New-York tribune., 1918-02-12

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noor. cornered Rumania and cr nnled
serbia follow the Ukraine's example.
Germany will be balked. Unless their
western line is broken or their sea
eommuh'cations nre cut, Germany can
not win, and this fact is being driven
nome daily as the Socialists and labor
leaders become more daring in their
utterances.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 1l.--A dispatch
from Brest-Litovsk, via Berlin, giving
the details of tho conference at which
the peace treaty between tho Contra,
Powers and the new Ukrainian repub-
lie was signed, has been received here
The dispatch follows:
Ut was possible to announce at the
beginning at the last pause in the ne
gotiations that the basis for the con-
clusion of peace between the Quadru ie
Alliance and the Ukrainian Peoples
Republic had been found. After the
return Of the delegation to Brest-Lit-
ovsk negotiations on this basis were
continued
Thanks to the energetic and untir-
ing work of all commissions. and
thanks to the spirit of conciliation in
spring all parties, agreement on all
points was established so that the final
drafting of the treaties and their sig
nature could be carried out. Owing to
the technical difficulties connected with
the five treaty texts it was not possible
to hold a formal sitting and affix sig
natures until in the early morning
hours of Saturday.
"Dr. Richard Won Kuehlmann, Ger
man Foreign Minister, as president,
hn tNC c1~ 1.t1,, -
O'Clock in the morning with the follow
ing speech;
Gentlemen, none of YOU will be
able to close his eyes to the historical
significance of this hour at which the
representatives Of the four allied pow
ers are met with the representatives
of the ukrainian Peoples Republic to
sign the first peace attained in this
world war.
Central Powers Pleased
"'This peace, signed with your Young
state, which has emerged from tho
storms Of the great war, gives special
satisfaction to the representatives of
the allied delegation. May this peace
be the first of a series of blessed con-
illusions; peace blessed both for the
allied powers and for the Ukrainian
Peoples Republic, for the future Of
which we all cherish the best wishes
"The president of the Ukrainian
delegation replied:
"'We state with Joy that from this
day peace begins between the Quad
ruple Alliance and Ukraina. We came
here in the hope that we should be able
to achieve a general peace and make
an end of this fracticidal war. The
political position, however, is such that
not all of the powers are met here to
with the most ardent love for our peo-
pie and recognizing that this long war
has exhausted the cultural national
powers of our people, we must now
divert all of our strength to do our
part to bring about new era and a
new birth.
We are firmly persuaded that we
conclude this peace in the interests Of
great democratic masses and that this
termination of the great war. We
gladly state here that the long, hard
labor performed at Brest-Litovsk has
been crowned with success and that
we have attained a democratic peace
honorable to both parties. From to-
day the Ukrainan Peoples Republic
is born to new life and it enters as an
independent state the circle Of nations.
1t ends war on it's front and it will
see to it that all Of the powers which
in it lie will rise to new life and
flourish
Kuehlmann First to Sign
"Dr. Won Kuehlmann then invited the
representatives to sign the peace
treaty. At one minute before o'clock
DR.. Won Kuehlmann, as the first sigma
tory, signed a copy of the treaty pre-
pared for Germany, and by 1920 O'Clock
all of the signatures appeared"
dispatch from Vienna says that
negotiations between Austro- -Hungari-
an and Russian commissions at Petrc-
grad resulted on January 81 in an agrs c.
ment to the effect that Austro- Hun
garian civilians detained in Russia and
Russian civilians detained in Austria
Hungary of specified categories shall,
so far as they desire, be repatriated