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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 17, 1919.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 30. His Majesty the KING has been pleased to entrust the seals of the Colonial Department to the Right Honourable Viscount MILNER as one of the Principal Secretaries of State.

14th January, 1919.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 31.-The following Text of the Conditions of the Armistice with Turkey is published for general information.

PRESS BUREAU,

November 1st, 1918, 2.10 p.m.

TEXT OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE ARMISTICE WITH TURKEY,

AS SETTLED.

1. Opening of Dardanelles and Bosphorus and access to the Black Sea. Allied occupation of Dardanelles and Bosphorus forts.

2. Positions of all minefields, torpedo tubes, and other obstructions in Turkish waters to be indicated and assistance given to sweep or remove them as may be required.

3. All available information as to mines in the Black Sea to be communicated.

4. All Allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons and prisoners to be collected in Constantinople and handed over unconditionally to the Allies.

5. Immediate demobilization of the Turkish Army except for such troops as are required for the surveillance of the frontiers and for the maintenance of internal order. Number of effectives and their disposition to be determined later by the Allies after consultation with the Turkish Government.

6. Surrender of all war vessels in Turkish waters, or in waters occupied by Turkey. These ships to be interned at such Turkish port or ports as may be directed, except such small vessels as are required for police or similar purposes in Turkish territorial waters.

7. The Allies to have the right to occupy any strategic points in the event of any situation arising which threatens the security of the Allies.

8. Free use by Allied ships of all ports and anchorages now in Turkish occupation and denial of their use by enemy. Similar conditions to apply to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish waters for purposes of trade and demobilization of the Army.

9. Use of all ship repair facilities at all Turkish ports and arsenals.

10. Allied occupation of the Taurus tunnel system.

11. Immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from North-West Persia to behind the pre-War frontier has already been ordered and will be carried out. Part of Trans- Caucasia has already been ordered to be evacuated by Turkish troops, the remainder to be evacuated if required by the Allies after they have studied the situation there.

12. Wircless telegraph and cable stations to be controlled by the Allies, Turkish Government messages excepted.

13. Prohibition to destroy any naval, military, or commercial material.

14. Facilities to be given for the purchase of coal, oil-fuel, and naval material from Turkish sources, after the requirements of the country have been met. None of the above material to be exported.

15. Allied Control Officers to be placed on all railways, including such portions of the Trans-Caucasian railways now under Turkish control, which must be placed at the frce and complete disposal of the Allied Authorities, due consideration being given to the needs of the population. This clause to include Allied cccupation of Batoum. Turkey will raise no objection to the occuptation of Baku by the Allies.