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Show (Hi IS TURKISH I EMI : Gen. Townshend, Who Surrendered in 1916, j Bring. Ottoman Me- ;age of Defeat, Report. I: By John DeGanJt he had the necessary powera to Inform thm of tha eonnltlone under which the nlllea would consent to cease hoe-tllltlrs hoe-tllltlrs and that he had the power lo alKn In behulf of the allien an armistice baaed on Iheae conditional ARMISTICE SIGNED. "Tha Turkish plenipotentiary arrived ar-rived at Mmlroa at the beginning of Ithla week. The armlatlre waa alaned laat nlKht by Hear Admiral Caltherpe on behalf of the allies and It became 'frfwllif ihla m j "It la- Impoaaihle to publish tha complete terma. but they Include: "'Free paaeaae of tha allied fleeta through tha imrdanrllee to I ha Hlurk see. "'Occupation -of tha Boaphorua and ni i.niii.a - nftcitr' guarantee the aocurlty of thla passHKe. "The Immediate releise and return of all allied prlaoners of war.' " -United Frees taff Correspondent. PARIS, Oct. 31, 6 p. m. General Gen-eral Townshend, commnuder pt the Rritifsh Menopotamian force which urrenlertd at Kut- t-l-Amara, waa the messenger who bora tha Turkish requeat for an armistice to tha allies. It was officially announced today. '-Townahend was forced to lay down aeswe AssU us, anil was-jt-nj. as a prisoner to an Island In tha riea of Marmora. v Admiral Leyauea. French minister of marine, entered tha chamber i of deputies this afternoon and made the 'following; atatement: "Premier Clemenceau has been de- lalned at Versatile Tile Intel Hilled superior war council charged ma to make )n the nama of tha ovrrnnient -the following declaration; .GENERAL IS FREED. . "'A few daya ago General Townsr " lend wsa freed to go to Inform Hie ftritlah admiral, commanding In the Aegean sea. that the Turkish govern- -ment asked that . negotiations he opened with a view to conclusion of an armlatics between Turkey and the .allies. "'Hear Admiral Calthorpa replied that If the Turklah government sent g m I a rt y a r red j t r, I I e n i p'f nt t art e m . |