New-York tribune., 1920-11-16
Left
TOTheir Fate
In Sebastopol
Concern Felt for Refugees
Forced to Remain as the
Allied Warships, Crowd
ed to Capacity, Depart
Reds Masters of Crimea
Propaganda Behind Line
Of Wrangel Blamed for
the Collapse of His Army

PARIS, Nov. 15.-Many refugees,
probably numbering 10000, were left
behind in Sebastopol when the Amer
lean, French and British relief war
ships steamed out Of the harbor as the
Bolsheviki entered the walls of the
city, according to advices reaching the
French Foreign Office.
The ships, loaded to capacity with
refugees and the remnants of General
Baron Wrangel's shattered army, car
ried Baron Wrangel and his wife, NJ.
Martel, French High Commissioner at
Scbastopol, and members of other mis-
sions.
The fate Of the refugees still in the
city is causing grave concern, as the
American relief workers have left the
Crimea. The majority of the refugees
have been dependent upon American
relief workers for their, sustenance,
and the hope was expressed that means
might be devised by which that organi-
cation would continue its work.
Few of Wrangel's Aids Escaped
Advices TO the Foreign Office say
that the Bolsheviki are masters Of the
whole Crimcan peninsula.
Propaganda behind General Wrangel's
lines had much to do with the collapse
on the front, according to information
reaching official circles here. The
Bolsheviki, it is declared, spread re
ports that General Wrangel was re-
dictionary and that his success would
mean the return of the czardom and
absolute monarchy, and distributed
pamphlets and booklets to reinforce
these statements. On the other hand,
it is reported that the extremely con-
servative party of Russians considered
General Wrangel too liberal and ad-
vanced In his views, and information
reaching the Foreign Office alleges that
this element plotted his downfall.
U. s. Vessels Return to Yalta
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15.-(Bv
The Associated Press. -Sebastopo1 fell
to the Russian Soviet forces at 5
o'clock Sunday evening after the evacu-
alton plans had been fully carried out,
according to word received to-day.
General Wrangel, it IS said. vas the
last to leave, going aboard the cruiser
KornilofF, cheered by his troops.
The American destroy1cs Whipplc,
John Edwards and Humphreys, after
bringing wounded none -com5atants here
have started back to Yalta and Thee
dosia to continue the evacuation.
A fire which originated through an
accident destroyed the stores of the
American Red Cross at Sebastopol
Part Of the goods Of the American
Foreign Trade Corporation and other
foreign firms were saved. The Amcri
can Red Cross at Constantinopie il
aiding the refugees, caring for the sick
and wounded and furnishing clothing
and other supplies.
The five Rcd armies concentrating
against him, General Wrangel informed
the newspaper respondents at Sc
bastopoi, numbered more than 100 900
as proved by captured papers. Twenty
thousand Of these we're cavalry, divided
INTO three groups. The cavalry under
General budcnny, who left the anti
Bolshevik forces and joined the Boil
sheYlki, suffered heavily, according TO
General " rangcl, particularly in Of
lccrs.
General Wian2cl conc. .ded: "Durinp
the fiVc mon,hs' atruggle in the north
ern Iauridc the five Red armies we're
occupied wich our troops, so that we
played our part in the Polish victory.
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