Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-08
NEWS review OF
The GREAT WAR
Turkey Is Granted an Armistice
on Terms That Mean Her
Absolute Surrender.
GERMANY IS IN SAME FIX
inter-Aliied War Council Determines
Conditions on Which She May
Cease Fiohting-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 were considered in London as
tantamount to unconditional surren-
der The armistice went into effect at
noon Thursday.
The request for an armistice was
carried to Admiral Calthorpe at Mu-
dros by General Townshend, released
by the Turks for the purpose. Regu-
larly accredited plenipotentiaries fol-
lowed, and after three days parleys
the armistice was signed. 1t is both
military and naval in character, and
while the terms were not at once made
public. it was known that they includ-
ed free passage of the allied fleets
through the Dardanelles, occupation of
the Bosporus and the Dardanelles
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 Dar-
danelles leads to the expectation of
an early battle between the allied
fleets and the German Black sea fleet
~Thesla includes asnumber> 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
lenbys 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 nc
other course than complete submis,
sion. The Greeks were on edge<tO be
permitted to march on Constantinople
and the Bulgarians wanted to join in
such an enterprise, and there was riot.
ing and threats of revolution in the
Turkish capital.
Latest news from Mesopotamia tell:
| of the capture of the entire Turkish
army on the Tigris.
The United States was not at wal
| with Turkey and so nominally has nc
| part in the peace negotiations; but II
has been taken for granted that this
| country will at least be consulted ir
the matter. Probably Colonel House
now personally representing the presi
| dent at the councils at Versailles
Knows what Mr.. Wilson thinks abou
| -, oh ~
the world, and can. tell the representa-
! tives of the entente governments. 1
| may he that in this matter the senate
will have no voice. as it intends tt
have in making peace treaties with thu
nations with which America is at war
| -G-
The German government having sig
| nified its full acceptance of the alliet
terms MS basis of arrangements for
cessation Of hostilities, the inter-alliet
/ supreme war council in Versatile.
spent most of the week settling up0i
| the terms of armistice that should b,
imposed On the Huns. 1t was agreed
| that these would be exceedingly ldras
| tic. There was not the slightest dispo
Sition to leave to the Germans an,
means of renewing hostilities if tn,
subsequent peace negotiations sh0ult
fall through. II was believed that th'
terms would include evacuation of al
invaded territory within tixet
| period; surrender of all ordnance ant
ammunition; withdrawal of German
| forces heyOnd the Rhine and their lie
mobilization surrender of the frontie
fortresses; release of all allied prison
ers of war, German prisoners bein,
held to help in restoration of devas
tated territory; surrender of at leas
| q number of U-boatS.