ll naval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobilized in German
bases to be specified by the Allies and the United States.

28. In evacuating the Belgian coasts and ports, Germany shall abandon
all merchant ships, tugs, lighters, cranes and all other harbor
materials, all materials for inland navigation, all aircraft and all
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 war
vessels 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 vessels seized are to be released; all warlike and other
materials of all kinds seized in those parts are to be returned and
German materials as specified in clause twenty-eight are to be
abandoned.

30. All merchant vessels 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 materials to be permitted before
evacuation, surrender or restoration.

32. The German Government will notify 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 return for specific concessions
such as the export of shipbuilding materials or not, are immediately
canceled.

33. No transfers of German merchant shipping of any description to any
neutral flag are to take place after signature of the armistice.

34. The duration of the armistice is to be thirty days, with option to
extend. During this period, on failure of execution of any of the above
clauses, the armistice may be denounced by one of the contracting
parties on forty-eight hours' previous notice. It is understood that the
execution of Articles 3 and 18 shall not warrant the denunciation of the
armistice on the ground of insufficient execution within a period fixed,
except in the case of bad faith in carrying them into execution. In
order to assume the execution of this convention under the best
conditions, the principle of a Permanent International Armistice
Commission is admitted. This commission shall act under authority of the
Allied military and naval comma