White Paper (Ed, 7628) containing "correspondence respecting events leading to the rupture of relations with Turkey" was issued You should point out to the Government that these are the duties entailed "pee them by their neutrality, and that his Majesty's Government by the Foreign Office on November fire that they will act up to their obions.
10, The correspondence covers the Before these instructions could be period between August 3 and carried out, Mr. Beaumont tele-November 4, and contains 184 docu-graphed, also on August 11:—ments and despatches. On August My telegram of August 11. be! Edward Grey instructed the The Ottoman Government has bought and Breslau. Officers and 6 British Charge d'Affaires men will be allowed to retarn to Ger-Constantinople to inform the Turkish Government that Great Britain many. Grand Visier told me thet, pur chase was duo to our detention of Sultan desired to take over the Turkish Osman. They must have ship to bar-battleship Osman I., then under gain with regard to question of the islands on equal terms with Greece, and construction by Messrs. Armstrong. j The Grand Vizier express tion and seemed to con formally tention of a Turkish ship as naval mission might be allowed to remain. unfriendly act, as Turkey is not at To this request Sir Edward Grey war." On August 4 the Grand replied on August 12, that if th> Vizier gave assurance that Turkey crews of the Goeben and Breslau intended to observe strict neutral-were returned to Germany at once, ity, and explained that mobiliza-there would be no reason to wi tion had been decided upon only draw the British Naval Mission. because it would take months to mapau, Admiral Limpus' recei complete, and because the Government wished not to be taken by surprise in case of aggression.
Sir Edward Grey, on August 4, expressed his conviction that the Turkish Government would under-from the Minister of Marine that crews would be made up for the Goeben and the Breslau, and that the two ships would be handed over bodily to the British The Minister of Marine de that there was no intention of sending the ships outside the Sea of Marmora until the end of the wat financial and other loss to Turkey would receive all due consideration.
This was on August 14. On the following day Mr. Beaumont tele graphed to Sir Edward Grey:— meat, will exercise patience it that if jesty's be saved, for the Grand Vixier him of the declara ion ath list this would be of enormous ast leg ram ance to him, and he assured me th! need not be anxious lest Turkey sil be drawn into war Great, Britis
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