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Центральна Рада, УНР (1917-1918 рр.)
Alleged Secret Clauses in the Treaty of Peace,
of 9 February 1918
of 9 February 1918
of 9 February 1918
A report from Stockholm states that the following secret clauses were included in the treaty which the Central Powers signed with the Rada of the Ukraine on 9 February, 1918. The object was stated to be the simplification of future relations along racial lines.
(a) All claims to districts to the west of the Dniester river are given up by the Ukraine as well as all Ukraine territory in eastern Galicia.
(b) An adjustment is to be made in Austria in regard to her frontier to the east of Galicia and the district of Lemberg is to be made the western limit of eastern Galicia, the division to be made on language lines.
The apparent object of this is an attempt to avoid the difficulties of the Ruthenian problem in the case of Austrian and Russian Poland being united under Austria. This would be achieved by uniting the eastern part of Galicia to the Ukraine this is an attempt to avoid the difficulties of the Ruthenian problem in the case of Austrian and Russian Poland being united under Austria. This would be achieved by uniting the eastern part of Galicia to the Ukraine.