corps at the disposal of Austro-Hungary on the cessaticm of hostilities (half of which must be given up to the Associated Powers) will be made later, in order to aiTange, if necessary, for the delivery of other Austro- Hungarian artillery mateiial and for the possible eventual return of mnteri.il to the Austria-Hungaiian Army by the Allied and Associated Armies. All artillery which does not actually form part of the divisional artillery and armv corps must be given up, without exception. It will not, however, be necessary to calculate the amount. (c.) On the Italian front the delivery of divisional and nrmy corps artillery will be effected at the following places — Trento, Bolzano. Fleve di Cadore, Stazione per la Carnia, Tolmino, Gorizia and Trieste. 3. Special Commissions will be selected by the Crmmanders- in-Chief of Allied and Associated Armies on the various Anstro- Hungju'^an fronts, which will immediatelv proceed, accompanied by the necessary escorts, to the places they regard as the most suitable from which to control the eKecution of the provisions established above. 4. It has been determined that the designations M. Toblach and M. Tarvis indicate the groups of mountains dominating the ridge of Mts. Toblach and the Valley of Tarvis. 5. The retirement of Austro-Hungarian troops and those of her allies beyond the lines indicated in Article 3 of the Protocol of Armistice Conditions, will take place within 15 days ot the cessation of hostilities, as far as the Italian front is concerned. On the Italian front, Austro-Hungaiian troops and those of her allies must have retired beyond the line: Tonale — Noce — Lavis — Avisio — Pordoi — Livinallongo — Falzarogo — Pieve di Cadore — Colle Mauria — Alto Tagliamento — Fella — Raccolana — Selle Nevea — Tsonzo by the fifth day. they must also have evacuated the Dalmatian territory indicated above. Austro-Hungarian troops on land and sea, or those of her allies not having evacuated the territories indicated ^vithin the period of 15 days will be regarded as prisoners of war. 6. The payment of any requisitions made by the armies of the Allied and Associated Armies on Austro-Hungarian territory, will be carried out according to paragraph 1 of page 227 of "Servizio m Gnerra — Part II. Edizione 1915," actually in force in the Italian Army. 7. As regards railways and the exercise of the rights confirmed upon the Associated Powers by Article 4 of the Armistice agive- ment between the Allied Powers and Austria-Hungary, it has been determined that the transport of troops, war material and supplies 21 for Allied and Afisociated Powers on the Austro- Hungarian rail- way system, outside territory evacuated in accordance with the terms of the Armistice, and the direction and working of the railways shall be effected by the employees of the Austro- Hungarian railway administration, under the supervision of special Commissioners selected by the Allied Powers, and the Military Italian Headquarters which it will be considered necessary to establish, the Austru-Hungarian authorities will give priority to Allied military trains, and will guarantee their safety. 8. On territory to be evacuated at the cessation of hostilities, all mines on ro ids or railway tracts, all minefields and other devices for interrupting communications by road or rail must be rendered inactive and harmless. 9. Within a period of 8 days from the cessation of hostilities, prisoners and Italian subjects interned in Austria-Himgary must cease all work, except in the case of prisoners and interned who have been employed in agricultural pursuits previous to the day on which the Armistice was signed. In any case they must be ready to leave at once on request of the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Army. 10. Austria-Hnngary must provide for the protection, safety and supplies (expenses of these to be repaid) of the various Commissions selected by the Allied Governments to take over war material and to exercise general control, whether in the territory to be evacuated or in any other part of Austria-Hungary. II. — Naval Clauses. 1. The hour for the cessation of hostilities by sea will be the same as that of the cessation of hostilities by land and air. Before that time the Austro-Hnngarian Government must have furnished the Italian Government, and those of the Associated Powers, with the necessary information concerning the position and movements of the Austro-?Iungarian ships, through the Wireless Station at Pola, which will transmit the information to Venice. 2. The units referred to in Articles II. and III., to be surrendered to the Associated Powers, must return to Venice between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on t'th November; they will take a pilot on board 14 miles from the coast. An exception is made as regards the Danube monitors, which will be required to proceed to a port indicated by the Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the Associated Powers ou the Balkan front, under such conditions as he may determine. 