Proceedings of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference: the peace ...

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36 proceedings of the brest-litovsk conference.
16. Session of 15 December.
GERMAN account.
[From the (British) Daily Review of the Foreign Press, 18 December, 1917,
p. 380.]
A German wireless (16 December) gives the following account of
the armistice concluded with Russia:
The armistice agreement was signed at Brest Litovsk on 15 December
by the plenipotentiary representatives of the Russian Higher
iVrmy Administration on the one hand and those of the Higher Army
Administration of Germanv, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and
Turkey on the other hand. The Armistice begins at noon on 17
December and remains in force until 14 January, 1918. Unless seven
days notice is given it continues in force automatically. It extends
to all the land, air, and naval forces of the. common fronts. According
to Clause 9 of the Treaty, peace negotiations begin immediately
after the signing of the armistice.*
17. Russian Proclamation of 15 December.
[From the (British) Duily Review of the Foreign Press, 18 December, 1917,
A Russian wireless
p. 380.]
(16 December) gives the following proclamation
by the Commander in Chief:
Commanders of the North, West, South, and the Caucasus.
To all
To all Commissioners of the North, West, South, and the Caucasus.
To all Army Military Revolutionary Committees.
To the Revolutionary Military Committees at the Headquarters.
To all at the Front.
In consequence of the signing of the Armistice Treaty, which will
iDcgin to operate at 2 o'clock in the morning at 17 December of
this year, I propose, until receiving the full text of the Treaty, to
cease all military operations (No. 7604).
Signed by the High Commander Kei'lenko.
Confirmed.
Commander Bauevitch.
15 Decejibee, 1917.
18. Session or 22 Dec'ejiber.
GERMAN ACCOUNT.
[From the (British) Dailij Review of the Foreign Press. 25 December, 1917.]
According to a telegram from Vienna via Amsterdam (Dec. 22),
the newspapers there learn from well-informed quarters that Count
Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his
staff arrived at Brest-Litovsk at noon on Thursday last.
Count Czernin was received at the railway station by the Chief of
the General Staff of the Supreme Army Command in the East.
The first session of the peace confcrcnci' look place iin 22 Di'ccniber, 11)17, at Brest-
LltOTSk.
t The Deutscher Reiohaanneiger of 24 December, 1017, contains an account practically
Irtentlcnl with this.