Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
Turkey Is Granted an Armistice
on Terms That Mean Her
Absolute Surrender.
GERMANY IS IN SAME FIX
snter-AiIied War Council Determines
Conditions on Which She May
Cease Fight.ng-Austria, Bad
ly Whipped on the Piave
Front, Begs for Peace.
BY EDWARD W. PlCKARD.
Turkey has given ND.

Not waiting for the result of arms
sice and peace proposals made to the
entente allies through President VIII
-oa. she made peace proposals to the
British government early in the week
which were considered in London as
,antamOunt to unconditional surrrn-
.ltr. The aSmistice went into effect at
noon Thursday.
The request for an arnistice WAS
carried to Admiral Calthorpe at Mu-
.lros by General TnwnShcnd. released
ny the Turks for The purpose. R.-u-
Iarly accredited plenipotentiarits fol
k,wed, and after three days parey:
the armiStice was signed. Ii is beth
military and naval in character and
while the terms were not ut once made
public. it was known that they inclsid-
ed free passage of the allied fees
through the DartlanelleS. occupation of
the Rosporus and the Dardanelle>
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 fleet.
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
lrnby'S great victories in Palestine and
the recent big advances of the British
expedition in Mesopot:,n.a together
with the collapse Of Bulgaria which
isolated he: from her allies left her no
"ther course than complete submits
sion. The Greeks We're on edge to be
permitted to march on Colrslantnopp.
and the RuigarianS wanted to join in
such an enterprise, and there was riot
lug and threats of resolution 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 war
With Turkey and so noniHally has M
!art in the peace negotiations: hut it
.,s heen taken for granted that this
country vii! at least he consulted III
The ,nattC:. Probably Colonel House.
nnw personally representing the presi-
dent at the councils at Versailles.
hot M Wilson nj.
Turkey, as well as about the rest of
the world, and can tell the representa-
tfveS of the entente governments 1t
n,cy he that in this matter the senate
will have no voice. as ii intends to
have in making peace treaties with HE
nations with which America is at war.
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The German government having sig
nitiel its full acceptance of the allied
terms as basis Of arrangements for q
supreme war council in Versailles
spent most Of the week Srttlin" upon
the terms Of arlnistice that should he
imposed on the Huns. 1t was agreed
that these would be exceedingly dras-
tic. There was not the slightest tliS,,n-
.itiOn to leave to the Germans ANY
lueanS of renewing hoStilitieS if the
schss quent peace negotiations should
fall through. 1t was believed that the
terms would include evacuation of all
Invaded territory within fixed
Ecri0d; surrender of all ordnance and
ammunition; withdrawal of German
forces beyond the Rhine. and their de-
mobilization surrender of the frontier
.ortresscs RELEASE Of all allied prison
cs~ OF war; German prisoners being
held to help in restoration Of devas-
rated territory; surrender Of at least
Il number Of U-hOats.