e abandoned.

[Sidenote: Merchant vessels to be restored.]

Thirty--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.

[Sidenote: No destruction permitted.]

Thirty-one--No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted
before evacuation, surrender, or restoration.

[Sidenote: German restrictions on trading vessels to be canceled.]

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

[Sidenote: No transfers of German shipping.]

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

[Sidenote: Armistice to last thirty days.]

Thirty-four--The duration of the armistice is to be thirty days, with
option to extend. During this period if its clauses are not carried
into execution the armistice may be denounced by one of the contracting
parties, which must give warning forty-eight hours in advance. 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 assure the execution of this convention
under the best conditions, the principle of a permanent international
armistice commission is admitted. This commission will act under the
authority of the allied military and naval Commanders in Chief.

[Sidenote: Must be accepted within seventy-two hours.]

Thirty-five--This armistice to be accepted or refused by Germany within
seventy-two hours of notification.

This armistice has been signed the Eleventh of November, Nineteen
Eighteen, at 5 o'clock a.m. French time.

F. Foch.
R.E. Wemyss.
Erzberger.
A. Oberndorff.
Winterfeldt.
Von Salow.

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The chief concern of President Wilson, and the controlling reason for
his trip