Show OTTOMAN EM sop IRE HAS capitulated TURKEY SU surrenders TO THE ALLIES kL LIES ACCEPTING G ALL conditions free passage by allied fleet through the and into the B black sea and occupation of ports along ahle the dardanelles Darda Dardin nelles eltes london turkey Is out of the aar war an armistice between turkey and the allied aker powers S became operative at noon on thursday october 31 A british general c conducted 0 ti d ia et the lie negotiations goliat n for G great r ea t ij britain he Is general Towns townshend liena mhd who with an all arm of was waa surrounded and c captured at af kut el EI amara A few days ago lie was released from the turkish prison camp and the captive li became edaine armistice and pea peace ce negotiator the end of the preliminary parleys saw paw the turks who starved starred ahli him and his heroic army out two years iago age 4 surrendering unconditionally to his governments and tha allies terms the terms of turkeys capitulation as outlined include 1 tree fre passage by y allied fleet f t through the and into the black sea 2 occupation of the ports poris along the dardanelles Darda nelles land and the 3 immediate re p of allied prisoners in turkish prison camps unofficially parleys with turkey have been go going ingon on for fully a week they were ivere largely one ane sided however ho vever turkey making feverish efforts to get into direct communication first with the entente governments mainly great britain then with the allied military and naval chieck chiefs turkey entered the war in november avem 1914 when she se severed vereil diplomatic relations with great Bil britain tain F france rance anil R russia Alil military lEnry operations began against turkey on november tc e and great britain ann annexed ex edthe the island of cyprus turkey entered the ivar war only a few days after the german warships bros brea lau and goebert goeben had sought shelter in the dardanelles Darda nelles which was tit at once blockaded by the allied fleet gnap in abill ral 1015 allied troops were q landgdon lan dedon the GaII peninsula but the campaign failed and the troops were with drawn Jil december of the same year the british began a campaign along the tigris and euphrates vers lit in november ve niber 1014 1914 they advanced to within less than miles mileson mi lesof of bagdad Bit golad but were defeated and retreated to kutel kut ut 41 el amara where they were later inter forced tf td surrender early lit in 1017 the british renewed the offensive in mesopotamia tani fit and have continued it successfully ever since until now they ara are within a few miles of for several weeks the united states declared wn war on germany turkey ke took no action but on april 21 1917 she severed d I 1 p I 1 0 ni a ta c rel a t I 1 0 n S Ilo however Vever there hns has nev never er be been en a declaration la of war either by the united or turkey |