The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-11

. "Dr. Richard Won Kuehlmann.
German foreign minister as presi-
dent, opened the sitting shortly be-
fore two o'clock i'm the morning with
the following speech:
Gentlemen, none Of you will be
able to close his eyes to the histori-
cal Significance OF this hour ait
which the representatives OF the
/ four allied powers are met with t.fp
peoples republic 10 sign the first.
peace attained in this world war.
May this peace be the FIRST of
series Of blessed conclusions: peace
blessed both for the allied nowrrF
and for the l,krainiap peoples r>-
public, for the future of which SO
all cherish the best wishes
Peace Begins.
THE president Of the Ukra an
delegation replied:
I'VE state with joy that from. this
day peace begins between the
quadruple alliance and Ukraine. We
came here in the hope that we
should be able to achieve a general
peace and make an end Of this fra
tricidal war. The political position,
however, is such that not all Of the
powers are met here TO sign a gem
eral peace treaty. Inspired with the
most ardent love for our people and
Cognizing that this long war mas
exhausted the cultural national pow
ers Of our people, we must now
divert all Of our strength 10 do our
part to bring about a new era and q
new birth. We are firmly persuaded
that we conclude this peace in the
interests Of great democratic masses
and that this peace will contribute
TO the general determination Of the
great war. We gladly state that we
have attained a democratic peace
honorable to both parties. From to-
day the Ukrainian peoples republic
is born TO new life and II enters an
independent state in the circle OF
nations. II ends war on its front
and II will see to IL that all Of the
powers which in it lie will rise to
new life and flourish
Treaty Is Signed.
''Dr. Won Kuehlmann then invited
the representatives to sign the peace
treaty. At one minute before two
o'clock, Dr. Won Kuehlmann signed a
copy Of the treaty prepared for
Germany"
The treaty Is entitled: "A treaty
of Peace Between Germany, Aus
tria- Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey
on one part and the UErainian
Peoples Republic on the other"
The preamble states that the
UlErainian people. having IN the
course Of the present world war de-
cIared itself to be independent and
expressed a wish to restore peace
between itself and the powers ~
war. Russia desires ito take the
first step toward a lasting worlds
peace, honorable TO all parties
which shall not only put an end 70
the horrors OF war but also lead 10
tba restoration OF friendly relations
of the peoples in political, legal
and intellectual realm"
Text Of Agreement.
The names Of all the plenipoten-
tiaries engaged I'm the negotiations
are then set forth and they are de-
cIared to have reached an agree
ment on the following points:
article Germany, Austria
Hunarv. Bulgaria and Turkey on the
one hand and the Ukrainian peoples
republic on the other declare that
the state Of war between them is at
an end, The contracting parties are
resolved henceforth to live in peace
and friendship with one another
Article IT-Between Austria Hun
gary on the one hand and the Tx
rainian peoples republic on the 9TH
or hand as far as these two powers
border one another. those frontiers
will exist which existed before the
outbreak Of the present war. Furth-
er north the frontier. on the republic
beginning at Tarnegrad viii in gem
eral follow the line OF Bilgerey tp
sroezeberzezyn, Krasnostau, Pugas-
zcec. Radzyn, Meshiretschei. Sarna-
xi. seInik. WvsaIgelitovsk. Kamietsl
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