THE BOLSHEVIK-TEUTONIC ARMISTICE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 74, 20 December 1917, Page 7

THE BOLSHEVIK-TEUTONIC ARMISTICE

TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT

FRATERNISATION AND TRADMG PERMITTED Br Teleeraph-Press Association—Coi(]/right (Rec. Docember 19, 11.15 p.m.] l.onUon, December 18. The text of the armistice has been published in, Uienna. The armistice extends from noon of December 17 to Jaiiuarv 14, and applies to the Rus-sian-Turkish theatres in Asia. Troops on the present fronts will not be strengthened or transferred unless tho transfers had already begun beforo the time of signature. The armistice prescribes the conditions for the development of fraternisation. Intercourse is permissible between si u irise and sunset in certain places, where not more than twenty-fivo unarmed persons may assemble simultaneously to exchange newspapers and letters. The., sale of goods is permitted. The armistice applies to the naval and aevial forcos in tho Black Sea and the Baltic. Attacks on merchantmen and waauhips aro to ceaso as Jar as possible. The Russian Government undertakes io guaranteo that tho naval forces of the Entente in theso waters will behaver similarly to the Russians. Seven Armistice Commissions shall meet at M'ga, Dvinslc, Brest Litov'sk Berditchev, Kolosvar, Focsani, and Odessa, to icarry out tho details. An'additional clause in the armistice provides forrta. early military withdrawal from Persia, according to tho prinoiple of the fr«*]pm and independence of a. neutral Persia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. TRUCULENT COMMENT IN THE GERI&AN PRESS (Rec. December 20, 0.30 a.m.) ' 1 Berrld', December 18. The German Press, welcoming tho armistice, adjures til o Government to manifest no puerile spirit of sentimentality during the if.&gotiations, but to exact from the Russians all that is necessary for the greainess and prosperity of the German Empire, to insist on keeping a high ha nd in the Baltio provinces, and to dictate conditions pi aking impossible a in 'petition of the famine such as the Central Empires had undcrgono during thei last three years. -Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TEUTON AND BOLSHEVIK FOREIGN MINISTERS TO CONFER

A MAXIMALIST ULTIMATUM TO THE UKRAINE. (Rec. December 19, 8.10 p.m. ; ' Petrograd, JUecember 18. Herr von Kuhlmann anil Count Ozernln (the German and ..Austrian Foreign Ministers) telegraph that they will arrive at Brest Litovsk to-morrow. QTiey invite M. Trotsky (the Bolshevik Foreign Minister) to jiVin them in order to initiate arrangements for a general peace. Tho Maximalist newspaper "Pravda" announces that the Maxima) ist Commissioners have to the Ukraine Kada (Assembly) a forty-«ight-hour ultimatum declaring: that unless the Rada renounces all further attempt s to support Genera* flialedin, the Maximalists will declare war on the D kraine.—lleuter. IRRUPTION OF GERMAN TRADERS. London, December 18. The "Morning Post's'" Petrograd correspondent says that th o Germans are commencing to flood Russia with their manufactures, and already trading las commenced on the fighting front. The Germans are bartering' manufactures for foodstuffs on a large scale— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN INTERVIEW WITH TROTSKY "WE ARE THE ABSOLUTE MASTERS." New York, DecembKi ■ 18. The New York "Sun's" correspondent at Petrograd interviewed 51 Trotsky, who said: "The Bolsheviki aro tho sole powerful party in Russuv We aro the absolute masters, and will rule Russia as we like. Millions of- peace decrees will bo dropped in the German trenches and distributed m raUancl, France, and Italy. Kerensky is a cow ard. Tho Bolsheviki will, win, hie cause fhey are audacious." —Aus.-N.Z. Cab le Assn.