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

14. UKRAINE—GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
ECONOMIC AGEEEMENT BETWEEN UKRAINE ON THE ONE
HAND, AND GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY ON THE
OTHER HAND. SIGNED AT KIEF, 23 APRIL, 1918.
[German summary of the text as publishedin
the Neue Freie Presse, 27 April, 1918,
evening edition.]
3Me bfterreicf)tfd)=ungnrifcl)e .fiommif=
fion, bie iirtter ber guf)ntng bc§ S8ot=
fc^afterS ©rafen gorgarfi in .^aetn
gemeinfam mit ber beiitfdjen X)elega=
tion btc im 58refter griebenSDertrag fiir
ben betberfeitigen SBarenan'Stnufrf) t)or=
gefe£)enen S?erf)anbhtngen sn fuf)ren
I)atte, fiat il)re SIrbeit abgefdiloffen,
nac^bem am 23. Slpril bag stDtfcfjen ber
ufrainiWen SSoIfgrepubIt! einerfeitg fo=
h)ie Oefterretc^=Ungarn nnb Pent[cfi=
lanb anberfeits bereinbarte aStrtfcf)aft8=
abtommcn unterjetd^net trorbcn ift.
®te J?ommi[fion ift am 26. Slpril nad)
SBien ^prlicfgefefirt, um nunmcfir bie
ftottuenbigen Strbeiten, bie h3egen Xurdi^
fiifjmng be8 Uebereintommeng unfer=
feitg .^t betoerfftelligen finb, rafcfieft in
jlngriff ^u nefimen.
2)er 93ertrag beftefit aug einer 9feitie
t)on (Sin^elabfommen. TAe 3?erein=
barungen, bie fiir Ocfterreic^=Ungarn
unb 3)eutfd)Ianb gemeinfam abgefc^Ioffen
Ipurben, laufen im ©inrte ber 5riebeng=
bertragSbeftimmungen bis sum 31.
3fuli 1918.
5)ag rt)id)tigfte (ginjeiabfommen ift
jeneS iiber ©etreibe, §illfenfritdite,
i^uttermittei unb ©amereien. SBegen
biefer SSesilge icurbe jimcidift eine
S3eretnbttrung iiber bie Organifation
ber Hufbringung in ber Ufraine unb
hieiter ein 93ertrag iiber bie Sieferungen
nbgefd}(offcn. Temnadi ftiirb bag noc^
[Translation.]
The Austro-Hungarian Commission,
which under the leadership
of Ambassador Count Forgach,
in cooperation with the
German delegation, was instructed
to carry on the negotiations
foreseen in the Brest Peace Treaty
for the reciprocal exchange of
goods, terminated its labors when
on 23 April the economic agreement
come to between the Ukrainian
People's Republic on the
one hand and Austria-Hungary
and Germany on the other hand
had been signed. The Commission
returned to Vienna on 26
April to take up as speedily as
possible the necessary work which
must be performed on our part
to give practical effect to the
agreement.
The treaty consists of a number
of separate agreements. The
accords, which were concluded
both in the interest of Austria-
Hungary and Germany, expire,
in the sense of the provisions of
the Peace Treaty, on 31 July,
1918.
The most important separate
agreement is that deaUng with
grains, podded grains, fodder, and
seeds. With regard to the furnishing
of these items, an agreement
was reached fpr the organization
of storing them in the Uln-aine and
a treaty made anent the supply-
145