3. The following ships will proceed to Venice: — ''Teghethoff," " Saida," " Prinz Eugen,"' " Novara," " Ferdinand Max," « Helgoland." Nine destroyers of " Tatra " type (at least 800 tons) of most recent construction. S3 Twelve torpedo-boats (200-ton type). Minelayer " Chamaleon." Fifteen submarinc-s built between 1910 and 1918, and all German submarines which are, or may eventually be, in Austro- Hungarian waters. Premeditated damage.or damage occumng on board the ships to be surrendered will be regarded by the Allied Governments an a grave infringement of the present Armistice terms. The Ijigo di Garda flotilhi will be surrendered to the Associated Powers in the Port of Riva. All ships not to be surrendered to the Associated Powers will be concentrated in the ports of Buccari and Spalato within 4. Within 15 days a detachment of .^,000 men from the railway technical troops are to be placed at the disposal of the General Commander-in-Chief supplied with the material necessary to repair the Serbian railways. These figures are approximate. 7. Within 15 days a detachment of sappers of the Telegi'aph branch are to be placed at the disposal ot the General Commander- in-Chief provided with material necessary for establishing tele- graphic and telephone communications Avith Serbia. a. Within one month, 25,000 horses are to be placed at the disposal ot the General Coinmander-iii-Chief, together with suth transpoi't material as he may deem uecessary. These figures are approximate. 9. Arms and war material to be deposited at places appointed by the General Commander-in-Chief. A portion of this material will be levied for the purpose of supplying units to be placed under the orders of the General Commander-in-Chief. 10. Immediate hberation of all Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians, who will be collected at places convenient for their despatch by rail ; they will there receive directions as to time and place of repatriation, according to the orders issued by the General Commander-in-Chief. Hungarian prisoners of war to be provisionally retained. 11. A delay of 15 days is granted for the passage of German troops through Hungary and their quartering meanwhile, dating from the signing of the Armistice by General Diaz (4th November, 3 p.m.). Postal and telegi*aphio communication with Geimany will only be permitted under the military control of the Allies. The Hungarian Government undertakes to allow no military telegraphic communication with Germany. 25 /•' ^.^ , :'.....-.„ ... 12. Huugaiy will facilitate the supplying of the Allied troops of occupation ; requisitions Avill be allowed on condition that they are not arbitrary, and that they are paid for at current rates. 13. The situation of all Austro-Hungarian mines in the Danube and the Black Sea must be communicated immediately to the General Commander-in-Chief. Further, the Hungarian Govern- ment undertakes to stop the passage of all floating mines sown in the Danube up stream from the Hungarian and Austrian frontier and to remove all those actually in Hungarian waters. 14. The Hungarian postal service, telegraphs, telephones and railways will be placed under Allied control. 15. An Allied representative will be attached to the Hungarian .Ministry of Supplies in order to safeguard Allied interests. 16. Hungary is under an obligation to cease all relations with Germany and stringently to forbid the passage of German troops to Roumania. 17. Tlie Allies shall iiot interfere with the internal administra- tion of affairs in Hungary. 18. Hostilities between Hungary and the Allies are at an end. Two copies made 13th November, 1918, at 11.15 p.m. at Belgrade. Signed for the Allies by the delegates of the General Commander-in-Chief. VOIVODE MISHITCH. GENERAL HENRYS. Signed for Hungary by the delegates of the Hungarian Governmejit. BELA LINDER. TERMS OF ARMISTICE WITH TURKEY, Signed on the 30th October, 1918. CONDITIONS OF AN ARMISTICE AGREED TO AND CONCLUDED BETWEEN Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir SOMERSET Arthur Gough- CalthoF!PE, British Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Station, acting under authority from the British Government, in agreement with their Allies, AND His Excellency Raouf Bey, Turkish Minister of Marine ; His Excellency Reohad IIikmet r.EY, Turkish Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lieut.