Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-24
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ARE REFUGEES
Large Number Of l,eseI
Russian Chile ldren Are
u Orphans. ..II;'s

New York. Dec. Z s4.--Two hundred
children Of the officers VI of General
Wrangel's staff, sons and daughters SOf
generals. colonels and captains, were
among the 100000 Russian refugees
brought to Constantinople harbor by /
ships Of the allied nations when the
Roishevikt broke down Wrangel.s de-
fense and overran the Crimea. 4; eEs isss
Many OF them were orphans their
fathers having pcrisfed while fiEh ting
of the minister of finance OF the WrAn-
gel regime. All were nearly fanishei
when the vessels on which they had
taken refuge arrived here for the
ships larders had been exhausted. 3 4
So hard pressed were all the refu,,
gees to obtain food that they threw
diamonds and weapons or any other
valuables into the boats OF traderp
from Constantinople in payment. for
anything eatable. q SifyS
A graphic story of their arrival al
Constantinople and how an American
destroyer took the 200 children ot
Wrangel's officers off the refugee sve9.sy
sells and landed them at the Trachorna
orphanaEe maintained by the near east
relief is told in reports received Nv
that organization in this city. 1t reads
in. part: .,. ISs
'tThe harbor is u wonderful and sad
sight. One hundred thousand Russians
are on ships there. some Of them dy-8
ing. The hest OF the old Russian fam
lilies are among these refugees. the
men who fought for Wrangel, crowd
ed and sick and without food except
what the relief people can get to! them
and the bread and water given to them
by the French 81.
Proftcering. W, t5S.
O1 course, natives are profiteering
and little boats, go to the ships and
the Russians drop diamonds, firearms
and other .valuables to these traders ii
exchange for food. The people on these
vessels represent the remains OF an
old aristocracy with no country. to
take them though the French expect
to send many to Morocco. I. -
The children We're packed with
grown people like sardines on the bfg
ships coming from Crimea and most
OF them were sick from fatigue, lack
of nourishment and lack OF s!een Mrs
Gunther and Miss Hastings, lreliSf
Workers) went to the ships on board i
united States destroyer and 200 chill
dren were tagged with the names of
their fathers and mothers and the
fathers occupation. Many said Faith
er d:ed in Wrangels army fighting for
Russia. The destroyer brought the
children to the landing OF the TrachD-
ma orphanage which is located rinft
on the Bosphorus. Ten mothers were
taken withth very young children.
and habtess and the other children
ranged from to i years & ii. s;;.. s..
,,,s,; Most lost, f,tt1sn,S looked s1ac tty. iii.
carried their dolls tightly 81 4 ttiaiT rivsS
and one little boy hugged a teddy bear.
boy Of IL carried sick little hoy
! OF years because he came from Hi
| town in Russia. He would not eat an
til the smaller boy had received t,out,
Most OF the children could speak
! French. y 10 EEfs
First the mothers with little babie.
were fed and then the children. f,rst
the girls and then the boys. One boy
| ate SIX bowls of soup and: all the chill
dren ate as if they were starved. There
was no noise. no crying. no disorder.
Whey We're like little soldiers. All the
boys removed their hats upon entering
the orphanage. The mothers and ba-
! pies were first given a bath and then
! the boys and girls.'' s. --S
! Can Enter Poland.
| Warsaw, Dec. 2s.-Polish govern.
/ ment has notified the American Red
Cross that it has granted permission
to 1000 peasant refugees from the
territory formerly occupied BY Cseners
| al Wrangel to enter Poland. The decis
s'on to give asylum to them was made
In response to telegram from Gensrai
1 Wrangel who asked that they be- aSi4
1nltted. They are mostly wives and
children of Russian soldiers win
Wrangel's forces and they are said fSo
1 be in critical state Of want.
! Information received in Warsaw in-
d!cates that the peasants in South Rms
's,a % race winter of starvation ana the
/, Polish authorities expect 10 rroa;ua
/ further appeals to admit many more
thousands before the winter is far "a
vanced. Large migrations of ref,,ren.
!, from central Russia to the Black sea
4 coast are taking place and wi1oie
! families have been found there frciss,
the old provinces OF Kostroma, Riasan
/ and Kaluga. "a Z, ~ 4, - = 80. =