The Porte signed without hesitation an agreement comprising twenty-five
severe requirements.
The surrender of Bulgaria and Turkey forced Austria's hand. The terms
under which it was permitted to capitulate were even harder than those
granted to Turkey. They comprised eighteen requirements divided into
military and naval clauses.
Germany, proud, imperial Germany, met the greatest humiliation of all
the Teutonic allies when the Kaiser and the German High Command were
brought to their knees. Thirty-five clauses, the most severe and drastic
ever demanded from a great power, were included in the armistice
agreement. Only the imminent menace of an invasion of Germany would have
sufficed to compel the German representatives to sign such a document.
Following are the drafts of the Turkish, Austrian and German armistice
agreements.
THE TURKISH AGREEMENT
1. The opening of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus and access to the
Black Sea. Allied occupation of the Dardanelles and Bosporus forts.
2. The positions of all mine fields, torpedo tubes and other
obstructions in Turkish waters are to be indicated, and assistance given
to sweep or remove them, as may be required.
3. All available information concerning mines in the Black Sea is to be
communicated.
4. All Allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons and
prisoners are to be collected in Constantinople and handed over
unconditionally to the Allies.
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