Hebrew translation of 24 of the sections of the Armistice of Mudros, from the period around the time of its signing. [1918]. Lithograph.
When it was clear to Turkey that it lost WWI, and the situation was hopeless, the government of Talaat Pasha resigned on 8.10.918. On 14.10.1918, a new government arose under Ahmed Izzet Pasha, which sent a request for surrender to the British. On 23.10.1918, the British Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe informed the Turks that authority was granted to him by the powers of the agreement to conduct negotiations for the conditions of the surrender. The Turks sent four representatives to the discussions, conducted aboard the British Royal Navy ship which was anchored at the port of Moudros, on the Island Lemnos in Greece.
The Armistice of Mudros, which comprises 25 sections, was signed on 30.10.1918, marked the end of the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies of WWI.
According to the armistice, the Ottomans were forced to give up land outside of Anatolia and retreat to borders that would be established for them. The Ottoman army was disarmed and all its ports, trains and other strategic points would be used by the Allies. Observation posts and control over the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits would be transferred to their control as well, and the right to conquer the six districts populated by Armenians in Asia Minor in case of irregularities.
The Armistice was translated into Hebrew and printed in lithograph in order to update Hebrew readers in the decisions, as there were many consequences for the future of the settlement in the Land of Israel and the Zionist enterprise. It’s possible that the translation was done for the benefit of decision makers in the Hebrew settlement, for the benefit of the soldiers who fought in the framework of the Allies against Turkey and the Axis, or for the benefit of the Hebrew press.
[1] leaf, thick paper. 20×33 cm. Lithograph.
Tear in the corners of the leaf with damage to a number of words in the text, professionally restored, stains, fold mark. Moderate-fine condition.