Marshal Foch and Admiral Browning met the German dele- gates
at Troves on Thursday week and extended the armistice for another month, to February 17th. By the revised terms Germany must furnish a large supply of farming machinery in place of the additional railway material demanded in December. The numerous Russian prisoners in Germany, who have besa disgracefully treated, are placed under the control of an Allied Commission. Germany must surrender all submarines that can be towed, destroy all that are under construction, and cases from building any more. The German merchant ships must be handed over to the Allies, " to assure the supply of foodstuffs to Germany and the rest of Europe." All " industrial or agrioul. tend implements" removed from Belgium and Northern France by the enemy must be restored—a most important demand which surely ought to have been made at the outset, since the enemy deliberately stole all the machinery In order to cripple French and Belgian industry for years to come. Finally, Marshal Fooh reserved the right to occupy the bridgehead on the east bank of the Rhine opposite Strasbourg. The new toms are both moderate and just.
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