Show WARN T K 10 1 o Of 1 Seizure Seizure of Stamboul by byj I Allies Is Is Followed by I Statement Sultan ultan I Is Is P Put t on G Good Goad d Behavior Beh LONDON March 18 The lS-The The allied allied allied al al- al- al lied authorities uth at Constantinople y hay have a arrested r sted al Pasha fOrni former for fOr- ni nier mer r Turkish minister of f war wa according according- to toy tara a Re Reuter Relater dispatch dispatch from ro the Turkish capital ter today ay A prin prince e and and a s senator senator u t r also also were arrested C CONSTANTINOPLE OPLE r r 18 s By Assoc Associated Press Press Press-On On the occupation of Constantinople yesterday the British French and Itai Italian an high commiss commissioners commissioners issued t the e following proclamation First Occupation First Occupation is provisional lS l. l S Second The Second Tl ond-Tl The e entente powers have no intention to destroy the sultanS authority They wish rather to strengthen it in ail all places which shall remain under Ottoman administration Third The Third Tl The e entente powers persist in their purpose not to deprive the Turks Turks' of ot Constantinople But if Goa Goo forbid troubles develop and massacres massac mas- mas sac s occur that decision probably will be modified PLAIN WARNING s Fourth d Fourth In this critical hour everyone everyone every very one must attend to his own affairs and assist in maintaining general security se security security se- se without p permitting himself to tobe tobe tobe be deceived by those hose whose frenzy tends to to destroy the last hope of building upon the ruins of ot the ancient I Turkish empire empire- a new Turkey In short It is the duty of ot every person person to obey orders issuing from the 1 I sultan FIfth Certain Fifth Certain persons Implicated I i In threats of ot- which more will be told later lave have ve been arrested In n Constantinople Con Con- They n naturally will wUl be beheld beheld beheld held for tor these acts and for Cor the consequent results CONTROL CONTRO ALL OFFICES ES I IThe iThe I The allies have occupied th the ministries ministries minis minis- minis minis-I trl tries I of ot war and navy and assumed trl tries I of ot war and navy and assumed control of ot the posts telegraph and andt t telephones which have been temporarily temporarily temporarily tem tem- suspended Shipping also has been suspended Shots resulted resulted- in which several Punjabi Punjab of the British East Indian forces and a few tew of ot the Turks Turks' were killed H I The excitement caused by the oc occupation occupation oc- oc c quieted down before darkness darkness darkness dark dark- ness ness which which brought brought absolute calm FLEET FLEET MENACES CITY The landing of or occupation forces was carried out under guns of the formidable allied fleet anchored in the The British dreadnought Benbow was moored at the Galata I quay her guns trained on Stamboul Another man of ot war faced the arsenal I 1 in the Golden Horn while all other warships I j In the were I II I standing by w with th their decks cleared for action Except i in the instance stated however how however how row row- ever there was no resistance to the allies The population In In fact showed little alarm nor was there any sign of ot panic in one section section sec see tion of ot Stamboul as commanders commanders' of ot the allied troops brought their forces ashore MOSLEMS M AMONG AMONG INVADERS I These forces included blue blue- Jackets and marines from British warships and contingents from all the allies represented Indian de detachments detachments detachments de- de shaving Moslems on their rosters were among troops taking part parL Comprehensive military and naval plans had been made to c carryout the allied measures and precautionary I i steps taken L Last st night a number of ot Turks and other persons regarded I as possible disturbers of the he peace I were arre arrested ted N including the the commander com com- commander mander of ot the Tenth Turkish Tenth Turkish division n. n n t |