Evening star., 1918-11-01

ALLIED COUNCIL MEETING

ditioned generally upon President
Wilson's principles. with some def
- - mess
Today's deliberations (of the allied
counciD in connection with the armis-
tice proposition were participated in by
Belgian and japanese representatives,
the days meeting having to do with
Germany. When Austrian affairs were
discussed yesterday Serbian and Greek
representatives were in attendance
because Of their particular interests in
Austrian matters.
The prime ministers Of the allied
countries for several days have been
doing the principal part Of their work
in the small back parlor Of the apart
ment occupied by Col House.
Convention Purely Military.
The capitulation of Turkey, although
anticipated, has made, nevertheless. a
profound impression in France. News
papers declare it to be an event Of su-
preme Importance.
"The convention is of purely mill
tary character says the Matin. and
in no way affects the peace which will
eventually be signed with the Turkish
empire. What is interesting, however.
is the immediate consequences Of the
armistice. First of all. the greater part
of the British armies in Syria, Pales-
tine and Mesopotamia will be released.
The army of the orient. which will
soon be the army of the Save and
to play a great role for which it's
reinforcement by seasoned elements
will be desirable at an early date.
When the Dardanelles are opened the
allied fleet will restore direct COM
hardly probable that the Goeben, the
Breslau and the Russian feet sold to
Germany by the bolsheviki will offer
resistance.
The allies will then hold the Medi-
teranean outlets Of Ukrania. and
greater Russia"
In commenting upon the receipt by
Gen. Diaz of a request from the Aus
TRANS for % an armistics. the Matin
before going further to carefully ex-
anime on whose order the plenipoten-
tiaries who entered the Italian lines
are acting"
-e See Near End to War.
LONDON, November THE CON-
plete isolation of Germany las re-
SUIT VI IHS uCSCI t1oh ObA SA1uSA
of her allies is commented upon here
as the outstanding feature of the
latest Developments in the Colossal
drama of victory" The effect of
coupled with the desperate internal
conditions in Germany. is regarded
almost everywhere as bringing the
! end of the war very near. although
in some quarters warning is raised
that the German army and navy is
-; IN, of and n tho nd NJ
desperate men are formidable and
The general tenor Of comment, how
ever. indicates a belief that Ger
many must sooner or later accept
virtually any terms the allies i'm
pose. -.
There is considerable speculation
as to the extent Germany will be
able to oppose the carrying out Of
the terms Turkey has accepted. It is
unknown whether German garrisons
still hold the Dardanelles forts and
other defenses of ConstantinopIe.
while resistance by the Germanized
Russian Black sea fleet is regarded as
q serious possibility. Even if the
forts are evacuated, passage of the
straits may not, it is suggested. be
without danger. as it is assumed they
are still mined and must. in any
event, be swept before ships can pass
through. The Express, however,
learns that the location of all mines
is known to the Turks and that paper
believes that when when the they ns undsrtooa
agreed to help the British to clear
the mine fields.
The immense possibilities following
the Turkish collapse are discussed by
all the newspapers. among the hopeful
augurieS being the rescue OF Rumania
and the end of bolshevik tyranny in
Russia.
Reach Substantial Accord.
PARIS. October 81 (by the Associ-
ated PTess).-The representatives. Of
the entente powers left Versailles.
after their first formal meeting today,
visibly content with the results that
had been achieved. They have not
finished their work, but they have
reached q substantial accord. Their
task is moving, and they have had tho
will be able to make announcements.
The Turkish armistice terms were
chiefly the work Of the British and
French In them the United States
had no part The decision in this In
stance is regarded as one Of great Inn
An informal conference took place
at the home Of Col. E. NJ. House, Pres
ident Wilson's personal representa-
tive, in the forenoon prior to the as
present were NJ Clemenceau and N.
Pichon, respectively the French pre-
mier and foreign minister; Signor Or
lando and Baron Sonnino. the Italian
premier and foreign minister. and
minister. This gathering was pre-
paratory to the formal meeting.
Several Americans Present.
In addition to tho French. Italian
and British representatives, DR.. M r.
Vesnitch, the Serbian minister to
France, and Eliphtherios venizelos.
the Greek premier ATTENDED Tho
Col. House, were Arthur H Frazier,
secretary. of the American embassy;
Joseph C. Grew and Gordon Auchtn-
Gloss, who acted as secretaries for
representative of the United States
in the war council, with Gen. Lock-
ridge and Col. Wallace, as secreta-
ries, and Admiral Benson, with Com
mander Carter and Lieut. Commander
Russell as his secretaries.
The last to arrive at the conference
was Marshal Foch. He was alone,
without aid or orderly.
At Versailles the business was over
in q couple of hours. and . long line
tives Of the powers returned to Paris
The reason for the trip to VersAilles
today was that IL Is the IheadQuar-
ters Of the supreme war counctl
which theoretically takes NO dectston
except at Versailles.
The spirit Of all the feDresenta*1yeo|
appears to be favorable TO the ironing
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