§ 20. "Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea, and definite information to be given as to the location and movements of all German ships.
2460§ "Notification to be given to Neutrals that freedom of 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.
§ 21. "All Naval and Mercantile Marine prisoners of war of the Allied and Associated Powers in German hands to be returned, without reciprocity.
§ 22. "Handing over to the Allies and the United States of all submarines (including all submarine cruisers and mine-layers) which are present at the moment with full complement in the ports specified by the Allies and the United States. Those that cannot put to sea to be deprived of crews and supplies 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 wireless order to sail to the port of surrender, the remainder to follow as early as possible. The conditions of this Article shall be carried within fourteen days after the signing of the Armistice."
§ That is the surrender of all available submarines.
§ 23. "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 serveillance of the Allies and the United States of America, only caretakers being left on board, namely:
- Six Battle Cruisers;
- Ten Battleships;
- Eight Light Cruisers, including two Mine-layers;
- Fifty Destroyers of the most modern types.
§ "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, and are to be paid-off and completely disarmed and placed under the supervision of the Allies and the United 2461 States of America. All vessels of the Auxiliary Fleet (trawlers, motor vessels, etc.) 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 will be given by wireless."
§ In consequence of recent events this has had to be added. I have just had it by telephone—
§ "A declaration has been signed by us—"
§ This comes from Admiral Wemyss—
§ "and handed to the German delegates to the effect that in the event of ships not being handed over owing to the mutinous state of the fleet, the Allies reserve the right to occupy Heligoland as an advanced base to enable them to enforce the terms of Armistice. The German delegates have on their part signed a declaration that they will recommend the Chancellor to accept this."
§ 24. "The Allies and the United States of America shall have the right to sweep up all minefields and obstructions laid by Germany outside German territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be indicated.
§ 25. "Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the Naval and Mercantile Marines of the Allied and Associated Powers. To secure this, the Allies and the United States of America shall be empowered to occupy all German forts, fortifications, batteries, and defence works of all kinds in all the entrances from the Cattegat into the Baltic, and to sweep up all mines and obstructions within and without German territorial waters without any questions of neutrality being raised, and the positions of all such mines and obstructions are to be indicated.
§ 26. "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 the United States contemplate the provisioning of Germany during the Armistice as shall be found necessary.
2462§ 27. "All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobilised in German bases to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America.
§ 28. "In evacuating the Belgian coasts and ports, Germany shall abandon all merchant ships, tugs, lighters, cranes, and all other harbour materials; all materials for inland navigation; all aircraft, and air materials and stores; all arms and armaments and all stores and apparatus of all kinds.
§ 29. "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 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 28 are to be abandoned.
§ 30. "All merchant ships in German hands belonging to the Allied and Associated Powers are to be restored in ports to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America without reciprocity.
§ 31. "No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender, or restoration.
§ 32. "The German Government shall formally notify the Neutral Governments of the world, 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 the return for specific concessions such as the export of shipbuilding materials or not, are immediately cancelled.
§ 33. "No transfers of German merchant shipping of any description to any neutral flag are to take place after signature of the Armistice.