and wounded, who cannot be removed from evacuated territory
will be cared for by German personnel who will be left on the spot with
the medical material required.
12. All German troops at present in any territory which before the war
belonged to Roumania, Turkey or Austria-Hungary shall immediately
withdraw within the frontiers of Germany as they existed on August 1,
1914. German troops now in Russian territory shall withdraw within the
frontiers of Germany, as soon as the Allies, taking into account the
internal situation of those territories, shall decide that the time for
this has come.
13. Evacuation by German troops to begin at once and all German
instructors, prisoners and civilian as well as military agents now on
the territory of Russia (as defined before 1914) to be recalled.
[Illustration: Photograph]
French Official Photograph.
DRAFTING THE DRASTIC TERMS OF SURRENDER
The above French official photograph is the first received in this
country showing the statesmen of the Allied Powers at Versailles
drafting the armistice terms, which later were accepted by the German
plenipotentiaries, and virtually brought the World War to an end. The
men in the photograph are: Left side of table, left to right--General
di Robilant of Italy; Baron Sidney Sonnino, Italian Foreign Minister;
Vittorio Orlando, Italian Premier; Colonel E. M. House, representative
of President Wilson; General Tasker H. Bliss, U. S. A.; (next man
unknown); Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek Premier; Vesnitch, Serbian
Premier. Right, side of table, left to right--Admiral Wemyss, R. N.
(with back turned); General Sir Henry Wilson; Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig; General Sackville-West; Andrew Bonar Law, British
Chancellor of the Exchequer; David Lloyd George, British Premier;
Georges Clemenceau, French Premier; Stephen Pichon, French Foreign
Minister.
[Illustration: Photograph]
Copyright Press Illustrating Service.
GERMANS FLEEING BEFORE ALLIED ADVANCE
To speed their retreat the German engineers built a temporary bridge
using a British tank as a foundation.
[Illustration: Photograph]
Copyright Press Illustrating Service.
THE GERMAN GOOSE-STEP
The Kaiser reviews his troops marching with the goose-step. This
photograph shows the pick of the German army. Most of these men were
killed by the end of the first year of the war.
14. German troops to cease at once all requisitions and seizu
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