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give up their claims to such portion of the oilfields as are in Ukrainian hands, without prejudice to the ultimate settlement of the question. The Ukrainians on the other hand must agree to the free use of the Przemysl-Lemberg railway by the Poles for the revictualling of Lemberg from the moment of the cessation of the hostilities.

In order that the efforts of this Armistice-Commission may be disassociated, in the eyes of the interested parties, from the previous unsuccessful negotiations, it is suggested that the Commission should be under American presidency.

Both Poles and Ukrainians should be made to understand that these fresh negotiations are undertaken with the direct authority and on the lines laid down by the Peace Conference.

Proposal for a Declaration by the Allied and Associated Govern ments to General Pawlenko, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian forces in Eastern Galicia

The Allied and Associated Governments, having received the report of the Inter-Allied Mission to Lemberg, and the telegram addressed to the President of the United States by Dr. Faneyko, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Western Ukrainia, desires to call the most earnest attention of the Ukrainian authorities to the declaration issued by the Allied and Associated Governments on January 23rd [24th], summoning all the people of Eastern Europe to cease hostilities and to refrain from any attempt to use force in order to assert their territorial claims.1

The Allied and Associated Governments reserve to the future the definitive settlement of the territorial questions pending in Eastern Galicia, as elsewhere, and must demand that the peoples who desire to press their claims before the Peace Conference should place their faith in the validity of their claims and in the spirit of justice animating the Great Powers, rather than in armed force.

Therefore the Allied and Associated Governments demand of the Ukrainian military authorities that they consent to an immediate cessation of hostilities on the basis of the truce signed between the Poles and the Ukrainians under the mediation of the Inter-Allied Mission on February 24th.2

If the Ukrainian military authorities give proof of their good faith by assenting to this demand, the Allied and Associated Governments will then take immediate measures to effect an armistice, to

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last until the definitive settlement of the territorial question. If the Ukrainian authorities do not immediately accept the suspension of hostilities, they have only to expect that the Allied and Associated Governments will regard them as disturbers of the peace of Europe.

Annexure "B"

Convention &

Concluded between the delegates of the Supreme Command and the Government of Western Ukraine:-Colonel Miron Tarnawski, the former deputy Lew Baczynski, and Father François Xavier Bonne, on the one part;

And the delegates of the Command of the Polish army in Eastern Galicia: Senior Colonel of Brigade Mieczeyslaw Kulinski, Staff Major Jean Hempel Quartermaster General, and Major Valerien Marienski Assistant Chief of Staff, on the other part;

Relating to the suspension of hostilities on the Polish-Ukrainian front in Eastern Galicia.

Full powers have been conferred on the delegates of both sides. by the Supreme Command of the Ukrainian Army and by the Command of the Polish Army in Eastern Galicia respectively.

Article I.

All military action shall cease on the 25th February, new style, at six o'clock in the morning.

Article II.

The two armies shall remain in their positions. Reconnoitering as well as patrols by aeroplane shall cease.

Article III.

All movement of troops and transport of munitions is forbidden in the regions comprised between: Sambor, Mikolajow, Bobrka, Kurowice, Krasne, Kamionka Strumilowa, Krystynopol, Sokal, Grubieszow, Belzec, Narol, Rozaniec, Czerwona, Wola, the line through San, Przemysl, Ustryzyki, Dolne, and Sambor.

Article IV.

Communications between the two lines are forbidden along the whole extent of the front. Bearers of flags of truce may pass only by the way Lwow-Sichow.

Article V.

The suspension of hostilities shall last until the 26th of February at six o'clock in the morning. On the following days, if it has not

Translation from the French supplied by the editors.

been denounced before that hour, it shall be automatically extended for 24 hours.

Hostilities may be resumed twelve hours after delivery of the denunciation to the Interallied Commission at Leopol, which shall acknowledge receipt and note the hour.

Article VI.

Officers of the Allied and Associated armies shall be in control on both sides and shall settle all disputes.

Article VII.

Commissions from both sides shall remain in the following places: Sambor, Mikolajow, Bobrka, Krasne, Kamionka Strumilowa, Krystynopol, Belzec, Przemysl, Chyrow.

Officers of the Allied and Associated armies shall remain at Mikolajow, Bobrka, Krasne, and Przemysl.

The commissions shall proceed to their posts on the 25th day of February, armed with passes which shall be furnished to them by officers of a rank not lower than Major. The members of these Commissions shall enjoy the absolute right to return to their point of departure after the denunciation of the suspension of arms.

Lwow, February 24.-midnight 25.

MIRON TARNAWSKI

D. L. BATSCHYNSKY

FR. XAV. BONNE

MIECZEYSLAW KULINSKI
JEAN HEMPEL

VALERY MARIENSKI

Paris Peace Conf. 180.03101/61

BC-54 SWC-19

Minutes of the Meeting of the Supreme War Council Held at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, on Friday, March 21st, 1919, at 3 p. m.

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M. CLEMENCEAU having declared the meeting open, called on Marshal Foch to make a statement in connection with the transport of General Haller's army to Poland.

Transport of
General Haller's
Troops to Poland:

(a) Report by
Marshal Foch

MARSHAL FOCH said that the question of the transportation of General Haller's army to Poland by rail had been studied, and the conclusion had been reached that it could be carried out as soon as the Conference gave the necessary authority, five or six days only being required in order to get the rolling stock together. By the land route one or two trains could be despatched daily; but conversations in regard to details were still taking place between the general staffs of the Allied Powers concerned.

The transport of the troops by sea, via Dantzig, had also received consideration, and a conclusion had been reached in regard to the tonnage which would be required.

The carriage by rail would only give very feeble results; consequently, it should be supplemented by the sea route, provided an agreement could be reached in regard to the disembarkation of the troops at the Port of Dantzig, and their transportation thence over the railway lines, under proper guarantees.

M. CLEMENCEAU asked Marshal Foch to make some statement about the views taken by the Germans in regard to the passage of the Polish troops through Dantzig.

MARSHAL FOCH replied that all he knew on this subject was contained in the telegrams received from M. Noulens and General Dupont, copies of which had been circulated.

M. CLEMENCEAU drew Marshal Foch's attention to the recommendation contained in M. Noulens' telegram of the 18th March, 1919, to the effect that the Inter-Allied Commission at Warsaw considered it necessary that the Naval forces of the Entente should immediately make a considerable demonstration opposite Dantzig, and enquired whether that proposal had Marshal Foch's approval. MARSHAL FOCH said that with the information at his disposal, he could express no opinion. The Supreme War Council alone could determine the object to be attained; it would then be possible to determine the means of securing the end desired.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE enquired from Marshal Foch what it was that he wished the Conference to decide. It had been definitely settled that General Haller's army should be sent to Poland, provided the necessary tonnage could be made available. He failed therefore to understand what else was in Marshal Foch's mind.

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