The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-01

ernruent that the United States will
bring Its request for an arrntstice to the
attention Of the governments at war
with Turkey.
Tho Secretary made public note TO
the Spanish Ambassador. through whom
tho Turkish plea for an armsuce ana
peace negotiations similar To those or
Germany and Austria. was delivered on
October ii.
Tho note addressed to Ambassador
Riano follows:
"r did not fail to lay before the Presi-
dent the note which You addressed him
on the I4th instant, and handed TO me
on that date.
Acting under tho instructions OF your
government you enclosed with that note
the text Of a communication received by
the minister for foreign affairs. or
Spain. from the charge daffaireS OF
Turkey ut Madrid on October IL. IN
which the good offices Of tho govern
ment Of Spain were sought TO bring ID
the attention OF the President tho re-
quest Of the Imperial Ottoman govern
mcnt that he take upon himself the TASK
If re-.stablIshment OF peace ana tnal
he notify all bellIrerent states OF the
request and invite them to delegate
Observation-Disclosures to initiate negotiations,
tho Imperial Ottoman government ac-
cepttng as 4 basis for the negotiations
tha olnn laid down by the President III
his message to congress OF january o
1918, and In his subsequent declaratlons'
especially his speech Of september -;
II ia further requested by tho Imperial
Ottoman government that steps be taken
for tho Immediate conclusion or gem
oral arrnisticc on land. on sea- anu III
the air.
BY direction OF the President nave
,he honor TO inform your cxccllcncy
! that the government Of thu United
S,stes will bring the communication oil
Turkish Charge D. Affaires TO the
knowledge Of the governments at war
with Turkey.
Accept. Excellency. the renewed as
surances Of my highest c"nsln"rn,io ION !.
fs,gneD ROBERT LANSING"
Turkey. which now has been granted
an armisttcc. entered tho war in No.
yember 1914, when she severed oipio-
matte relations with Great Britain.
! France and Russia. She is the second
Of the Central Powers TO ask the allies
for an armlsttce Bulgaria having ncen
given an arlnistic which led to uncon-
ditional surrender barely four wccks
ago.
| KEY on November and Great Britain
annexed the Island Of Cyprus. Turkey
tered tho war only few days after
! the German warships Breslcau and GoG-
| bon had sought shelter in tho Dardanelle'
| which was at once blocked by the allIeo
fleet, In April, 1915. allied troops were
| landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. Dut
| the campaign failed and the allica troops
,y,re Withdrawn III December or ms
same year.
The British began a campaign olon8
the Tigris and Euphratcs rivers III Nov
.mber 1914. They advanced 10 within
loss than 10 miles Of Bagdad. but were
defeated. retreated 10 kut oil Amnra
where they we're later forced to surren-
| der. Early in 1917 the British renewed
| the offensive in MesUpotaInia and have
! continued it successfully ever since uh
| I'll now they are within rev miles VI
| Mosul.
Turkey sent armies against n" Btu
| ,sh in Egypt and against the Russians
In the Caucasus. Both campaigns mad
| measure Of success Mt first, but tht
! allies soon drove the Turks back beyond
rho Turkish frontiers. In Palestine th'
| allied drive under General Allenb!
! resulted a few days ago in the capture
| Of the important base Of Aleppo. Ih'
prussian campaign In the Caucasus wa
rendered fruitless by the rise OF thu
Bolshcvlki 20 power.
For several weeks after the United
States declared war on Germany Iur
KEY took no action hut on April Il
| 1917. she severed diplomatic relations
However. there has never been a declar
alton Of war either by the United Staic'
or Turkey.
Turkeys war activities under III
| leadership Of Gerrnanophile Turks. INK
! Enver Pasha has been marked by IN
| severity with which tho Turks hur'
treated the subject nationalitics In thri
power. 49,.
The Turkish army has many German
officers ind til" Turkish navy is con
trollrd By Germans. 1t was rcportcc
several weeks nEo that the Germans II
4 Turkey would probably resist II IN
Turks opened the Dardanctles to tn
allies. 1t Is not unlikely that one, q
the principal provisions Of IN" hr'niS'l'
viii bo that allied warshins shnll ""cur,
the Da-rlanslles and tho RosphoruS ant
tina, allied troops shall TAX" control "
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