Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918: A Monthly Magazine of the New York TimesVarious
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Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times
Various
World War, 1914-1918
Article IX. All men serving in the army and navy, who in peace time
were employed in connection with harbors or shipping, shall, on
demobilization, be the first to be dismissed in order that they may
find employment in their former occupations.
Clause 3.--_Cessions of territory outlined in Articles X., XI., and
XII._
Article X. With regard to Dobrudja, which, according to Paragraph 1
of the peace preliminaries, is to be added by Rumania, the following
stipulations are laid down: (A) Rumania cedes again to Bulgaria,
with frontier rectifications, Bulgarian territory that fell to her
by virtue of the peace treaty concluded at Bucharest in 1913.
(Attached is a map showing the exact extent of the frontier
rectification, with a note to the effect that it forms an essential
part of the peace treaty.) A commission composed of representatives
of the allied powers shall shortly after the signature of the treaty
lay down and demarkate on the spot the new frontier line in
Dobrudja. The Danube frontier between the regions ceded to Bulgaria
and Rumania follows the river valley. Directly after the signature
of the treaty further particulars shall be decided upon regarding
the definition of the valley. Thus the demarkation shall take place
in Autumn, 1918, at low water level.
[Illustration: RUMANIA AND ITS LOST TERRITORY: THE BLACK AREA SHOWS THE
SOUTHERN PART OF DOBRUDJA, WON FROM THE BULGARS IN THE LAST BALKAN WAR,
WHICH RUMANIA IS FORCED TO RETURN TO BULGARIA. THE SHADED AREA--NORTHERN
DOBRUDJA--WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUTHS OF THE DANUBE AND RUMANIA'S ONLY
ACCESS TO THE BLACK SEA, IS CEDED TO THE CENTRAL POWERS, WHO WILL
ADMINISTER IT THROUGH A MIXED COMMISSION. THE SHADING ALONG RUMANIA'S
WESTERN BORDER INDICATES THE AUSTRO-GERMAN "RECTIFICATION," WHICH GIVES
AUSTRIA ALL THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND IMPORTANT MINERAL LANDS.]
(B) Rumania cedes to the allied powers that portion of Dobrudja up
to the Danube north of the new frontier line described under Section
A; that is to say, between the confluence of the stream and the
Black Sea, to the St. George branch of the river. The Danube
frontier between the territory ceded to the allied powers and
Rumania will be formed by the river valley. The allied powers and
Rumania will undertake to see that Rumania shall receive an assured
trade route to the Black Sea, by way of Tchernavoda and Constanza,
(Kustendje.)
Article XI. says that Rumania agrees that her frontier shall undergo
rectification in favor of Austria-Hungary as indicated on the map,
and continues:
"Two mixed commissions, to be composed of equal numbers of
representatives of the powers concerned, are immediately after the
ratification of the peace treaty to fix a new frontier line on the
spot."
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