-Colonel Saadullah Bey, Turkish General Staff, acting under authority from the Turkish Government. (6974) 26 I. Opening of Dardanelles and Bosplionis and secnre access to the Black Sea. Allied occupation of Dardanelles and Bosphorus forts. ' 2. Positions of all minefields, torpedo tubes, and other obstructions in Turkish waters to be indicated, and assistance "given to sweep or remove them as may be required. ^' 3. All available information as to mines in the Black Sea to 'be communicated. 4. All Allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons %hd prisoners to be collected in Con^an tinople and handed over unconditionally to the Allies. "^' 5. Immediate demobilization of the Turkish Arnij except for such troops as are required for surveillance of frontiers and for TOe maintetiance of internal order. (Number of eflFectives and ^eir dispositions to be determined later by the Allies after con- sultation with the Turkish Government.) '^"^'^ (). SuiTender of all war vessels in Turkish waters or iu waters occupied by Turkey ; these ships to be interned at such Turkish pM't or ports as may be directed, except such small vessels as ^gre required for police or similar purposes in Turkish territorial waters. 7. The Alhes to have the right to occupy any strategic points fin the event of a situation arising which threatens the security of the ^lies. T8j.yFree use by Allied ships of all ports and anchorages now in 'Turkish occupation and denial of their use by the enemy. Simuai'^conditions to apply to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish waters for purposes of trade and the demobilization of 9. Use of all ship repair facilities at all Turkish ports and arMiQ^ 10. Allied occupation of the Taurus tunnel system. II. Immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from North- West Persia to behind the pre-war frontier has already been ordered and will be carried out. Part of Trans-Caucasia has already been ordered to be evacaa^d by Turkish troops, the remainder to be evacuated if required by the AUies after they have studied the situation there. 12. Wireless telegraphy and cable stations to be controlled by tke^llies, Turkish Government messages excepted. ^''iQ. Prohibition to destroy any naval, military, or cotnmercial material. 14* Facilities to be given for the purchase of coal and oil fuel "ana naval material from Turkish sources after the requirements 'of tilo country have been met. ' "^'ll^one of the above material to be exported. 15. Allied control officers to be placed on all railways, including such portions of Trans-Caucasian railways now under Turkisli control, ^vhich must be placed at the free and complete disposjil of "^i^^A^H^ authorities, due consideration being given to fho needs of the population. . ^niiqahi^^fclause to include Allied occupation of Batum. Turkey will raise no objection to the occupation of Baku by the Allies, 27 {'• ,', : ;.,....._. . 16. Surrender of all garrisons in Hejaz, Assir, Yemen, Syria, and Mesopotamia to the nearest Allied commander; and the withdrawal of troops from Cilicia, except tliose necessary to maintain order, as will be determined mider Clause 5. 17. Surrender of all Turkish officers in TripoUtauia and Cyrenaica to the nearest Italian garrison. Turkey guarantees to stop supplies and communications with those officers if they do not obey the order to surrender. 18. Surrender of all ports occupied in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, including Misurata, to the nearest Allied garrison. 19. All CJermans and Austrians, naval, military and civilian, to be evacuated within one month from Turkish dominions, those in remote districts as soon after as may be possible. 20. Compliance with such orders as may be conveyed for the disposal of the equipment, arms and ammunition, including trans- port, of that portion of the Turkish Army which is demobilized under Clause 5. 21. An Allied representative to be attached to the Turkish Ministry of Supplies in order to safeguard Allied interests. This representative to be furnished with all information necessary for this purpose. 22. Turkish prisoners to be kept at the disposal of the Allied Powers. The release of Turkish civilian prisoners and prisoners over military age to be considered. 23. Obligation on the part of Turkey to cease all relations with the Central Powers. 24. In case of disorder in the six Armenian vilayets the Allies reserve to themselves the right to occupy any part of them. 25. Hostilities between the AlHes and Turkey shall cease from noon, local time, on Thursday, 31st October, 1918. Signed in duplicate on board His Britannic Majesty's Ship "Agamemnon" at Port Mudros, Lemnos, the 30th October, 1918. Printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office By HARBISON and SONS, PEINTEES IN OEDINABT TO HIS MAJESTY, ST. martin's lank, LONDON, W.C. (BlQ/lSf;) SOCK) 4/19 6974wo DAY AND TO $1° ^^^^^ OVERDUE. ^ Li>21-100m-7;39(402s) 49372? UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY