XXIII. An obligation on the part of Turkey to Xxiii. An obligation on the part of Turkey to cease all relations with the Central Powers.
XXIV. In case of disorder in the SiX Armenian Xxiv. In case of disorder in the SiX Armenian villayets the Allies reserve to themselves the right to occupy any part of them.
XXV. Hostilities between the Allies and Turkey shall cease from noon, local time, Thursday, gr Oct.
Austria.— With Bulgaria and Turkey out of the war the surrender of Austria was rendered inevitable. In the great Italian drive in Octo ber-November 63 Austrian divisions were ex hausted. On 4 Nov. 1918 the war office at Rome reported: °The Austro-Hungarian army is de stroyed. .It suffered heavy losses in the fierce resistance of the first days of the struggle, and in pursuit it has lost an immense quantity of material of all kinds, nearly all its stores and depots, and has left in our hands about 300,000 prisoners, with their commands cotnplete, and not less than 5,000 guns?" On 29 October Austria-Hungary sent a note to the Secretary of State of the United State,s requesting an immediate armistice on all fronts and the commencement of peace negotiations, stating: °Immediately after having taken di rection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after the dispatch of the official answer to your note of 18 Oct. 1918 by which you were able to see that we accept all the points and principles laid down by President Wilson in his various declarations, and are in complete accord with the efforts of President Wilson to prevent fu ture wars and to create a league of nations, we have taken preparatory measures, in order that Austrians and Hungarians may be able, accord ing to their OWTI desire and without being in any way hindered, to make a decision as to their fu ture organization, and to rule it. Since the ac cession to power of Emperor King Charles his immovable purpose has been to bring an end to the war. More than ever this is the desire of the sovereign of all the Austro-Hungarian peoples, who acknowledge that their future destiny can only be accomplished in a pacific world, by being freed from all disturbances, privations and sor rows of war. This is why I (Count Andrassy,
the new Foreign Minister) address you directly, Mr. Secretary of Sta.te, praying that you will have the goodness to intervene with the Presi dent of the United States in order that in the interest of humanity', as in the interest of all those who live in Austria-Hungary, an im mediate armistice may be concluded on all fronts, and for an overture that immediate ne gotiations for peace will follow?' In a note explaining to the Austrian people this plea for peace the Austrian government said: "Austria was obliged to conform to the methods of President Wilson, who had succes sively replied to the three members of the Triple Alliance, and act apart from her Allies. The monarchy, which has formally adopted Presi dent Wilson's line of action, shares his opinion, as was shown by the emperor's manifesto.to the peoples which, in proclaiming the federalization of the monarchy, exceeded President Wilson's program. However, the complete reorgani zation of Austria can only be carried out atter an armistice. If Austria-Hungary has declared herself ready to enter into negotiations for an armistice and for peace, without awaiting the result of negotiations with other states, that does not necessarily signify an offer of a sepa rate peace. It means that she is ready to act separately in the interests of the re-establish rnent of peace." On 31 October Austria sued for an armistice at the fighting front. The terms to her came from the headquarters of General Diaz on 1 No vember and were accepted the same day to take effect from 3 P.M. 4 Nov. 1918. These terms were even more severe than those imposed on Turkey. They comprised 18 clauses, divided into military and naval articles as follows: