Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-18

hive when they projected the treaty
| into the Genoa conference.
George Chitcherin, head of the Rus.
| sian delegation. said negotiations for 6
| full resumption of diplomatic relations
between Germany and Russia had been
! in progress several months.
The place and the time Of the sig
nature" NJ. Chitcherin added. must
not be interpreted as indicating that
| the two governments intended special
significance in concluding the treaty al
! the Genoa conference rather then else
where. The treaty was contemplated
long ago.
In this way Germany and Russia
| have wiped out the past and replat ed
| the BrestLitovsk treaty bv Eew rcla-
rights and establishing secure basis
for peaceful common WORK. The Two
governments thus place themselves on
a firm basis
Although negotiations between Ger
many and Russia have been in progress
for some months on various subjects,
mostly relating to trade matters, there
mad been no intimation that the sign
, ing of formal treaty to supersede
the historic Brest-Litovsk pact of
1918. was contemplated by the pleni
potentiaries of the two nations at
Genoa. The countries previously had
made trade agreement which be-
came effective nearly year ago.
The treaty of Brest -Litovsk was a
sequel to the armistice between Ger
many and Russia, signed on December
IA. 1917, following the rise of the boil
shevlki to take possession of Russia.
hn~ hat
Russia and Germany in 1918, but de-
mands for the central powers were
considered excessive by Russia which
refused to concede them.
Withdraws From Front
The next move by Russia was to an
nounce on February 10 that she had
withdrawn from the war without sign
ing peace and had ordered imme
diate demobilization Of the troops on
all fronts. This maneuver did not
satisfy the Germans, however. De
ciaring the war was still on, they re-
newed their invasion Of Russia but
this was speedily cut short by decla
ration by the Russian government that
It accepted the terms formerly de-
clined and the signing at Brest-Litovsk
on March 3 of the treaty now super
seded.
AS lndlcated those terms were vlr-
tually dictated by the central powers.
Although war indemnities were re-
nounced, Russia agreed to resign all
claims to Finland, Esthonia. Livonia,
Couriand. Lithuania, Russian Poland
and the Ukraine, to return all the Ana
tolian provinces to Turkey, and to
evacuate Russian Armenia
Accepts Abrogation
This treaty was effective so far as
its continuing provisions were concern
ed. however, only so long as Germany
remained in the war. With her de-
feat. Germany in the treaty of Yer
sailles agreed to accept the abroga-
ton of the Brest- Litovsk and all other
treaties entered into with the Maxi
milist government of Russia. to recog
nize the full force Of all treaties en-
tered into by the allied and associated
powers with states which were a part
of the former Russian empire and to
recognize the frontiers as determined
therein. 1t was added that the powers
reserved the right of Russia to obtain
and reparation on the prin-
ciples Of the Versailles treaty.
LLOYD GEORGE OPTIMISTIC.
London. April 17.-Premier Lloyd
George, questioned tonight concerning
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