The Southern herald., 1918-11-08
THE DARDANELLES
OPENED TO ALLIES |
TERMS OF AEMIsTlcE MEAN VIII
= TuAL SURRENDER or TURK.
lsH GOVERNMENT.
PROVISIONS ARE MOST RIGID
Army Must DemobiIize-PrIsoners O
War Must Be Turned over,-shIp,
Released Wireless, TELEGRAPH and
Cable Stations Controlled BY AllleS

Cable Stations Controlled BY AllleS
London.-The allied fleets have en-
tered the Dardanelles, the Evening
News announced.
The armistice accepted by Turkey
amounts to complete and unconditioR
oil surrender"
This statement was made by Lord
Robert Cecil, assistant secretary ol
state for foreign affairs, to the Asso
ciated Press.
! With reference to rumors circulating
here to the effect that the armisticS
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
ton that any secret political agree
ment is annexed to the armistice with
Turkey.
Terms Of the Armlstice.
The terms Of the armistice granted
by the allied powers to Turkey follow:
First-The opening of the Dardanellei
and the Bosphorus and access to the
Black Sea. Allied occupation Of the Oar.
danelles and Bosphorus forts.
Second-The positions of all mine fields
torpedo tubes and other distractions IL
Turkish waters are to be indicated, ami
assistance given to sweep or remove them
as may be required.
Third-All available information con.
cerning mines in the Black Sea is to bt
communicated
Fourth-All allied prisoners Of war ant
Armenian interned persons and prisoners
are to be collected in Constantinople and
handed over Internationally to the allies
Flfth-Immediate rehabilitation of the
Turkish army, except such troops as are
required for surveillance on the frontierl
and for the maintenance OF internal or.
der The number of effectives and thel;
disposition to be determined later by thS
allies after consultation with the Turk'sh
government.
Sixth-The surrender Of all war yes.
sells in Turkish water or waters occupied
by Turkey. These ships will be interned
In such Turkish port or ports as may be
directed except such small vessels as are
required for police and similar purposes In
Turkish territorial waters.
Seventh--The allies to have the right tc
occupy any strategic points in the event
Of any situation arising which threateni
the security Of the. allies.
Eighth-Free use by allied ships OF MI
ports and anchorages now In Turkish oc.
cupation and denial o.. their use by the
enemy. Similar conditions are to apply
to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish
waters for the purposes Of trade and ths
rehabilitation Of the army
Ninth-Allied occupation Of the Taurus
tunnel system.
Tenth-Immediate withdrawal of Turk.
ish troops from Northern Persia to be.
hind the pre-war frontier already has
been ordered and win be carried out
ELEVENTH. part Of Trans Caucasi9
already has been ordered to be evacuated
| by Turkish troops The remainder TO be-
evacuated If required by the allies, after
| they have studied the situation.
Twelfth-Wireless. telegraph ana cable
! stations to be controlled by the allies
Turkish government messages to be ep
Observation-Disclosures against the De.
struction of any naval, military or com.
! merolal material.
Facilities are to be given
| for the purchase OF coal, OIL fuel and mn.
val material from Turkish sources, after
the requirements Of the country have been
met None Of the above materials are Il
be exported.
| FifteenthLThe surrender Of all Turk.
| ish officers In Tripolitania and Cyrenacia
TO the nearest Italian garrison. Turkey
agrees to stop supplies and communica.
ton with these officers II they 40 not
obey the order to surrender
Slxteenth-The surrender OF all garri.
sons In Hedjaz Assir, Yemen, Syria and
Mesopotamia to the nearest allied COM
mander, and withdrawal o. Turkish troops
from Cilicia, except those necessary to
maintain order, as will be determined un-
der clause six.
seventeenth-The use OF all ships and
repair facilities at all Turkish ports and
| arsenals.
Eighteenth-The surrender of all ports
occupied in Tripolitania and Cyrenacia.
including MiHurata, to the nearest allied
garrison.
Nineteenth7-AT Germans and Austrl-
ans, naval, military or civilian. 70 b
evacuated within one month from Turk
ish domlnlons, and those In remote dis1
tricts as soon after that time as may b
possible.
, twentieth Compliance with such or
ders as may be conveyed for the disposal
Of equipment arms and ammunition, in-
ciudinE the transport OF that portion ol
the Turkish army which Is demobilized
under clause five,
Il Twenty -first--An allied representativ,
70 be attached to the Turkish ministry o.
supplies In order to safeguard allied IN
terests This representative to pc fur'
nished with all aid necessary Tor this pur'
pose.
70 be kent at the disposal OF the allie
powers. The release Of Turkish civilian
prisoners ana prisoners over military az
u TO be considered.
twenty -thlrd-An Obligation on tn
part o. turkey to oeses Ell relations VIZ
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