The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-11-16

So critical 10 the situation in the
crimea that Rear Admiral Nevtos
A. Mccully. in command of the
United States squadron at serss-
topol. yesterday appealed for a.
many additional ships as possible
to care for the great food OF civiIish
refugees. many Of whom were Amer
leans The entire Crimea, Admiral
McCully said, is being evseuats<
amid privation and suffering fr3f
is almost unbelievable
Two cruisers, two fuel shirf. a.
eighteen destroyers were tia1e-
diately put at Admiral Mo- U4I
disposition and will be rus q =
Sebastopol with all possible spe~L
The entire fleet will be upde- cu1rf
mand of Rear Admiral Marx + isroL
United States Commissioner a ccr
stantinople. -
The feet includes practicaiIv 1u
American warships In the MeEfr1r~
ranean. Adriatic and Black seas 80
il is understood that most of<tntM
will be under way by morning
In directing Admiral Bristol 70
dispatch this feet Acting Secretary
OF State Norman Davis Instructed
him to cooperate with the repre-.
sentatives of Great Britain and
France at constsptInople, who. are
also sending ships s-
In taking such Wholesale mess-
ures Of relief. the State Departuent
announced, that IL acted entirety
upon humsnitariap ground. hopirE
70 assist as many Russians. ~ pos-
fsitse. -Stcsc fete. q H-''i--ss -
..Sx-6o and uncertain
IL a suficient number OF re,ief
ships do not reach SebastopoI IN
time. officials are convinced that .
large proportion OF the refugees
will be killed.
Reports received here state that
the refugees at Sebastopol alone
number more than $4,000 and that
vast crowds are nocking in every
day. In their famished condition
they have already raided American
Red Cross stores
The disposition Of such a stupeud-
Gus mass Of fleeing humanity most
Of whom are i'll and many OF whotu
are without clothes. is greatly pur~
zling government officials here. Con-
stantinople. the nearest big city m
der control of the former allies Is
already overcrowded and is vtth-
out sufficient food or medical sup
plies to care for them. II has been
suggested that they be segregated
upon Prinkipo Island.
II is understood here that French
ships and possibly the British win
endeavor to rescue Gen. wrzngel
and as many as possible Of his sol
diers. Admiral McCulIly will not
- h1e frNA
LONDON. Nov. f5.-Reports that.
Sebastopol has been evacuated con
firm the general trend Of neNs
for the past forty-eight bcurs re-
rarding the desperate but hopeless
6Rht Baron wrangei and his oeci-
mated army were making ageinst
the victorious hordes which have
swept across the Criunea-
Gen. wrangel and members OF
his. staf. who were at SebSstopci
we're, according TO the dispatches
taken on board a French varsity
and are on the way to Constants
nople.
SebastopoI was the center today
OF the wild debacle. Its harbor Was
filed with craft ranging from war
vessels TO rowboats. all carrying
human cargoes away from the rising
Red wave. Gen Wrangefs army
was in collapse and the conouertpg
Bolshevik troops swept southwest
upon the CITY,.
! The White troops were practically
wiped out in their defense OF <hs
narrow neck of the peninsula whers
three divisions checked twenty-five
assaults by tventy-eight divisions cf
the enemy.
The Soviet army broke throus1
the stubborn defense finally and
spread unchecked over the areas be-
hind the line. The Soviet losses were
said to amount into the thouss uds
after troops had been thrown tirae
after time against the strong de-
fense.