Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-31
LONDON GETS TURK
PEACE PROPOSAL;
MEANS SURRENDER
Secretary Lansing Gets Plea
for Armistice Through
Spanish Ambassador.
SUPPRESSION OF GERMAN
COMMUNICATION DENIED
Rr the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 31.-Reu-
ter's agency has been informed
that Great Britain has officially
received definite peace proposals
from Turkey which are regarded
as tantamount to unconditional
surrender.
LONDON, October 81, /
pm. (by the Associated Press).
Turkey has agreed to an
armistice.
LONDON, October 81, 3:15
pm. (by the Associated Press).
The Turkish armistice, took
effect at noon today.
= LONDON, October 31.-The
actual terms of Turkeys peace
proposals had not yet reached
London in the early afternoon.
Secretary Lansing today notified the
Spanish ambassador, who transmitted
the request of Turkey for President
Wilson's INTERPRETATION in behalf of
an armistice and peace, that President
Wilson will bring the communication
of Turkey to the attention of the gov
ernfnents at war with Turkey.
Minister EkeRgren of Sweden today
delivered to Secretary Lansing the note
OF Count AndraSSy. new AuStro-Hun-
Earian foreign minister. asking the
Secretary to intervene with President
Wilson for favorable action on the re-
guest for American and allied armistice
terms.
Deny Suppression of Note.
State Department officials repudiated
the intimations published this morning
that the department had "suppressed'
the note from Germany transmitted
yesterday by the Swiss charge DAFT
flares. Publication of the note is be-
ing withheld for the present, it was
said, but with no intention of suppress
sion or of depriving the public of in
formation.
The reply of President Wilson to the
note of Austria-Hungary is being
prepared by the President and will be
given out shortly, it was said.
Ii was said at the State Depart
ment that the note of Count AndraSsy
when translated from the Swedish
text in which it was couched showed
no material difference from the press
reports of its contents.
Secretary Lansing's Note.
The note addressed to Ambassa-
dor Riano follows:
From the Secretary of State to the
Ambassador of Spain:
Department of State,
Washington. October 81. 1918.
Excellency:
l did not fail to lay before the
President the note which you ad-
dressed to him on the 18th instant
and handed to me on that date
Acting under the instructions of
your government. you incloSed
with that note the text of a COM
munication received by the minis
ter for foreign affairs of Spain,
from the charge d'affaires of Tur-
key at Madrid on October II, in
which the good offices of the gov
ernment OF spain were sought to
bring TO the attention of the Presi-
dent the request of the imperial
Ottoman government that he take
upon himself the task of the re-
establishment of peace, and that he
notify all belligerent states of the
request. and invite them to dele
gate plenipotentiaries to initiate
negotiations. the imperial Ottoman
government accepting as basis
for the negotiation the program
laid down by the President in his
message to Congress of January 8,
1918. and in his subsequent declara-
tions. especially his speech of Sep
tember %. 1t is further requested
by the imperial Ottoman govern
ment that steps be taken for the
Immediate conclusion of a general
armistice on land, on sea and in
the air.
BY direction Of the President I
have the honor to inform your ex-
cellency that the government of the
United States will bring the COM
munication of the Turkish charge
d'affaires to the knowledge of the
governments at war with Turkey
Accept. Excellency. the renewed
assurances of my highest consid-
Grafton
(SigneD ROBERT LANSING.
His Excellency, Senior Don Juan
Riano Gayangos, Ambassador
of Spain.
No News Of Armistice.
n,omcial circles today it was said