Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-18
NO TRANSFER OF
Troops UNTIL
FIRST OF YEAR
Terms of RuSSO-German Armis-
tiCe Are Announced; Attacks
On Ships Are to Stop
in Arctic Zone.

Pcrograd, Dec. l7.--,Thc terms Of
the Ru,ao-GCrman armistitc, accord
ing to a statement issued here, obiI-
gate no transtcrrCncc Of troops until
January II (Jauuary Russiam; no
increase OF troops on the fronts or on
the islands i'll the Moon sound OF a
regrouping of forces.
The Germans are not to concentrate
troops between the Black Sea and the
Baltic east of fifteenth degree of Ion
gitude east of Greenwich. intercourse,
between the troops may be allowed
from sunrise to sunset.
Groups are limited 10 25 persons
at a time, who may exchange news
PAPERS and unsealed mails and who
may carry on trade and exchange
articles Of prime necessity.
A special agreement will be made
by the naval general staff regarding
the extension Of the armistiCe to the
White sea and the Russian coast in
the frctlc zone. 1t is agreed also that
attacks on war and commercial YES.
sells must stop in these regions, in
Il
Demarcation Line Fixed.
The armisticc on the naval front en-
braces all of the Black sea and the
Baltic sea cast Of the meridian Is de-
grees cast Of Greenwich. The dcmar-
cation line fixed for the Black sea is
from the light house Of Slinka to the
estuary of the Danube to Cape Garos.
In the Baltic the line runs from
Rcogucl to the westerns coast OF
Worms island to the Island og Bag
sher to khegarne.
Russian war vessels must not cross
south Of this line, and the other par
ties must not go north The Russian
government guarantees that the en-
tcnte war vessels will obey the rules
of this provision and that Russian
warshlps will not be allowed to sail
among the Aland islands.
The text of the arnistiCc agree
mcnt follows:
Between the representatives OF the
higher command Of Russia on the one
hand. and of Bulgaria. Germany, Aus
tria Hungary and Turkey on the
other hand, for the purpose OF achiev-
ing a lasting and honorable peace be-
tween both parties. the following
armistice is concluded:
Armistice Begins Today.
"Thc armisticc shall begin on De-
cember 4 December ~ at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon and continue until
January Oanuary 14). The con-
tracing parties have the right to
break the armisticc by giving seven
days notice. Unless notice is given
the armistice automatically continues.
"The armistice embraces the land
and aerial forces on the front from
the Baltic to the Black set and also
the Russo-Turkish front in Asia
Minor. During the armistce the par
ties concerned obIgatc themselves not
10 increase the number Of troops on
the above fronts or on the islands in
Moon sound, OF to make rcgroup- ,
ing Of forces. :
No Troop Concentration.
"Neltler side IS TO make operative ;
any transfers OF units from the Baltic /
Black sea front until January Jan /
nary l4, excepting those begun be-
fore the agreement is signed They !
oblgltc themselves not to concentrate !
troops on parts Of the Black sea ~ /
Baltic sea cast OF Is degrees Of longi-
tudc east OF Greenwich.
"I'hc line Of demarcaton on the !
European front is the first line Of de-
tense. The space between will be
neutral The navigable rivers will be
neutral, their navigation being for
bidden except for necessary purpose
Of commercial transport or on sec
tons where the positions are at |
great distance. On the Russo -Tur.
lish front the line Of demarcation will !
be arranged az the mutual consent OF !,
The chief commander"