The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-11

Amsterdam. Feb. 11.-A dispatch
from Brest- -Iitovsk, via Berlin, giving
the details Of the conference at which
the peace treaty between the central
powers and the new Ukrainian rspub.
lie was signed has been received here:
The dispatch. follows:
| 1T was possible to announce at the
, beginning Of the last pause in the ne
| gotiations that the basis for the con-
clusion of peace between the quadruple
! alliance and the Ukrainian peoples re-
public has been found. After the re-
turn OF the delegation to Brest- -LitoySk
negotiations on this basis were con-
tinued and agreement on all points was
established. Owing to the technical
dlincuities Connected with the five treaty
texts II was not possible to hold a
FORMAL sitting and affix signatures In
the early morning hours of Saturday.
Dr Richard Won Kuehlman, German
iorelgn minister. as president, opened
the sitting shortly before 2 o'clock in
speech: ~ =
"fGentlemen, none Of Won viii be
able TO close his eyes to the historical
sisnncance or this hour, at which the
1repfesentatives2o OF the four Ailied pow
ers are met with the representatives
of the Ukrainian peoples reni,blic fo
sign the first peace attained in this
world war. This peace, signed with
your young state, which has emerged
from the storms of the great war.
gives special satisfaction to the repre-
sentatives of the allied delegation.
May this peace be the first of a series
OF peace treaties, blessed both for the
allied powers and for the Ukrainian |
republic, for the future of which we all !.
cherish the best Wishes
Ukrainians Reply.
"The president of the Ukrainian DEL |
egation replied:
We state with joy that from this |
day peace begins between the quadru-
pie alliance and UkrainIa. We came |
here in the hope that we should be able |
to achieve general peace and make
an end to this fratricidal war. The
political position, however, Is such that
not all of the powers are met here to
sign general peace treaty. Inspired
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
10 bring about a new era anG q new
birth. We are firmly persuaded that
We conclude this +, ace in the interests
II great democratic masses and that !
peace will contribute to the general
of the great war. We
gladly state here that the long hard
abor periormed at Brest-Litovsk has
)een crowned with success AMI that
We have attained a democratic peace,
honorable to both parties. From today
he Ukrainian peoples republic is born |
o new life and it enters as an indie
pendent state the circle of nations. 1t | !
nds war on its front, and 1t will see
o it that all of the powers which in I
lie will rise to new life and flourish" I
'Dr. Won Kuehlman then invited the
to sign the peace t
reaty. At one minute before o'clock,
)r. Won Kuehlman, ss the first sigma c
ory, signedsa copy of the treaty pre-
ared for Germany and by 1920 o'clock
II of the signatures appeared"
The treaty is entitled "a treaty of
hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey on one
art and the Ukrainian peoples repub- &
C on the other" n
The preamble states that the Ukrain- t
In people having in course of the d
resent war declared itself to be inde- ]
endent and expressed a wish to re- il
.ore peace between itself and the pow t,
IS at war. Russia desires ITO take the a
rst step toward lasting worlds
eace. honorable to all parties, which v
1all not only put an end to the horrors e:
war but also lead to the restoration L
friendly relations of the people in II
legal, economic and intellec- io
lal realms" el
Articles of Agreement. ., :,
The names of all the pienIpotentiaries a
lgaged in the negotiations are then IL
t forth and they are declared to r.
i've reached an agreement on the fol-
wing points: NJ
article 1-Germany, Austria
Hungary. Bulgaria and Turkey on
the one hand and the Ukrainian
peoples republic on the other. de- u,
clare that the state of war between Ok
them is at an end. The contract
ing parties are resolved thence Ia
10th to live in peace and friendship ne ne
with one another. M
Article 2-Between Austria
Hungary on the one hand and the Ir'
Ukrainian peoples republic on the co
other hand, as far as these two mn
powers border one another, those So
frontiers will exist which existed DO
before the outbreak of the present no
war between the Austro- Hun
sarian monarchy and Russia. I'll
Further north the frontier of the
republic beginning at Tarnegrad
will in general follow the line of
3ilgerey to Sroezeberzszyn, Kras- err
iostau. Pugaszce, RayZyn, Me- da,
hiretschei, Sarnaki. Selnik. Wyse- vii
Ielitowsk. kamietslitowsk. Prush- at
my. and to Wydozowskyesee. This pei