Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-11
RUssIAQUITs WAR
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powers and for the Ukralnlan Peoples,
Republic, for the future Of which we all
cherish the best wishes.
"The president of the UkrainIan dele
CATION replied:
I" We state With JOY that from this day
peace begins between the qnadruple
alliance and Ukrainia We came here III
the hope that we should be able to achieve
a general peace and make an end OF this
fratricidal war. HE political position,
however, is such that not all OF the powers
are met here to sign a general peace
treaty.
We are firmly persuaded that We con-
elude this peace in the interests OF great
democratic masses and that this peace Will
contribute To the general termination oi
the great war. From today the ukrainIan
Peoples Republic is born to new lie and II
enters as anindependent state the circle OF
nations. II ends war on its front and u Will
see to it that all of the po wers, which IN III
lie, will rise TO new life and flourish.
TEXT or NEW PEACE PACT.
The treaty reads as follows:
Article Germany. Austria Hu nRary
Bulgaria and Turkey on the one hand and
the Ukrainian Peoples Republic ON the
other declare that the state OF war between
them ia at an end. The contracting parties
are resolved henceforth to live IN peace
and friendship with one another.
"Article II-Betwcen Austria-Hungary
ION the one hand and the Ukranlan Peoples
Republic on the other hand as far as these
two powers border one another, those
frontiers will exist which existed before the
outbreak of the present war between the
Austro-Hungarian monarchy and Russia.
Further north the frontier OF the republic
beginning at Tarnegad will III general ioi-
low the line of Bilgerey To Sroezeberzszyn,
krasnostau, Pugasze, Radzyn, hleshIret-
schei, Sarnaki, Selnik, Wysekelitowsk,
kamietsitowsk, PrIshany and tn Wydo-
zowskyesee This will be fixed III detail by
fixed commission according To etano-
graphical conditions and with regard 10
the desires of the population. Should the
Ukrainian Peoples Republic yet have
common frontiers with another oil the
powers of the uuadruple alliance special
agreements will be made thereon.
article III-The evacuation OF oe-
cupied territories will begin immediately
after the satisfaction of the present
treaty The manner of carrying out the
evacuation and transfer OF the evac cuated
territories will be determined by the
Observation-Disclosures Of the Interested parties.
"Article IN-The diplomatic and CON
sular relations betweeu the contracting
parties will he entered upon Immediately
after the ratification of the peace treaty
The widest possible admittance of the
respective parties To consuls Is 10 be
reserved for a special agreement.
article V-1'hc contracting parties
mutually renounce the reimbursement oi
their war costs-that Is to say the state
expenditure for carrying on the war, as
well as indemnification for damages, that
| is To say those damages suffered by them
and their subjects IN the war, as through
| military measures including all requisitions
| made IN the enemys countries.
Article Vl-The respective prisoners
| of war will he permitted to return home as
| far as they do not desire, with the approva
| of the State concerned, to remain ia rs
| territories or proceed 10 another country
| The regulation Of the questions connected
| herewith will follow by means Of separate
treaties provided for II in Article VIII.
Article VII-The contracting partle;
| undertake mutually and without delay tt
enter into economic relations and organ
| ize an exchange for goods on the basis o
| the following prescriptions
| Section missing here
article Restoration OF public
| and private legal relations, the exchange
of prisoners of war and lnterned civilians
/ the question of amnesty and the question
| Of the treatment of merchantmen IN enemy
| hands will be regulated IN separate treaties
with the Ukrainian Peoples Republic, t
] form an essential part OF the present
| peace treaty, which so far as practicable
! will take effect simultaneously therewith
1 I'll Y shp
| this peace treaty form an indlvlslbl
whole.
Article X-For the Interpretation o
| this treaty the German and okralnlal
:, texts are authoritative in regard to rela
tions between Germany and Ukraine, tn
| German. Hungarian and Ukralnian text
for relations betweenAustria-liu Hungary ant
| Ukraine, the Bulgarian and Dkramlai
| texts for relations between Bulgaria an'
/ Ukraine. the Turkish and [ kraInlal
| texts for relations between Turkey ant
! Ukraine.
! HIGH POINTS or AGREkMLST
The concluding part OF the treaty pro
yides:
The present peace treaty will b
| ratified Ratified documents shall b
exchanged as soon as possible. SO tar a
1 fDpTt are 10 W viz N1AiAAt-t'
| the peace treaty shall come INTO force ol
ratification.
The supplementary treaties provided TO
! in Article VIII also were signed The,
cover the following points:
Restoration of consular relations
Restoration of state treaties
Restoration OF civil law.
Indemni6cation for civil damages cauS
ed by laws of war or by acts contrary +
| international law
| Exchange of war prisoners and interne'
| civilians.
Care of burial grounds of those fallen Il
| enemy territory.
| Provision for the return To their home
| of persons affected by the treaty.
Treatment of merchant vessels in enen,
hands
The Brest-Litovsk dispatch says tn
| text of the supplementary agreement