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Show IEI SPLIT RUSSIAN PEACEPACT Reported That One Faction Opposed to Lenine Is Urging Continuance Con-tinuance of War With Germans Despite Surrender Sur-render of Premier. TEXT OF TREATY IS MADE PUBLIC Provides for Territorial Surrender to Germany, Austria and Turkey; Demobilization of Russ Armies and Regulation of Commercial Trade, LONDON, March 6. The evacuation evac-uation of Petrograd has begun. Three state ministries, according to a Kenter dispatch from Petro-grad Petro-grad dated Tuesday, have started to leave the capital, from which the population also is fleeing hastily. The Bolshevik government proposes pro-poses to declare Moscow the Russian Rus-sian capital and Petrograd a free port. LONDON. March 5. The often reiterated reiter-ated statement of English correspondents that anything may happen In Russia at any time . and that nothing need cause surprise may possibly be illustrated by the developments pending the ratification ratifica-tion of the Russo-German peace treaty, according to reports appearing today. It Is said that a section of the Eol-sheviki Eol-sheviki is In no wise pleased with the surrender of Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik Bolshe-vik premier, and is inclined to join the Left Social revolutionaries, the war spirit of which, according to the Daily Mail's Petrograd correspondent, predominates and constitutes a formidable opposition to the peace party. Would Move Capital. The war party, it is said, advises that the Petrograd government Institutions be removed into the Interior of Russia, from where they can continue the fight against the Germans. It Is suggested that the congress of the councils, called to meet at Moscow March 12, to consider the ratification of the peace treaty, will be made the pretext for evacuating Petro-J Petro-J grad under the excuse that It is neces- sary for the government departments to attend the congress. I Opposition to the Germans Is said to be greater in the Moscow and provincial provin-cial councils than in Petrograd. A Berlin dispatch received In Amsterdam Amster-dam today forecasts the early resignation of Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolshevik foreign minister, owing to their Increasing Increas-ing unpopularity. Opposed to Peace. LONDON, March 5. Fveuter's Limited Petrograd correspondent, telegraphing Monday, says: It seems Improbable that the pence treaty will be ratified by the congress con-gress of Soviets at Moscow, March l: The delay of a fortnight granted by the Germans for ratification constitutes con-stitutes an opportune respite lor the Soviets, which probably will be utilized in the organizing of a red army aaid the development of means 1 of defense. By a decision reached at extraordinary extraor-dinary meeting of the council of cumiulssaried which was published before the signing of the peace treaty tho. evacuation of Petrograd is contemplated, together wit h a, systematic destruction of all stores w provisions and war materials whicA cannot be removed. AGREE THAT WAR SHALL COME TO END t WITHOUT DELAY AMSTERDAM, Monday, March 4. Russia and the central powers in the peace treaty reached at Brest-Li tovsk, agreed that the war between them should be at an end, Berlin dispatches say. Tne third clause of the treaty provided that the regiens west of a line at; reed upon and which is to bo delineated later, formerly for-merly belonging to Rusui, shall have no further obligation toward Russia, and Germany and Austria will determine their fate in agreement With their population. Article four provides for tne evacuation of the Anatolian provinces nnd the surrender sur-render of Krlvan, Kars and P.atoum to Turkey. The trea ty c.n t innex; Article five. Russia will without with-out deny carry nut the complete demo'uiiii'.atien of her army, includ-itiK includ-itiK the fci-'-es newly formed by thf present uovmiii.t'iil. Kcssin i:i further transfer her warships to Rus (Contiuued on Page Three,) e SPLIT IS'SEEN ME PEACE PACT (OonUnunrt from Puro Ono.) Mini harboiM nnd linen them thern until a -.t ihi ;i I peace or I in ui.-d in I ely din. iini. W ii i ;tl 1 1 1 n of hlnli'M (oftllnu-llie. (oftllnu-llie. lu a stain ol w ;i r 1 1 h I be qnad-rnplo qnad-rnplo ullhini'n will bo tiv;il-d mi Kiih-m;i Kiih-m;i n w ii riili 1 1 is In ho tar as I bey am within Km sia ii rout ml. Tho hatred znin hi the arcllc continues con-tinues In fit re u ni il I he conclusion cf peace. An Immediate biKlunlng will lui miiilci of the removal ol mines in I ho ha 1 tic, ii nd in mo in r n h It ns-hlan ns-hlan power itetid.H in tho Hlm-lt sea. 'miimeicliil shipping Is j'ren In thesn wnteiH and will be resumed immediately. imme-diately. A nil ed coniinhisiori will bo appointed to fl further i vk nla t Ions, OS pee lil II v fill t Jim ;i 1 1 no 1 1 lice n I e 1 1 1 of nu ten for merchant idilps. Shipping routes are o Imi kept po 1 1 r nt i ic 1 1 tl y free troiu floating mines. Article tds. Itmeda undert n k es 1 mil led in t id y to conclude pea en with the I'kraine peoples' repuUlc and t 1 ecomil.o (he pea cm 1 i i-.i 1 y bet W ceil this .statu nnd Hut powers of tlm ( I Had ru pin it Ilia uce. I ' 1, ra in la n territory terri-tory will ho immediately evacuated by t be I lusr-ia n t roups a nd t lot Kiih-hlau Kiih-hlau red guard. liussla w ill ceaso all anilallnn or propaganda ngfiinsl Ihn kuvci nnieiit or tho public InMilil-tioiiM InMilil-tioiiM of the tikrainlan peuph iu-piil.llc. iu-piil.llc. KMhotila nnd Uconla will likewise be e vacua Id 1 wli hoot do la V by the kiis-daij troops and tho lins.'