Twenty-five--Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the naval and mercantile marines of the allied and associated powers. To secure this the Allies and the United States of America shall be empowered to occupy all German forts, fortifications, batteries, and defense works of all kinds in all the entrances from the Cattegat into the Baltic, and to sweep up all mines and obstructions within and without German territorial waters, without any question of neutrality being raised, and the positions of all such mines and obstructions are to be indicated. [Sidenote: Blockade conditions to remain unchanged.] Twenty-six--The existing blockade conditions set up by the allied and associated powers are to remain unchanged, and all German merchant ships found at sea are to remain liable to capture. The Allies and the United States should give consideration to the provisioning of Germany during the armistice to the extent recognized as necessary. [Sidenote: Naval aircraft to be immobilized.] Twenty-seven--All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobilized in German bases to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America. [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. [Sidenote: No transfers of German shipping.]