Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-10
Peace Reigns 9 Hours at Ar
bur1lu While Dead Are Buried
And Soldiers Mix Together
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence.)

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
General Headquarters. Gallipoi Pc
ninsula, Turkey. June 15.-Though the
British asked for the 9-hour armistice,
which took place on May "a. in the Ari
Burnu theater Of war. they were after
wards inclined to drive hard bargain
for it, according to Major Kemal, ad-
jutant to General Essad Pacha, COM
mander OF the Third Ottoman army
Major Renal was entrusted with the
negotiations preceding the armistice.
and was given carte blanche by his su-
periors after they had decided what
the conditions of the arrangement were
to be.
into our lines on May 22,' said Major
Renal to The Associated Press CORES
pondent. THE officer came with a
white flag and was detailed to ascer-
tain his wishes These were that we
grant an armistice for the purpose of
burying the dead, many Of whom had
lain between the Turkish and British
lines for 20 days-since April %. The
stencil had become unbearable to the
British. the officer stated, and a period
in which all military operations were
to be suspended by both sides, and in
which the bodies might he inferred.
seemed very desirable.
L transmitted these wishes to nv
superior, after having made arrange
ments for another meeting with the
parliamentary on another day. was
TO come to certain spot and all Brit
ism troops were to be instructed not to
nre upon me. Unfortunately, this part
OF the program was not carried out
when l, on the following day, came to
the place which had been selected for
our meeting, was fired upon by the
British artillery with shrapnel. | SUD-
pose my coming had not been announc-
ed everywhere, at least, prefer to SUD-
pose that.
There was the usual blind folding,
ana a little later met the British Off
GERS who We're to act for Sir Ian Ham
llton. presented our conditions for the
armistice and discussion of them took
place Immediately.
only two of the conditions are of
sufficient interest to be referred to
mere, because the negotiations concern
ing them indicate what the British
state Of mind regarding Turkey is"
SAID Major Kemal when asked to speak
OF the negotiations
AS is the practice during armstices
the terrain between the two hostile
lines was to be divided into two equal
parts by line of sentries. over this
boundary the dead were to be exchang-
co, mat is to say, we would bring
across this line such British dead as
were found on our part of the terrain
ana the British would do likewise, each
party purifying, naturally, it's own dead
on It's own side of the line of sentries
70 this the British agents agreed, of
course. But the rifles found on both
sides of the boundary had also to be
disposed Of In discussing this, point l
found that the British were inclined to
drive a hard bargain. l was in favor
OF an exchange of rifles, each party re-
turning such rifles as We're found with
the dead intact The British baked, A
Ions Wrangle ensued. From this II
gathered that the British were under
the impression that we needed the few
rifles on their side of the line. assur-
ed them that such was not the case.