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Show RUSSIANS GIVE OUT THE TERMS OF ARMISTICE Special Agreement Made in Reference to Black, Baltic and .White Seas, and Arctic Zone. NEUTRAL SPACE BETWEEN LINES Intercourse Allowed From Sunrise to Sunset; Soldiers May Exchange Papers x and Carry On Trade. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 17. Dr. Richard von Kuehlniann, the German Ger-man foreign secretary, says a Berlin Ber-lin dispatch, is proceeding to Brest-Litovsk during the course of the week to take part in peace ' negotiations with Russia. 1 PKTKOGRAD, Sunday, Dec. 16 The terms of the Russian-Gorman armistice, arm-istice, according to a statement issued here, obligate no transference of troops until January 14 (January 1 Russian); no increase of troops on the fronts or on the islands in the Moon sound, or a regrouping of forces. The Germans are not to concentrate troops between the Black sea and the Baltic east of 15 degrees of longitude east of Greenwich. Intercourse between the troops may be allowed from sunrise to sunset. Groups are limited to twenty-five persons at a time, who may exchango newspapers and unsealed mails and may carry on tade and exchango ex-chango articles of primo necessity. A special agreement will be made by the naval general staff regarding the extension of the armistice to the White sea and the Russian coast in the Arctic zone. It is agroecT also that attacks on war and commercial vessels must stop in these regions, in order to avoid attacks at-tacks in other seas. Naval Armistice. The armistice on the naval front embraces the Black sea and the Baltic east of tho meridian 15 degrees east of Greenwich. The demarcation line fixed for the Black sea is from the lighthouse of Slinka to the estuary of the Danube to Cape Garos. lu the Baltic the line runs from Reoguel to the western coast of Worms island to the island of Bagsher to Khegarne. Russian war vessels must not cross south of this line and the other parties must not go north. The Russian government gov-ernment guarantees that the entente war vessels will obey the rules of this provision and that Russian warships will not be allowed to sail among the Aland islands. Text of Agreement. The text of the armistice agreement follows: Between the representatives of the high commander of Russia on . the one hand, and of Bulgaria, German, Austria-Hungary and Turkey on the other hand, "for the purpose of achieving a lasting and honorable peace between both parties, par-ties, the following armistice is concluded: The armistice shall begin on December De-cember 17 at 2 o'clock in (he afternoon and last until January 1 (.lanuarv 14). The contracting . parties have the right to break the armistice by giving seven days ' notice. Unless notice is given the armistice automatically continues. The armistice embraces the land and aerial forces on the front from the Baltic to the Black sea and also the Russo-Turkish front in Asia Minor. During the armistice the parties concerned obligate themselves not to increase the number of troops on the above fronts or on the islands in Moon sound, or to make a regrouping of forces. Transfer of Units. Neither side is to make operative any transfers of units from the Baltic-Black sea front until January Janu-ary 1 (.lauunry 14), excepting those begun before the agreement is signed. They obligate themselves them-selves not to concentrate troops on parts of the Black sea or Baltic sea east of 1") Jogrees of longitude east of Greenwich. The line of demarcation on the Kuropean front is the first Hue of defense. The space between will be neutral. The navigable rivers will be neutral, their navigation being forbidden except for purposes pur-poses of necessary commercial transport or on sections where the position? are at a great distance. On the Rusn-Turkish t'rnui the line of demarcation will be arranged ar-ranged ft! the mutual consent of the chief comma n dor. Intercourse will be allowed from sunrise to sun-'e. no more than twenty five person part ioipat i ng (Continued n Page Five.) RUSSIANS GIVE BUT ARMISTICE TERMS (Continued from Page One.) at a time. The participants may exchange papers, magazines, unsealed un-sealed mail and also may cany oil trade in the exchange of ari'tcles of prime necessity. Release of lYoops. The question of release of troops freed from service who are beyond the line of demarcation -will be solved during the peace negotia- tions. This applies to Polish troops. Naval fronts: The nmiistice embraces em-braces all the Black sen and Baltic sea east of the meridian 15 degrees de-grees east of Greenwich, applying to all naval and aerial forces in regard to extension of the armistice armis-tice to the White sea ajid the North Antarctic Russian coast a special agreement will bo made. Attacks upon war and commercial vessels must cease in the above regions re-gions ajid attacks in other seas must be avoided'. After fixing the lines of demarcation in the Black and Baltic seas and limiting lim-iting the movement of warships, the agreement stipulates that commercial : navigation of these seas will be per- , nutted unde'r rules to be formulated by a commission. Immediately after the signing of the 1 armistice peace negotiations are to be begun. It is provided that measures shall be taken for the exchange of civil prisoners, invalids, women and children under 1-t years, and for the amelioration of the condition . of war prisoners. The treaty concludes with these words:- With the purpose of facilitating the conduct of peace negotiations and the speedy healing of the wounds caused by the war, the contracting con-tracting parties take measures for re-establishment of cultural and economic relations among the signatories. sig-natories. Within such limits as the armistice permits postal and commercial relations, the mailing of books and papers, will be permitted, per-mitted, the details to be worked out by a mixed commission representing repre-senting all the interested parties, at Petrograd. |