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Show ALLIES SIGN THE WAR MEASURE Five Nations Formally Allign Themselves Against the Ottoman Empire. Paris, Nov. 10. 10:33 a. m. A dispatch dis-patch from Bordeaux to the Havas News Agency, dated November 9, ' says that a formal declaration of war', signed by the five allies, was issued Monday against Turkey. The French declaration 1b remark- .'"Me After mentioning the P.lack j sea episode as the direct cause of ;ir it says that, since Turkish warships war-ships commanded by German officers, irithout due cause, had bombarded Russian ports, a state of war existed between Turkey on one hand and the five allies on the other. It then continues : "It Is not the French republic's Intention In-tention ever to forget the cordial friendship which for many centuries hn3 linked France with the Ottoman empire. In view of this fact It will not consider the many Turkish sub-cti sub-cti at present residing within the French borders as hostile enemies but in the light of true friends." |