Armistice of Mudros that was signed on 30 October 1918 to end the World War I, ceded the control of Cilicia to France. French Government sent four battalions of the Armenian Legion in December to take over Adana and oversee the repatriation of more than 170,000 Armenians to Cilicia. Returning Armenians negotiated with France to establish an autonomous "State of Cilicia" and Mihran Damadian, the chief negotiator for Armenians, signed the provisional "Constitution of Cilicia" in 1919. Pre-war life had resumed with re-opening of the churches, the schools, the cultural centers and the businesses.