The Mena weekly star., 1920-11-18
FUC|I|VfS CROWD
into SEBASTOPOL
Thousand Flee Before Advance of Red
Army Into ACCOMPLISHMENTS
tionaI Surrender is Demanded
Refugees Refused Shelter.


Sebastopol, Nov. 13.--Thousands of
refugees, panic-stricken, fill the
streets and wharves Of SebastopoI.
Ships Of many nations are hurriedly
taking refugees aboard, and the Red
Cross is loading its supplies. Rear
Admiral Newton McCully, commander
of the Adriatic naval forces in Russian
waters, Will stay at Sebastopol until
the last moment with a small guard
or the American destroyer, Overton.
The American colony has been taken
aboard the 0verton.
II is reported the bolsheviki have
sent an ultimatum to General Wran-
gel demanding the unconditional sur
render of the white Army"
The cruiser u. S. S. st. Louis sailed
from Constantinople for Sebastopol
this morning to take full load of
the fugitives Gravest fears now are
felt for General Wrangel's army.
With the entrance to the Crimea in
the hands of the bolsheviki, military
observers say Wrangel's position in
the Crimea is untenable.
Reds Take Gateway.
The soviet forces have won control
of the isthmus of Perekop, leading ia
the Crimean peninsula, and Wrangel's
situation is extremely bad. The allied
fleets are preparing to aid in the evac-
Eation Of certain districts in the
Crimea. The bolsheviki have adj
vanced beyond Perekop and have cap
tured l2,000,000 cartridges, 1S cannon
one tank, three armored trains, 10000
shells and much transportation mater
ial. British authorities are requis.
tioning ships in Constantinople to take
refugees from the city. Eighty thous-
and persons in Sebastopol seek to es.
cape. The number of ships available
is limited and 1t is probable it will be
impossible for more than 10000 t.
embark The first boatload of re
fugees have arrived at Constantinople
but were not permitted to land, al
housing facilities are limited ant
food is scarce. Their plight is sale
to be very grave
Paris, Nov. 13.-Completely crushed
by the bolshevist onslaught, Barol
Wrangel's army already has begun
evacuation of the Crimean Peninsula
received here shortly before midnight
French warships and transports were
said to be adding the embarkation.
The reports stated that occupation
of Sebastopol by the soviet forces was
imminent. The dispatches said that
the reds pierced Wrangel's front in the
Perekop sector Thursday
Means Wrangel Has Failed.
This news was accepted here a.
signalling the complete failure OF
Wrangel's efforts to set up rival
government in Russia. The evacua.
tlcn, Of course, would be made by sea
and it was assumed Wrangel would
establish himself temporarily at Con.
stantinople.
An earlier Constantinople dispatch
stated that Wrangel already had aban-
d0ned Sehestopol, his main headauar.
tiers on the southwestern tip of the
peninsula. Then French foreign Office
received a delayed communication
stating the arti-bolshevist leader was
then preparing to- remove the civilian
population at once.
Position is Precarious."
Baron Wrangels position is in
<@4@aAabAs Pit[6AiotSf Tile lOfttEn or
nee stated. THE bolsheviki have cap
tured Uszik and great quantities Of
war materials.
"Petlura and Balakaovitch have
3ointly launched an offensive against
the bolsheviki on wide front in the
Ukraine. The latter already have oc-
. cupied the entire Morzyr district"
A wireless communique from Mos
cow stated:
Wrangel's fate is the same as that
OF koichak, Denekine and Yuden6tch.
CONTINUED on Page A.
A proclamation from him transferring
bis powers to the Grand Duke Michael
Aiexandrovitch, now incognito in Sc
bastopol, is imminent.
"Bolshevist cavalry is advancing on
= front extending clear across the
Crimea, burning stores, capturing
booty and baggage.
o.
Stop coughingl you rack the lungs
and worry the body. BALLARD'S
HOREHOUND SYRUP checks irri-