New-York tribune., 1920-11-16
'Ar11leniarls Cut
Off by Turks;
Quit Capital
Roads Jammed With Women
and Children III Flight
Toward Batum: 100000
Refugees Are Destitute
Georgian Army Modified
NustapI,a ken'al Leads His
Troops in Person: Appeal
for Supplies l. Urgent

rr;van. capital Of the Armenian Re
.ob';c. has been evacuated; communi-
...;ors between the grea. railway
.~nr.jon Of AieNandropO and Titfis
..sni-s. Of Georgia. have been lnden-
.,-sIv Gu. completely iSolaung Arme-
"a from the outside world, and the
.,s5 from. Ardahar - ACdanautch IS
:smmeG Win Armenian women and
..sydrer fleeing down the valley OF the
T-sorok River toward Batum, accord
~ 10 cable dispatches received yes
.srday by the New York headquarters
- the Near East Relief
Other acvices SAID the Georgian
srnv had been modified to defend
pa-um on the Black Sea, as result
q. the order Of Mustapha kemal
psshs to the Georgiar government to
eracuatc the port. Mustapha hemal
pssba in person is heading the
r~rsjsh Nationalist forces operating
srainst Armenia.
sThs frs. message reached the Near
rssr Relief through Edouard Neville,
,-ss;dsn.. and Auguste de Morsier
ssscretarv. Of the international Phil
.-renjgn Conference now IN session
a. Geneva. in conjunction with the
EsSeMOlS u &c A1~~
I. read, in part:
armenian army has been forced TO
scacuate Erivan, its ammunition being
exhausted. Georgia is moblAzlng. Tn
.sd and shoeless refugees are crowd
DO into Tifis for possible safety. Inc
pSilarmenian League appeals to the
International Red Cross. the Near East
pelief and the Lord Mayors Commit
Zee 70 rush food, medicines and cloth
Ing 10 Batum."
American Woman Reports Conditions
The second message came from Mrs.
Veronica Harris. Of Santa Cruz, Catlfr
acting as temporary head Of the Near
Tss. relief work st Tifis Captain
Finest tIssarrow, director general Of Near
Fast relief in Transcaucasis Is with
the remaining American relief workers
Who refused 70 quit AleXandropol,
when the Turkish advance reached that
citv. Mrs Harris's cable read:
Following Official communication re-
ceived from the commardanr Of the
forces Of the Armenian republic No
yember 5:
The military command OF the
Armenian republic was obliged to send
psr. o. our troops operating against
the Turks IN the region Of AleXandrOpol
against the Tartar rebels who were act
inr in or rear near Mount Ag-baba
These circumstances made necessary
regulations. the result of winch was q
.emporary armistice (with the Turks y
from November :.
The French MISSION in THIS re-
-1rts Alexandropol taken. Have nc
news from Alexandropol or Kara, but
al Americans believed TO be safe. Com
murcations between Alexandropol and
Tiais cut ndehnitely.'
Cable dispatches reaching the Near
East relief headquarters Friday from
Captain Serge Bekzetian. Armenian
diplomatic representative in Tiflis. said
.ae remnant os the Armenian army re
treating from Alexandropol had with
drawn directly northwards along the
Arpa-Cha Barley River, into the
Georgian province OF A.halaalaki. One
hundred thousand refugees were said
70 have fed before the Turks across
TIE frontiers Of Armenia into Georgia
as well as into the interior OF Armenia.
The cablegram said these refugees
we're without food, clothing or shelter
and that the country into which they
ssd was barren Of supplies.
Relief Alreay on Way
Charles V Nickery, general score
ssry o. tire Near East Relief. said yes