The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-31
Turkey Is Out
OF the War
CContinued RON page ID

er forced to surrender. Early in
| 1917 the British renewed the often
sive in eMspotania and continued it
successfully since until now they are
within a few mile of Mosul.
Turkey sent armies against the
| British in Egypt and against the
/ Russians in the Caucasus. Both
/ campaigns had a measure OF success
Lat first but the allies soon drove the
l Turks back beyond the TurlsjSl
| frontiers. In Palestine the allied
/ drive under General Allenby result
ed few days ago in the capture of
i the important base at Aleppo.
The Russian campaign in the eau
i casus was rendered fruittess by the
rise of the Bolsheviki to lower.
For several weeks after the Unit
/ ed tSates declared war on Germany
/ Turkey took no action but on April
! 81, 1917 she severed diplomatic re-
| lations. However. there has necer
been declaration of war e.tAer by
the United tates or Turkey.
Turkeys war activities under the
leadership of German officers have
been marked by the severity with the
Turks have treated the subject ma
tionalities in their power.
/ Them Turkish army has many
German officers and the Turkish
navy is controlled by Germans. /,
/ 1t is not unlikely that one of the
! principal provisions of the armistice
/ will be that allied warships shall oc-
cupy the Dardanelles and that allied
troops shall toke control of Con-
i stantinople.
Turkey, which now has been grant
ed an armistice entered the war in
lsNovember 1914. when she severed
diplomatic relations with Great Brit
ain, France and Russia. She is the
second Of the Central Powers to ask
the allies for an armistice, Bulgaria
| having been given an armistice which
led to unconditional surrender are
~ four weeks ago.
Military operations yegan against
Turkey on Nov. and Great Britain
annexed the Island of cyprus. Tur-
key entered the war only a few days
after the German warships Breslau
and Goeben had sought shelter in the
blockaded by the allied fleet In
April 1915, allied troops were landed
on the Gallipon pininsula but the
campaign failed and the allied troops
were withdrawn in December Of the
same year.
| Lansing to Turkey
Lansing today notified the Turkish
government that the United tates
will bring its request for an ar
mistice to the attention Of the gov
ernments at war with Turkey.
The secretary made public a note
to the Spanish ambassador through
whom the Turkish plea for an ar
mistice and peace negotiations sim
liar to those Of Germany, was de-
livered Oct. IA.
The note addressed to Anabassa-
dor Ryano follows:
81 did nat fail to lay before the
President the note which you ad-
dressed him on the 14th instant and
handed to me on that date.
Acting under the instructions of
your government you enclosed with
that note the text Of a communica-
ton received by the minister for
| foreign affairs of Spain from the
charge d'affairs of Turkey at Mad
rid ON Oct. IL in which the good Of
fees Of the government of Spain
were sought to bring to the attention
Of the President the request Of the
imperial Ottoman government that
he take upon himself the task Of
the establishment of peace, and
bthat he notify all belligerent states
Of the request and invite them to
delegate plenipotentiaries to initiate
negotiations, the imperial Ottoman
government accepting as q basis