WILL TURKEY SURRENDER?

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

WILL TURKEY SURRENDER?

REPORTED NEGOTIATIONS AT ALEPPO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY ON LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE 8y Telegraph Press Association Conynpli* Rome, October 3. It is lepoitpd that Tuikish negotiations are piuccdni' at Akppo —Aus • N Z Cable Assn > ■ i i i .1 ' THE FINANCIAL BAROMETER TURKISH RUMOURS BOpll CONSOLS ! [ s ; '•'■'■; ■ '■ ' London, October 3. Consols jumped 12 as the lesult of rumouis that TuiKev Ins capitulated -Rtutei Ihe Stock Exchange «hons an ictnr up\aid mo;emcnt in most departments, especially in Russian stocks, ind Biitibh Consols arc at uOJ —AusN Z Cable A<sn — \ THE FALL OF DAMASCUS i. AUSTRALIANS FIRST INTO THE CITY ' .' London, October 3. A Palestine official message^'ti'cs —'The Australian mounted men entered Damascus on the night of September .30, and nt 6.o'clock in the morning of October 1 the city was oceupictl by the British and a portion of the Arab, army :of : King ■■Hussein. • Ovor 7000 prisoners were taken, and after the surrender, excepting necessary guards, nil Allied troops were withdrawn -, from the city, and for the present the local authorities are responsible for the administration."—Aus.-N.Z. Ca"ble.'.Assn.-Heuter. : ': - ANOTHER CAVALRY "SCOOP" . ' ".'.•'".'. '~'...'.' (Rec. October -1, 10.15- p.m.) I'. .„... ! ' •-'. London.* October 3. . An official report from Palestine states:—"The Australian mounted tr .°-*j? s , oll October.2 captured a column of tho enemy's troops in the vicinity ot Jiubbeta-i-Sahr,-lv miles north-west of Damascus, taking 1500 prisoners, two guns, ami iorty.machine-guns.. Our'aeroplanes'heavilv bombed the enemy, an aerodrome, and the railway establishments at Ravak."-Aiis.-N.Z. 1 Cable Assn.-Pieuter; '■. . ' TURKISH WITHDRAWAL FROM PERSIA - i&MvtftT** '--"Vf" 11 '™* .U'SSSTwin??™ seriSia on-accounfc i of the disaster in Palestine—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. } ■ ,-,, ,' ■.. ''■~. I, , , - ' Nev. , Yorli, October 3. IHirkey is recalling an her troops from Persia. ' The British, are likely to return to Baku.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.