[Sidenote:  Black Sea ports to be evacuated.]

Twenty-nine—­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 ports are to be returned and German materials as specified in Clause Twenty-eight are to be 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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