The armistice requires the German armies on the Western Front
to evacuate Belgium, France, Alsace-Lorraine, and Luxemburg within fifteen days from Monday last, and to retire quietly, without plundering, within a line six miles east of the Rhine by December 12th. The Allied and American armies are to occupy the left bank of the Rhine and bridgeheads at Mainz, Coblenz, and Cologne with a radius of nineteen miles on the right bank. A strip six miles wide on the right bank is to form a neutral zone between us and the enemy. The cost of the occupation, except in Alsace- Lorraine, is to be borne by Germany. The enemy is to surrender immediately all .Allied prisoners and to release all interned civilians within fourteen days, while we retain our prisoners as a guarantee of his good faith. The enemy has to surrender in good condition 5,000 guns—half of them heavy guns—with 30,000 machine-guns, 3,000 trench-mortars, and 2,000 aeroplanes ; to leave all his military stores that he cannot remove in time ; and to hand over 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 wagons, and 5,000 motor-lorries. He must assist in thwarting all the atrocious methods by which he has tried to delay our advance, such as mines timed to explode after many days or poisoned wells.
