Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-06


 will also forthwith be evacuated by the Russian troops and the Red Guards and Finnish ports by Russian naval forces
 50 long as the ice excludes the bringing of Russian warships to Rus sian ports only small attachments will remain behind on the warships- RuS- sia is to cease all agitation or propa- ganda against the government or the public institutions in Finland.
 Tt is agreed that at Germany's de sire the other states bordering on the Baltic are also to be given a voice in the matter.
 Article 7-Starting from the fact that Persia and Afghanlstan are free and independent states the contract ing parties undertake to respect thetr political and economic independence and territorial integrity.
 Article S-PrIsoners of war of both sides will be se-t home. To Resume Relations
 Article 9-The contracting parties mutually renounced indemnification of their war costs, that is to say. state expenditure for carrying on the war, as well as indemnification for war damages, that is to say, those damages which have arisen from them and their subjects in the war regions through military measures inclusive of all acquisitions undertaken in the enemy country.
 Article 10-Diplomatic and consu- lar relations between the contracting parties will be resumed immediately after notification of the peace treaty Special agreements are reserved rel ative to the admittance Of the respec tive consuls.
 Article 1.-The prescriptions con tained in appendices two to five shall govern the economic relations be tween the powers of the quadruple al liance and Russia. namely, appendix for German-Russian; appendix 3 for Austro-Hungarian-Russian; appendix for Bulgaria-Russian and appendix 5 for Turkish-Russian relations. To Exchange Prisoners Article 12-The resto<ation of pub. lie and private relations, the exchange of prisoners of war. interned civilians the amnesty question. as we'll as the treatment of merchant ships which are in enemy hands will be regulated by separate treaties with Russia thai shall form an essential part of tho present peace treaty and as far as is l feasible shall enter into force at the same time
 Article 13-FOr the interpretation of this treaty, the German and Russian text is authoritative for the relations between Germany and Russia; for the relations between Austria-Hungary and Russia. the German, Hungarian and Russian text. for the relations be tween Turkey and Russia. the Turkish and Russian text
 Article 14-The present peace treaty will be ratified Instruments Of ratification must be exchanged as soon as possible in Berlin. The Rus sian government undertakes at the de sire of one of the quadruple alliance powers to exchange notifications with in two weeks. The peace treaty en. ters into force. op its ratification in so far as its articles, appendices of sup plementary treaties do not prescribe otherwise"
 The signatures of the pienipoten. tiaries are attached.
 The treaty was drawn up in quinti. pie form at Brest Litovsk, March 3.
 The semi-official Wolf Bureau oi Berlin says the trade and political 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 correspond substantially to the prin- e1ples which were submitted at the first sitting by Germany on the basis of it's ultimatum.