EXPECTED COLLAPSE OF TURKEY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 9, 5 October 1918, Page 7

EXPECTED COLLAPSE OF TURKEY

W REPORTED NEGOTIATIONS / AT ALEPPO ( SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY ON THE - STOCK EXCHANGE - *.' • ■ FRONT FROM LENS 10 ARMENTIERES ■ • 'FALLING BACK , - , SEVERE FIGHTING IN FLANDERS Public mteiest in the nai lews, as reflected in the cabled dispMches, appeals to be equally di\ idtd between the rumours of a Turkish capitdlation and the splendid progress of the Allies on the > Western front There are indications that the Turk is concentrating hrs forces—what are left of them—upon a convenient defensive line ne,ir his homo bases, he is flilhdiamng fiom Persia, and apparently also from the Baku region—the scene of the recent treachery oi: the Aimenians/ Intoiest in possible <te\ jlopraents is also reflected in tl-e tone of the London Stock Ej.chai.ge, is very buoyant. • There is no jadical change in the situation in Bulgaria. The terms ■ of the armistice arc being given eftect to, but there is evidence in the reports that the Central Empnes ma\ attenpt to complicate the situation by a military attempt to o\eu\ie tno Bulgars and recreate a .' fighting front in Bulgaria But the Germans are more than fully . occupied nearei home The dispatel es from theAYest to-day announce ■ a German retreat on a wido front—from Lens to Armentieres— with the British in close touch Theie ha? also been an attack by the British Fourth Armj (Emilmson's) on the fet Qtientin-Cambrai ' front Plumer's Vrmj (the Second) his been engaged in severe fighting m iti operations i;i Flanders, but its pdiance has not been checlcd The Amencan Main Ainn, lighting m the Argonne forest undei conditions which iweclude the emplojment of motors or horses, . has athie\ed an ad\ance ol o\ei ttmr miles . '.. • . I ■_ . ■