The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-11-08
Turkey Is Granted an Armistice
on Terms That Mean Her
Absolute Surrender.
GERMANY IS IN SAME FIX
lnter-AIlied War Council Determines
Conditions on Which She May :
Cease Fight;ng-Austria Bad
Iy Whipped on the Piave
Front, Begs for Peace.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Turkey has given up.
Not waiting for the result of armiS-
tice and peace proposals made to the
entente allies through President Will
son, she made peace proposals to the
British government early in the week
which We're considered in London as
tantamount to unconditional surren-
der. The armistice went into effect mt
noon Thursday.
The request for an armistice was
carried tn Admiral Calthorpe ut Mu-
dros by General TOwnshend released
by the Turks for the purpose. Regu-
larry accredited plenipOtentiaries fol
lowed. and after three days parleys
the arInistice was signed. Ii is both
military and naval In character, and
while the terms were not at once made
public. IL was known that they iDclud-
ed free passage Of the allied fleets
through the Dardanelles. occupation of
the BOSpOrus and the Dartlanelles
forts. the immediate release and re-
turn of all allied prisoners of war.
and concessions that give the allies
complete military domination over
Turkey. The opening up Of the Oar
danelles leads to the expectation Of
an early battle between the allied
fleets and the German Black sea feet.
The latter includes number Of pow
erful vessels of various types stolen
from Russia.
Turkey could not do much else than
surrender. She had fought her fight
and was really all done. General Al
lenby's great victories in Palestine and
the recent big advances of the British
expedition in Mesopotamia, together
with the collapse Of Bulgaria which
isolated her from her allies left her no
other course than complete subnis-
permitted To march on Constantinople.
and the Bulgarians wanted 10 join in
such an enterprise. and there was riot
ing and threats of revolution In the
Turkish capital.
Latest news from MesOpotamia tells
army Oh the Tigris.
The United States was not az war
with Turkey and so nomlnally has no
part in the pence negotiations; hut II
has been taken for granted that this
country will az least he consulted in
the matter. Probably Colonel House,
now personally representing the presi-
dent AT the councils nj Versailles
knows what Mr.. Wilson thinks about
Turkey, as well rs about the rest Of
the world, and can tell the representa-
tives OF the entente governments. II
may be that In this matter the senate j.
will have no voice, rs IL intends to
have In making peace treaties with the
yations with which America is NJ wa
"a
The German government having sig
nifed It's full acceptance Of the allied
terms as basis Of arrangements for Il
cessation of hostilities. the iDter-allied
supreme war council In Versailles
spent most of the week settling upon
he terms Of ariuistice that should be
imposed on the Huns. II was agreed
hat these would be exceedingly dras-
lie. There was not the slightest dispo-
sition To leave 10 the Germans any
means " renewing hostilities IL the
peace negotiations should
-all through. II was believed that the
erins would include evacuation Of all
invaded territory within fixed
period; surrender Of all ordnance and
withdrawal of German
'orces beyond the Rhine. and their de-
mobilization surrender Of the frontier
'ortresses; release of all allied prison
,rs OF war, German prisoners being |
held to help I'm restoration Of devas-
.ated territory; surrender of at least
/ number of U-boats