Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-11-24
j. s. WhRSHIPS
To SAVE RUSSIANS
All Available Yank Vessels Are
Rushed to the Crimea.
REDS CAPTURE sEBASTopoL
eolsheviki Seize Control Of the cri'
INCA as Wransel's Army Is Ami
hilstsd and Commander Flees
on French Warship.

Washington. Nov. l6-All available
American warships IN the Black sea
are To be used 10 assist refugees IN
leaving the Crimea In advance Of the
BolSheviki armies. Authority for such
use Of the ships was given by the State
and Navy departments upon the urgent
recommendations OF Rear Admiral Me
Gully. commander Of American war
ships In southern Russian waters.
IL has not yet been determined
where the refugees will be taken. At
the State department IL was said that
because Of the epidemic of typhus AT
Scbastopol they might not be taken to
Consiantinople, but 10 one OF the
Greek islands In the Aegean sea.
Wran5el Flees From crimea.
Constantinople, Nov. 1G.-Sebasto-
pol fell 10 the Russian soviet forces
az five o'clock Sunday evening after
the evacuation plans had been fully
carried out. according 10 word received
here. General Nrangel. Il is stated,
was the last TO leave. cheered by his
troops.
General Wranrel. members Of his
stan. and ~ Martel, French high COM
missioner M Sebastopol. were taken on
board the French wurship Waldeck
Rousseau and are expected 10 arrive
In Constantinoplc today. The whole
% the Crimea must be- given up as lost
by Tie Wrangel forces
The WGldecl. Rousseau and the 9TH
er French and the American and Brit
iSh ships M Sebustopol did not leave
that port until the Boisheviki We're
within the walls Of the city.
These ships. according 10 the for
eign Office adyices. were loaded 20 Gu
pacity with refugees aud the remnants
II General Wrangers troops Many
refugees. however we're lef. behind,
and these, Il was said, proba ~ num-
bered 100000.
The fate of these refugees is caus-
ing great anxiety, as the American re-
lief organization also has left the
Crimea. The majority of the refugees
have been dependent upon the Amerl-
can relief workers for their susie
nance.
Little Optimism Shown.
officials here did not appear Mt all
optimistic over the outlook and Il
seemed to be their real belief that
General Wrangel had failed, as did
Generals Denikine. Yudenich and Adj
miral Kolchak.
Because Of the Crimean develop
ments and the junction effected recent
ly ~ the Turkish nationalists and Boil
sheviki and the occupation Of Batum.
the position OF the Soviet regime in
tile Black sea territory was pointed TO
as stronger than IL ever had been.
The reports indicated that only a
Few members Of General Wrangel's
staff had managed 10 escape. The
STAFF n 81 whole, IL was said, had been
virtually wiped out, it's members either
being killed or taken prisoner.
Propaganda behind General Wran-
| gels lines had much 10 do with the
collapse on the front, according TO in
formation reaching official circles here.
The Bolsheviki, II is declared. spread
reports that General Wrangel was n
reactlonary and that his success would
mean the return OF the carbon and
absolute monarchy. and distributed
pamphlets and booklets TO REINFORCE
these statements.
ON the other hand. II Is reported
that the extremely conservative party
Of Russians considered General
wrangel too liberal and advanced In
his views, and information reaching
the foreign Office alleges that this eIe-
ment plotted his downfall.