The Republican journal., 1920-12-30
From Charles S. Mills

- and Mrs George o. Mills nave
..3 .be following letter from their
an Instructor in Roberts Col
| /, constantinople. 1t is under the
|, tyoy 23rd:t
..,4r to feel than to write about
ast,op Yet | will try to write
' >" Sunday was the day. 1t was
5sy but it was a glorious day for
~. ra such hopeless day for some.
Aid was not much, but it gave
satisfaction, And that is what
9;,d to try to write about.
.''I isst letter think l wrote some
~ a5,pt the flight of the Russians
Ia 0-imea. A large part of Cen
| TT,-anaels army and thousands of
noouIatIon of the Crimea came
% VI. Bosphorous last week to escape
~, ,ssylsts who were about to plum
| D,'I Tr,nea Tor two weeks. this being
NV their officers paid them. One
orsatest exoduses in history is
I'll it. Homes were left behind
mad haste to reach safety. Mill
.,rss and guns and Notifications
5Ioan no that they might not fall
h Ssra7ds Of the Sovlets.
|r5, asbt arms, a few ambulances,
|'... 10000 wrecks of humanity
f.. IT, 33sb for freedom last week, the
|,.rsg being made in every sort of
[.Gs rr9ft My window looks out
!. ,5s sosphor1s and | had but to turn
,as- ta see ship after ship in its
4. Packed in like understanding
E-or'g-vere these Russian refugees
,.,,sts. en- small freighters, on
...u ,riSers, destroyers and battle
u rr~ r-srsz5 from the national junk
..,-,onp Of which were in tow, on
y. ro3ts on passenger steamers of
\. atoms. On once very fine liners,
excuses for boats which
In never have ventured on the
,vos-,arh was what | saw from
-f-fasl. room. A French battleship
S.calo.. If destroyers also steamed
'-7sI7sr. in the exodus. The French
/ ,eoga1ed Wrangel and are there
tss9 jnsInle for the care of the refu-
F.5g5 been hearing stories concerning
s,rrl. plight Of the refugees and a few
g wanted TO help if we could, so on
aas, afternoon four of US teachers put
.ma all rouhes and with three Russian
.sr-s - shalsvjnsky, Fomenke, and
,rregse snt INTO town to see what
snl.. d. Ii poured all the afternoon,
.Vs f1r- mind. Before we left the
is3. v- objected at the dinner table
G4, IN. We proposed to buy bread
h 1.-THE money and help those who had
& bs.r well supplied. We took the
r au1 4ta Bridge across to the
1. ,Ga- hadlkenuy which is the
1g ss- Haida Pasha-the terml-
40. tl- A0st7isn or Bagdad railway.
.M salF sc nearly bought out a
la -Four of rs bought the bread
BILL ...grs hargained for a boat to
al. .a.ro The ships which were all at
atu H the entrance to the Sea OF Mar
M Ns bought g5 loaves of bread, not
ag g.UssN lie money, and each of US
dgtt o. TIE quay with a sack of bread
i'a Q b. back Ed had secured
/. .o sHl we hoped aboa,d and
g.5 tls a5 -aiQue Just to "chabouk"
7lul means 10 row quickly. This
Icy Did,
Wife The French are making up their
tl1' as y what 10 do with the ships the
i2s as remaining at anchor and the
.oga ale slEeaag SO ships is the sum
Va late u told. But who wants
A6r'sfnsl The French don't seem to
NH bem m Algeria and the English
FOL lave them IN Egypt. The latest
.lof is that they may be shipped to
sl9',ay.a Anyway the problem hasn't
Il adjusted yet and the people are
Hlg Those who have a little money
W. 3ucceeded in getting off the ships,
HiAe rest 81 the poor devils have had
s@y lam glad to say that now the
1aSl Army of the Black Sea is helping
laklng thousands of extra rations
Wy Day and The American Red Cross is
s@Alg as nard as it can. Organizations
! Fllg money and food. Students OF
S1Ff College are ra sing funds and they
W aSo to sacrifice part of their bread
~ i. Slsir tru,t for a week to aid those in
~ NJ But to 90 on with the story.
,s "s 'o~7d out first to the ship which is
n ra1dlled by The father of Fomenko.
r,. Ute" siongside and yelled up at the
II ,''l french guards, stationed at the
h.. y! The gangway, wouldn't let US
t, ,v we snip, but we found out through
i hi that that ship had enough
H. N, 'yl Ihe present but that another one
tig nj, IL aand was hard pressed. Accord
o1,, We Towed away and sought out a
III. .'C5ht arrival VIII CHI had not been
.,ls,.,l much by the Red Cross or other
Il WHY because of shortage of supplies.
I'M. Gas little freighter and looked like
m. i s'y snip in the darkness, for there
bn.J.s lew lights on board and every
d ap' g'Aed chastity. The boat was down
3g.c "a we water that we had no diff
hDns5 III Climbing on board. No one
ans w Our Russian friends told the
b Ans rd' we were from Roberts College,
litee i b. institution, and that we had
HI, In ~eau Tor them. So we hauled the
hag y alla over the gunwale, expecting
b H. u'o scramble-which there was
hsD6a', people were most polite about
Rsy bpr,Ine food although they were
n i8css y When they saw the bread
ene5 so9 u the small boys, especially,
Asseagsaraau they bespoke gratitude. The
siben -. u this boat number $50, 300
\ ag I'm p,s mere boys-all that are left
leagacrs44 ! l'ary cadets who have been
gbe pss AN w the Bolshevists. The rest
\ ees sa 9GGugers comprised some of the
\ be scho r 'he lei wlves-that is, officers
s'ele 70 W. The president of the school
sSetIy fo "a N English and thanked US
S Sae The NY. Jul help. He begged us to
y AB oI1' day when we were leav-
~ lion ss woman lay on the deck,
w. aad chi; 11 posture, and around her were
i qaatfed wa nuren sleeping. The service
Il Il. Nov tb has small but it made us happy
h sODle we had helped some starv-
was Sunday a satisfying day.