The Armistice. Translation

Denmark.
No. 52, 22 July 1848
Neue Rheinische Zeitung.
* Copenhagen. The following is the much-discussed armistice between
Germany and Denmark.
Art. 1. From this day forward there shall be a complete cessation of all hostilities on land and at sea for three months, with a period of notice of
one month for each of the two contracting parties. If no
notice is given by one or the other side, an extension of the armistice shall be deemed to have been accepted by both sides.
Art. 2. If the armistice is denounced by one of the two contracting
parties, the two armies shall be free to occupy the positions
they held on 27 June.
Art. 3. The blockade carried out by the Danish navy shall cease and
orders to this effect shall be given forthwith to the commanders of the Danish warships.
Art. 4. All military and political prisoners shall be set at liberty forthwith and without
reservation.
Art. 5. All vessels seized and placed under detention since the beginning of the war shall
be returned within 10 days of the signing of the armistice.
This period is deemed necessary, on the one hand, to put the vessels in a condition to sail, and on the other, to carry out the evacuation of the
duchies. Prussia agrees, in its own name as well as in the name of the German Confederation, that Denmark shall be indemnified for the requisitions in kind raised in Jutland on account of the Prussian and Confederation troops; and Denmark undertakes to reimburse the value of
cargoes that have been sold or cannot be returned in kind.
Art. 6. The two duchies and the islands belonging to both shall, in their entire extent, be evacuated without delay by the Danish as well as by the Confederation troops. In the meantime, Denmark is permitted to have the hospitals, depots and
military establishments on the island of Alsen guarded by 400 men. On the other side, it is permitted that an equal number of Confederation troops may occupy the town of Altona and other points where hospitals and military
establishments are located.
Art. 7. Since both contracting parties wish to restore peace and order in the duchies as soon as possible (at bringe tillage), they have agreed that during the duration of the armistice the administrative situation shall be restored as it was before the events of the month of March. The common government for both duchies shall consist of five
members, chosen from the notables of both duchies who enjoy general respect and confidence. These shall administer the
duchies according to the existing laws and ordinances in the name of the King of Denmark as Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, and with
the same authority, with the exception of the legislative power. Two of these members shall be chosen by the King of Denmark on behalf of Schleswig
(for Slesvigs Vedkommende) and the other two by the King of Prussia in the
name of the German Confederation for the Duchy of Holstein. These four members
shall elect a fifth, who shall occupy the position of president, and should they not agree upon their choice, Great Britain shall be requested, as mediating power, to designate the fifth member, who
shall likewise be chosen from among the inhabitants of the duchies. It has been
agreed that neither the members of the administration functioning before 17 March, nor those of the government formed since then, may take part in the
new government. The latter shall enter into force as quickly as possible
and no later than 14 days after the present agreement is signed.
Art. 8. During the duration of the armistice, the troops indicated below shall be permitted to remain in the duchies, to be placed at the disposal of the authority established in the preceding article:
1) in the Duchy of Holstein, the Confederation contingent of this province, reduced to a peacetime footing;
2) in the Duchy of Schleswig, the cadres of the troops recruited in Schleswig.
These shall not exceed the number usual in peacetime and
shall be cantoned as near as possible to their native places.
The remaining Schleswig-Holstein troops, as well as the free corps, in so far as they are composed of natives of both duchies, shall be discharged,
and the remaining Danish and German free corps shall evacuate the duchies.
The execution of this article shall be entrusted to military commissioners
who shall be chosen for this purpose by the contracting parties and shall confer with one another to this end.
Art. 9. The King of Denmark and the King of Prussia in the name of the
German Confederation shall each have the right to appoint a commissioner
who shall reside in the duchies during the armistice and shall supervise,
in an officious manner, the fulfilment of the foregoing conditions and the impartial
maintenance of the laws on the part of the Danish as well as the German
inhabitants.
Art. 10. The Duchy of Lauenburg shall be restored to the same condition in which it was before the Confederation troops marched in.
Art. 11. The contracting parties shall apply for the guarantee of Great Britain for
the exact fulfilment of the articles of the present agreement and
armistice.
Art. 12. It is expressly understood that the articles of the present
agreement in no respect prejudice the conditions of the final peace,
that neither Denmark nor Germany renounces the advantages and the just claims which each of them has asserted.