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94 shipping of any description to any neutral flag are to take place after signature of the armistice.

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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.

EARTH SONG

BY DAVID MC KEE WRIGHT

and maker of us all,

The flags are down, the trumpets cease;

Dead war beneath its splendid pall

Has yielded place to living peace.