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9. UKRAINE—CENTRAL POWERS.
ANNEX TO THE MEMORANDUM ON THE TEEATY OF PEACE
BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE CENTRAL POWERS AND
ON THE SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY BETWEEN UKRAINE
AND GERMANY, SUBMITTED TO THE REICHSTAG BY THE
GERMAN CHANCELLOR, 19 FEBRUARY, 1918.i
[German text as transmitted to the Department
of State, taken from Reichstagsdrucksache,
No. 1293.]
f Translation.'
S)eutfc& = ruffifc^er §anbelg= Russo-German Treaty of Comunb
©c^tffafirtgOertrag bon merge and Navigation of
1894/1904. 1894/1904.
[35ie auf ©rimb beS grieben«Berttage« Bom
9. gebtuar 191S im toec^fetfeitigen SSerfeljr
mit ber UEramifcften 93off«retiubIif ttiegfa[(eii»
ben SBcftimtnungen fitib flein, bie neu fiinps
trctenben SBeFttmmungen gefpcrrt gcbriitft.l
[The provisions which on the basis of
the peace treaty of February 9, 1918, are
abolished with regard to the mutual
traffic with the Ukrainian People's Republic
are in small type, and the new
provisions are in italics.]
Slrtifel 1.
Article 1.
3)ie Slnge^ortgen etneS ber beiben
bertragfc^Itefeenben Iei(e, mel(l)e fid)
in bent ©ebtete beg anberen 3letle§
ntebergeloffen f)aben ober fi(^ bort bor=
iibergefjenb au^^alten, follen bort tm
^anbtU' unb ®eh)erbebetriebe bie nixm-
M]en Jiec^te gentefeen imb feinen bbberen
ober anberen Hbgaben untermorfen
fterben ate bie 3nlanber. ®ie follen
in bem ©ebtete be6 anberen Xdk§ in
jeber ^inftc^t biefelben JiJetfite, 'ipribt^
legien, greibeiten, SBegiinftigungen unb
Sefreiungen baben h)ie bie 2Ingeb6rigen
beg meiftbegiinftigten ?anbeg.
@g f)errf(^t jeboc^ barliber ginoer=
ftanbniS, bafe burd) bie borfteI)enben
iSeftimntungen bie befonberen ©efel^e,
The nationals of one of the contracting
parties established in the
territory of the other party, or
residing there temporarily, shall
there enjoy, as regards the exercise
of commerce and industry,
the same rights as, and shall be
subject to no higher or other
duties than, the inhabitants.
They shall enjoy in all respects
within the tcirritory of the other
party the same rights, privileges,
immunities, preferences and exemptions
as the nationals of the
most favored nation.
It is agreed, however, that the
above stipulations in no way
prejudice the special laws, ordi-
1 This sets fortli the Russo-German Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of 1894 (English text in 86
British and Foreign State Papers, p. 442), as modified by the Additional Convention of 1904 (French text in
97 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 1040), with the changes and additions which are provided for in the
Treaty of Peace between tlie Ukraine and the Central Powers, 9 February, 1918.
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