The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-11-08
THE wDARDAKELLES
OPENED TO ALLIES
TERMS OF ARmISTICE MEAN VIR
TUAL SURRENDER OF TURK
ISH GOVERNMENT.
PROVISIONS ARE MOST RIGID
Army Must DemobllIze-AII Prisoner
of War Must Be Turned Over.
Ships To Be Released-Gist
Of Entente Demand.

LondOa-The allied fleets have en-.
tered the Dardanelles, the Evening
Hews announced.
The armistice accepted by Turkey
amounts to complete and uncondition
al surrender"
This statement was made by Lord
Robert Cecil, assistant secretary OF
state for foreign affairs. TO the Assoc
ctated Press.
With reference TO rumorS circulating
here to the effect that the armistice
with Turkey includes clauses by which
Turkey would retain sovereignty over
Armenia and other provinces. the for
eign office authorizes the statement
that there is no truth in the sugges
tiOn that any secret political agree
ment is annexed to the armistice with
Turkey.
Terms Of the Armistice.
The terms OF the armistice granted
hy the allied powers to Turkey follow:
Ffrst-The opening Of the DardanelIe'
and the BosphOrus and access 10 thu
Black Sea Allied occupation Of the Oar.
daneles and BOsphOrus forts.
Second-The positions OF all mine fields
torpedo tubes and other distractions II
El~I waters are 10 De lDiittEtQ. Alf
assistance given to sweep or remove them
as may be required
Third-AU available Information con
corning mines in the Black Sea il to bt
communicated.
Fourth-AH allied prisoners Of war an(
Armenian informed persons and prisoners
are 10 be collected I'm C"onstantiuople and
handed over uncOnditionalIy to the allies
FIfth-Immediate rehabilitation OF the
Turkish army. except such troops as are
required for surveillance on the frontieri
ana for the maintenance OF internal or
der The number of electives and theI
disposition 20 be determined later by the
allies after consultation with the Turkish
government.
SiNth-The ~surrGnder OF all war YES.
sells in Turkish WAFER or waters occupied
by Turkey These ships viii be internec
IN such Turkish port or ports as may be
directed. except such small vessels as are
required for police and similar purposes ir
Turkish territorial waters.
Seventh-The allies to have the light Il
occupy any strategic points in the EVEN
OF any situation arising which threaten
the security Of the allies.
Eighth-Free use by allied ships OF NJ
ports and anchOrages now in Turkish Oc.
Cupation and denial % their use by the
enemy Similar conditions are to apply
20 Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish
waters for the purposes OF trade and the
Generalization OF the army
-A occupation Of the Tauru:
tunnel system.
Tenth-Immediate Withdrawal Of Turk
fish troops from Northern Persia TO be
hind the pre-war frontier already hal
been ordered and will be carried out.
LII tAAAH EaA VI 81
already has been ordered to be evacuated
by Turkish troops. The remainder to b,
they have studied the situation.
TweIfth-Wireless. telegraph and cabl,
stations TO be controlled by the allies
Turkish government messages to be ex-
Observation-Disclosures against the de
struction OF any naval. military or com
Fourteenth-FaciIities are to be give,
for the purchase OF coal, oil, fuel and ma.
~ 80 - ~ arLf nrTrNnE n ffar
the requirements of the country have beer
met. None of the above materials are t.
be exported.
Fifteenth-The surrender OF all Turk
ish officers in Tripolttania and Cyrenacis
70 the nearest Italian garrison. Turkey
agrees TO stop supplies ana communlca
tion with these officers If they do no
obey the order TO surrender
SiXteenth-The surrender Of all garri
sons in HedjaZ, Assir. Yemen. Syria anc
Mesopotamia to the nearest allied com
mander. and withdrawal Of Turkish troops
from Ciicia, except those necessary tc
maintain order, as will be determined un-
der clause six
Seventeenth-Th use Of all ships and
repair facilities at all Turkish ports anc
arsenals.
Ffghteenth-The surrender Of all port:
occupied in Tripolitania and Cyrenacia
including Misurata. to the nearest allied
garrison
Ntneteenth-Au m .nd Austri.
ans, naval, military or civilian, 70 bt
evacuated within one month from Turk
fish dominfons. and those In remote dis
possible.
Observation-Disclosures with such or
ders as may be conveyed for the dispose
Of equipment. arms and ammunition. in
Guiding the transport OF that portion Of
the Turkish army which is demobilizee
under clause five.
Twenty-first-An allied representative
20 be attached TO the Turkish ministry. oi
supplies in order to safeguard allied in
terests. This representative TO be fur
nished with all aid necessary for this pur.
pose.
Observation-Disclosures prisoners are
90 be kept at the disposal of the allied
powers. The release Of Turkish civilian
prisoners and prisoners over military age
Is to be considered.
Twenty-third-An obligation on thi
part OF Turkey TO cease all relations with
the central powers
Twenty-fourth-In case OF disorder IL
the six Armenian villayers the allies re
serve 10 themselves the right to occupy
any part OF them
observation-disclosures between the
local time. on Thursday, the S1st Of Octo-
Der. 1918.