Arizona republican., 1920-10-12
RUSSO-POLISH PEACE
 PACT MAY BE SIGNED
 BY DELEGATES TODAY
[RepubIican A. p. Leased wIrel

RIGA, Oct. 1.-The Russo Polish armistice and preliminary peace treaty were not signed tonight. It was an- nounced that delay until Tuesday was made necessary because of the impossibility of getting the Ukranian text prepared.
 There are many unverified rumors of late disaereements in the delega- ton. It is known that Secretary Lorenz of the bolsheviki delegation telegraphed to the Poles shortly be- fore D. m. and apologized for in ability to complete the Ukrainian text for signature tonight.
 The preliminary treaty must be ratified within Is days after its sigma ture and the formal exchange of rati- fication papers must take place in Libau within six days after ratifica- ton.
 The ai-mistice specially provides that figh-ing is to cease within IA hours after signature of the prelimin- ary peace terms and names midnight October IT, as the definite time war is to cease on land and sea and in the air. This computation was based upon the supposition that the pre- liminary terms would be signed at midnight tonight.
 Under the armistice terms. both armies will remain in the positions held by them until the moment oi ceasing operations.
 A strir of 15 kilometers between the | two fronts. will constitute a neutral | zone, in the military sense. which will | remain under the administration oi the side to which the territory goes under the preliminary peace terms.
 Troop movements necessary to ex- ecute the ermistice conditions must Irx lrsIr A. daily and must begin not later thar midnigh. October s. The treaty vii be executed under the direction O. mixed commissions. The taking O hostages will not be permitted during the removal of troops.
 The treaty in part reads:
 Both contracting parties assure eacl other complete respect for their stat ] of sovereignty and agree to refrain from any kind of intervention in tn internal affairs of the other. More over both agree to include in tn treaty obligations neither to create O support, organizations which have fo their purpose an armed struggl against the other contracting part nor to seek the destruction of the ex isting state and social order of tn other side meaning an attemp ) against the territorial integrity as wei as the organization assuming the rol of the government of the other side. "Upon ratification of the presen z agreement both contracting partie undertake not to extend their supor to foreign military action against tn other side"
 Article three provides that the resi- dents of both countries shall have fire
 choice of Russian or Polish citizen ship.
 Article four guarantees the right of minorities in both countries. : Article five renounces reciprocal l expenditures for carrying on war be . tween the two nations and also tn 1 war losses suffered by the governmer e and citizens through military action . Article six provides for the eXchang g of prisoners of war and the return ( e expenditures for theii maintenance.
 Article seven provides for a mike , commission for the exchange of civil : ian prisoners.
 By article eight both agree to issu P imme diate orders to suspend all leg. = actions against civilian prisoners. br n it provides for their surrender to the
 respective governments.
 Article nine includes the amnest
 provisions in the treaty.
 Article ten states the principles upo
 which the reciprocal accounts and lie ! peace. It provides for the return of re
 movable state property bound up wit the economic and cultural life of th 2 countries, such as libraries art ot
 jects, trophies and memorials. Bot
 renounce their right to immovab
 state property in separably connecte
 with the territory. This article alS provides for reciprocal regulations
 legal claims against the government
 and institutions.
 Article eleven: Both agree to nc
 gotiate commercial, transportation ar
 telegraph committees immediately.
 Article twelve: An agreement to 1T
 cluce the peace treaty provisions f.
 the right of transit for Poland throug
 Russia and Ukraine and for Russ
 and Ukraine through Poland.
 Article thirteen: Both agree to 1T
 clude a special agreement in regard
 the armistice which forms part of il
 preliminary peace terms.
 Article fourteen: Russia and Ukrai1 = declare that all the obligations a, 's cepted by them and the rights gaint ~ under the agreement apply to all tel n ritcry east of the frontier line whiC " was included in the old Russian empi
 and has been represented by Russ
 and Ukraine during the negotiations of Article fifteen: An agreement m begin at once negotiations for a fin n peace treaty.
 In Article sixteen: Text of the prelin 6. mary peace terms and armistice
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