8. The German command shall be responsible for revealing within
forty-eight hours all mines or delay acting fuses disposed on territory
evacuated by the German troops and shall assist in their discovery and
destruction. The German command shall also reveal all destructive
measures that may have been taken (such as poisoning or polluting of
springs, wells, etc.) under penalty of reprisals.
9. The right of requisition shall be exercised by the Allies and the
United States armies in all occupied territory, "subject to regulation
of accounts with those whom it may concern." The upkeep of the troops of
occupation in the Rhine land (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) shall be
charged to the German Government.
10. An immediate repatriation without reciprocity according to detailed
conditions which shall be fixed, of all Allied and United States
prisoners of war. The Allied Powers and the United States shall be able
to dispose of these prisoners as they wish. This condition annuls the
previous conventions on the subject of the exchange of prisoners of war,
including the one of July, 1918, in course of ratification. However, the
repatriation of German prisoners of war interned in Holland and in
Switzerland shall continue as before. The repatriation of German
prisoners of war shall be regulated at the conclusion of the
preliminaries of peace.
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