File No. 763.72119/2532
The Spanish Ambassador (
Riaño) to
President Wilson
Washington,
October 14, 1918.
Mr. President: I have the honor to
transmit herewith, acting upon instructions from my Government, the
text of a communication received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Spain from the
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Chargé
d’Affaires of Turkey in Madrid on September [October?] 12, and which reached me late yesterday, Sunday
evening.
Please accept [etc.]
The Turkish Chargé in
Spain to the Spanish Minister
of Foreign Affairs
The undersigned, Chargé d’Affaires of Turkey, has the honour,
acting upon instructions from his Government, to request the
Royal Government to inform the Secretary of State of the United
States of America by telegraph, that the Imperial Government
requests the President of the United States of America to take
upon himself the task of the reestablishment of peace; to notify
all belligerent states of this demand and to invite them to
delegate plenipotentiaries to initiate negotiations. It (the
Imperial Government) accepts as a basis for the negotiations the
programme laid down by the President of the United States in his
message to Congress of January 8, 1918, and in his subsequent
declarations, especially the speech of September 27.2
In order to put an end to the shedding of blood, the Imperial
Ottoman Government requests that steps be taken for the
immediate conclusion of a general armistice on land, on sea, and
in the air.
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