The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-11-27
CRIMEAN FORCES OF
WRANCEL DEFEATED
Armenia Cut off From World
By Turk Nationalists-
Capital Emptied.

Paris -SebaStOpO has 1allen, tHe
Russian bolsheviki having occupied
the city Sunday night, according to IN
formation received by the French tor
eign office.
The bOlshpviki are reported TO be
masters Of the whole Crlmean PENN
sula.
General Wrangel members of his
staff and NJ MarteI, French high COM
missioner at Sebastopol. were taken
on board the French warship Waldeck
Rosseau.
The Waldeck-Rosseau and the other
French and the American and British
ships at Sebastopol did not leave that
port until the bolsheviki were within
the walls of the city These ships, ac-
corling to the foreign office advices,
we're loaded to capacity with refugees
and the remnants of General Wrang-
els troops. Many refugees, however.
we're left behind, and these, it was
said. probably numbered 100000.
The fate of these refugees is caus-
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lief organization also has left the
Crimea. The majority of the refugees
have been dependent upon the Amerl-
can relief workers for their suSten-
ance. and the hope was expressed that
means might be devised by which that
organization would continue its work.
The reports indicated that only
few of General Nrangels staff had
whole. it was said, had been virtually
wiped out, its members either being
killed or taken prisoner.
Ervian. capital of the Armenian re
public, has been evacuated. Commune
cations between the great railway
junction of AlexandrOpOl and Tiflis.
capital of Georgia, have been cut, com
pletely isolating Armenia from the out
side world by the Turks and the road
from Arabian to ATdanaucht is swarm
ing with Armenian women and chill
dren fleeing down the valley of the
TchorOk River towards Batum, accord
ing to cabled dispatches received by
the headquarters of the Near East Re
lief in New York Monday.
At the same time reports were re-
ceived that Nustapha Renal Pasha in
person is at the head Of the Turkish
nationalist forces operating against
Armenia, and has ordered the Georg-
ian government to evacuate Batum, on
the Black Sea, and that the Georgian
army has been modified to defend
that port.
A cable message from Mrs. Veronica
Harris of Santa Cruz, Cal, temporary
head of the Near East Relief work at
Tiflis, says:
FOLLOWING official communication
received from the commandant of the
forces of the Armenian republic No,
vember 8:
1.-The military commander of the
Armenian republic was obliged to send
part of our troops operating against
the Turks in the region of Alexandra
pol against the Tartars who were act
ing in our rear at Mount Ag-Baba.
These circumstances made necessary
| negotiations, the result of what was
temporary armistice with the Turks)
from November
"The French mission in Tiflis re-
ports Alexandropol taken. Have no
news from Alexandropol or Kara but
all Americans believed to be safe
Communications between Alexandra
pol and Tifflis cut indefinitely
Cable dispatches reaching the Near
East Relief headquarters Friday from
| Captain Sergt Bekzetian, Armenian
| diplomatic representative in Tiflis,
stated that the remnants Of the Ar
menian army retreating from Alexan-
! dropOl had withdrawn directly north
ward along the ArpaChai BARLEY Riv-
err into the Georgian province of Ak.
! halkalaki. One hundred thousand ref
ugees were said to have fled before the
| Turks across the frontiers OF Armenia
into Georgia, as well as into the inter
| ior Of Armenia. The cablegram said
| these refugees were without food.
clothing or shelter, and that the coun-
try into which they had fled was bar
rem of supplies.
Charles " Vickery, general secre-
tary of the Near East Relief, said Mon
day that cargoes were now on the seas
bound for Batum, consisting of 5,S13,-
600 cases and bales of old clothing ald
shoes; 1920 bags of rice. 1880 bags .of
sugar. and 260 tons of soap and other
supplies The boat. Gul Djemal, leav-
ing New York November 20. will carry