The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-05
State of War Between Two
Nations Is Declared
To Be AT An End
RUSSIAN ARMY TO
BE DEMOBILIZED
Russia Renounces All Sow
ereignty Over Certain
Regions Agreed Upon
CBy Associated Press.l

Amsterdam, March 5.-The peace
treaty signed between the tour CEN
tral powers and Russia, according
TO a dispatch received here from
Berlin says the powers mentioned
have agreed to terminate the state
OF war and bring about peace as
quickly as possible" and that there
fore, the plenipotentiaTiss signed
the following articles:
First, the central powers and Rus
sia declare the state Of war be-
tween them to be terminated and
are resolved henceforth to live in
peace and friendship with one an
other.
Second, the contracting nations
will refrain from all agitation or
provocation against other dignRtary
governments and undertake to spare
the populations OF the regions oc-
cupied by the powers Of the quadru-
pie entente"
Third, the regions lying west Of
the line agreed upon by the con-
tracing parties, and formerly be-
longing to Russia, shall no longer be
under Russian sovereignty. IL is
agreed that the line appears from
the appended map, No. !, which as
agreed upon forms an essential part
OF the peace treaty. The fixing OF
the line in the west will be settled
in the German Russian mixed COM
mission. The regions in question
viii have no obligation whatever to-
ward Russia, arising from their
former relations thereto. Russia.
undertakes TO refrain from all in
reference in the internal Affairs OF
these territories and to let Germany
and Austria determine the future OF
these territories in agreement with
their populations.
Fourth, Germany and Austria
agree, when a general peace is con-
cluded and Russian rehabilitation
Is fully completed, TO evacuate the
regions east Of the line designated in
article 8, No. ], insofar as article
does not stipulate otherwise. Rus
sia will do everything In her power
30 complete as soon as possible the
evacuation Of the Anatolian prov
inces, and their orderly return 20
Turkey. The districts Of Erivan,
Kars and Batoum will likewise with
out delay be evacuated by the Rus
sian troops. Russia will not in
terfere in the reorganization OF the
constitutional or international con-
ditiOus Of these districts, but leave
to carry out the reorganization, la
agreement with the neighboTing
states, particularly Turkey.
Article Ave; Russia will without
delay carry out the complete de-
Of her army, including
the forces newly formed by the
present government. Russia will
further transfer her warships to
Russian harbors and leave them
there until a general peace, or i'm
disarm. Warships or
states continuing in a state Of war
with the quadruple alliance viii be |
treated as Russian warships insofar /
as they are within Russian con
troll.
THE barred zone in the Arctic
continues in force until the conclus- |
on Of peace. An immediate begin
ming will be made OF the removal OF
mines in the Baltic and insofar az
power extends in the Black /
sea. Commercial shipping Ii free In |
these waters and win be resumed
Immediately. A mixed commission 4
will be appointed TO fix further
especially for the an
OF routes for merchant
ships. Shipping routes are TO be kept
from floating mines /