New-York tribune., 1918-03-06

ported Esthonians and Livonians.
"t'inland and the Aland Islands will
also forthwith be evacuated by the
Russian troops and the Red Guard. and
Finnish ports by the Russian fleet and
Russian naval forces.
so long as the ice excludes the
bringing of Russian warships to Prus-
sian ports only small detachments will
remain behind on the warships. Rus
sra is to cease all agitation or propa-
ganda against the government or Tic
public institutions in Finland.
The fortihcations erected on the
A!and Islands are to be removed with
ali possible dispatch A special agree
nent Is to be made between Germany
Russia. Finland and Sweden regarding,
the permanent non-fortitication Of
those islands, as we'll as regarding their
treatment in military, shipping and
Iecnnlcal respects. It is agreed that al
refmany's desire the other states
pcfdering OH the Baltic ara also to be
gwen voice in the matter
10 Send Home War Prisoners
Artlcte 7.-Starting from the fact
'hat Persia and Afghanistan are free
ana independent states, the contracting
Pa:tles undertake to respect their DO
l.lcal ana economic Independence and
territorial integrity.
ARTICLE S.-Prisoncrs of war If hath
s!ues VIII be sent home.
Article 9.-The contracting rar+;cs
mutually renouncc indemnitcation of
lheir war costs-that is to saw. state
expenditure for carrying on the war, as
"ell as lndemnfication for war DAM
ages.that is to say, those DAMAGES
"nlch have arisen for them and their
SUBJECTS in the war regions through
lii'i'tafy measures. inclusive of all
ae4u!sltlohs undertaken in the enemy
article 1o.-Diplomatic and con-
suar relations between the contract
ing, parties will be resumed immedi-
ately after notification OF the ncacc
treaty. Special agreements are re-
served relative to the admttancc Of
the respective consuls.
Artlcle 1.-THE prescriptions con-
famed IN appendices 2 to 5 shall govern
the economic relations between tho
powers Of the Quadruple Alliance and
hussla-namely. appendix 2 for Ger
W1Ian-husslan, appendix for Austro-
n'l1 nr.u1,sailan- Russian, appendix for
lbE,ulgarla- +, Russian, and appendix : for
lufkish-Russian relations.
10 Have Separate Treaties
;. Article 12.-The restoration of pub
nc and private relations, the exchange
OF t prisoners of war, interned civilians.
.ne amnesty question, as we'll as the
!leatment OF merchant ships which are
IN enemy hands will be regulated Nv
separate treaties with Russia. which
SNAIL form an essential part of tho
present peace treaty and as far as is
feasible shall enter into force at tho
same time. ' '''S
Article 13.-F'or the Interpretation
OF this treaty the German and Russian
text IS authoritative for the relations
peIween Germany and Russia; for the
Ieiat!ons between Austria-Hungary and
hhussia, h, the German. Hungarian and
busslan ~ text; for the relations between
bulgaria and Russia, the Bulparian-
RUSSIAN text; for the relations between
turkey and Russia, the Turkish and
Russian text. "
"Article 14.-The present pcacc
treaty will be ratified Instruments Of
ratlhcatlon must be exchanged as soon
as possible in Berlin. The Russian Gov
ernment undertakes at the desire of
one OF the quadruple alliance powers
TO exchange ratifications within two
weeks. The peace treaty enters into
It's articles, appendices or supple
mentary treaties do not prescribe
otherwise ~''~' NV
The signatures of the plenpoten-
tlaries arc attached. The treaty was
drawn up in quintuplc form at Brcst-
Litovsk on March 3.
The semi-offcial Wolff Bureau. of
Berlin, says that the trade and politi
cal questions to which Article II refers
are to be regulated according to the
demands of the German ultimatum and
analogously to the Ukrainian treaty.
The legal and political agreements cor
respond substantially to the proposals
which were submitted at the first sit
ting by Germany on the basis of it's
ultimatum