-lau led Ki'aid. The eastein I'loiili. r nf Ivst lionla follows ill crucial tin' hlie of Ihn Namva i lv r. Tim ca.'dd n front idol id-ol ,1 von la rims in r.eiii-ral through I'etpus lako and I'sltov lake to Ihn sou th west i rly eorrn-r of the hit I er, then over I.ubahller il.ilbiin) laki; 111 t he direction uf J Jc ciihof, on the J'vina. Ksthonia and I.lvonla will be occupied occu-pied bv ii ;.-rman police tone until secuitty in guaranteed by their oven national I nsi 1 1 u nous and order In t'to Male l.s restored. Husla wnl forthwith forth-with release all arrested or ileporled inhabitants of Fthonhi and ldvoiua and Kiiarautee tlm safe return of deported de-ported J-:.sihon!uni and Livuulans. Evacuate Finland. Finland and the .Aland Islands will h!m forthwith be rvacuat.-d by tho liusslan red guard and Finnish ports by t!m Russian licet and Kusiiian naval forces. Sn Ioiik ii h the Ice excluded tho bringing of Kussian warships lo Kus-t-lan ports only smal. detachments will remain h-dnnd oil Hie warships. Kussla Is to ci'usn all agitation or p'pa-ginda p'pa-ginda a Inst ti.o government or the pllblie lns tlUlons 111 Finland. The formications erected on the Aland iM.ukN ate to be removed with fill possible dispatch. A special avree-inenl avree-inenl Is to he made between Germany, Ku.vMa, Finland and Sweden reaidim; tho permanent imn - for t i t lea t ton Of these ilaii Is as well s regarding their ti nam lent In military shipping nnd technical respect. Il Is agreed that at 1 1 e i' : i , a 1 1 v s desin the oilier states bordering on the Iiallic are also to be given a oic; in the matter. Article 7. Starting Irom the fart thai 1'ersla nnd Afgnanis'an are free nnd iniepeudent slates, tin contracting contract-ing parties undertake to respect their political and economic independence and territorial inlegrit y. Send Prisoners Home. Article V Prisoners of war on both sides will be sent home. Artielo 1. The contracting parties mutually renounce Indemnification of their war costs, that is to say, state expenditure for carrying on the war, ns' well as Indemnification for war damages that is ;o say. those damages dam-ages whl"h have arisen for them and their subtecis In th war regions 1 1i rough, military measure , inclusive of ail requisitions undertaken in tiie encmv count ;-v. Article 1-X Idplnmatic and consular relations between the .-ontracting parties par-ties will be resumed immediately nfter ratification of the peace treaty. Special agreements are reserved relative rel-ative to t lie admittance of tiie respective re-spective consul. Article 11. Th prescriptions contained con-tained in appendices 2 and 5 shall govern the entire relations by the powers (if the quadruple alliance and Kussja. namely, appendix 2 for German-Russian; nppendix :i for Anstro-lungarian; Anstro-lungarian; appendix 4 for Bulgaria-Russian, Bulgaria-Russian, ami appendix 5 for Turkish-Russian Turkish-Russian relations. Article 1.1. For the Interpretation of lie and private relations, the exchange of prisoners of war. interned civilians, the amnestv question, as well as tho treatment of merchant ships which are in encmv hands, will bo regulated regulat-ed bv separate treaties with Russia, which shall form an essential part of the present peace treaty and as far as i? feasible shall enter into force at the same time. Text Authorities. Article 13. For tiie interpretation of ' this trea I y Die German and Russian text is authoritative for the relations between Gcrmanv and Russia: for the .relations be I weon Austria-Hungary and Russia the German, I lungarian and Russian text; for the relations between Bulgn ria and Russia, tho i Bulgarian-Russian text; for the rcla- i tions between Turkey and Russia, tiie Turkish and Russian text. Article It. The present peace treaty will he ratified. Instruments of ratification must be exchanged as soon as possible in Berlin. The Russian Rus-sian government under la kes, at the desire of one of the quadruple alliance alli-ance powers, to exchange ratifications ratifica-tions within two weeks. The peace treaty enters into force on its ratification rati-fication in so far as its articles, appendices ap-pendices or supplementary treaties do not prescribe otherwise. The signatures of the plenipotentiaries are attached. Tho treaty was drawn up in quintuple form at Brest-Litovsk March 3. Tho semi-official Wolf bureau of Berlin Ber-lin says that the trade and political questions ques-tions to which article 11 refers are to be regulated according; to the demands of tho German ultimatum and analogously to the Ukrainian treaty. The legal and political agree men ts correspond substantially substan-tially to the proposals which were submitted sub-mitted at the first sitting by Germany on the basis of its ultimatum. |
