[Sidenote: Navigation material to be abandoned.]
Twenty-eight--In evacuating the Belgian coast and ports Germany shall
abandon in situ and in fact all port and river navigation material, all
merchant ships, tugs, lighters, all naval aeronautic apparatus, material
and supplies, and all arms, apparatus, and supplies of every kind.
[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.
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