eutral zone shall be
reserved on the right bank of the Rhine between the stream and a line
drawn parallel to the bridgeheads and to the stream and at a distance of
ten kilometers, from the frontier of Holland up to the frontier of
Switzerland. The evacuation by the enemy of the Rhinelands (left and
right bank) shall be so ordered as to be completed within a further
period of sixteen days, in all, thirty-one days after the signing of the
armistice. All the movements of evacuation or occupation are regulated
by the note (annexure No. 1) drawn up at the moment of the signing of
the armistice.

[Sidenote: Allies to occupy left bank of Rhine and principal crossings.]

[Sidenote: Inhabitants of evacuated territories to be protected.]

Six--In all territories evacuated by the enemy there shall be no
evacuation of inhabitants; no damage or harm shall be done to the
persons or property of the inhabitants. No person shall be persecuted
for offenses of participation in war measures prior to the signing of
the armistice. No destruction of any kind shall be committed. Military
establishments of all kinds shall be delivered intact, as well as
military stores of food, munitions, and equipment, not removed during
the time fixed for evacuation. Stores of food of all kinds for the civil
population, cattle, &c., shall be left in situ. Industrial
establishments shall not be impaired in any way and their personnel
shall not be removed.

[Sidenote: Means of transportation to be surrendered in good order.]

Seven--Roads and means of communication of every kind, railroads,
waterways, main roads, bridges, telegraphs, telephones, shall be in no
manner impaired. All civil and military personnel at present employed on
them shall remain. Five thousand locomotives and 150,000 wagons in good
working order, with all necessary spare parts and fittings, shall be
delivered to the associated powers within the period fixed in annexure
No. 2, and total of which shall not exceed thirty-one days. There shall
likewise be delivered 5,000 motor lorries (camion automobiles) in good
order, within the period of thirty-six days. The railways of
Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed over within the period of thirty-one
days, together with pre-war personnel and material. Further, the
material necessary for the working of railways in the countries on the
left bank of the Rhine shall be left in situ. All stores of coal and
material for the upkeep of permanent ways, signa