Marshal Foch to deliver terms of armistice to Germany

Berlin officials reached the Western front to receive the terms of the armistice from Marshal Foch.

The House of Commons in London received word that the German armistice delegation reached the Allied lines tonight. The delegation is made up of two Generals and two Admirals.

Berlin officials released an official statement today saying they are in talks about the terms of the armistice.

The statement from Berlin says that representatives from the German government were travelling to the Western front, “to conclude an armistice and take up negotiations for peace.” The delegation left Berlin this afternoon.

In order to maintain the current conditions of the agreement, Germans must reply immediately with either a yes or no. They have 48 hours to accept the terms placed by Marshal Foch.

Germany will be given three or four days to enforce the terms of the armistice. The conditions call for unconditional surrender, or the Allied forces will continue the war.

“If the Government of the United States must deal with the military masters and the monarchial autocrats of Germany now,” said a President Wilson in a state paper. “It must demand not peace negotiations, but surrender.”

In southern Germany, the people are calling for an abdication of the Kaiser. Popular discontent has arisen after the return of hundreds of thousands of wounded men in Germany and another call for reinforcements was made.

Officials say they are calling up more men to protect German soil until peace terms are agreed upon.

The German press has said the terms of the Austrian armistice are unfair, saying they hope the Allied nations do not try to impose the same conditions on Germany.