ine--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.

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.

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

Thirty-two--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 cancelled.

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

VI. DURATION OF ARMISTICE:

Thirty-four--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.

VII. TIME LIMIT FOR REPLY:

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

THE NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR.

BEFORE THE WAR.

Civilization evolves destructive forces of change. War is change in
explosive form. World notions, points of view, and general ideas of 1914
have spun the cycle of years with accelerated speed. At that time the
public mind gained its concept of the Negro from encyclopaedic
information. He was regarded as a "sub-species of mankind, dark of skin,
wooly of hair, long of head, with dilated nostrils, thick lips, thicker
cranium, flat foot, prehensile great toe and larkhe