White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-20
SAVES 10000
FROM The REDS
American Red Cross Is Active in
Russia.
ARE RESCUED IN SNOWSTORM
Hefuuees. Followers of General Oen,-
kine's Army, Taken on Ships While
the 6~oisheviki Fire Upon Them
Tells Of Heavy Mortality | n Petro-
qrad-Red Cross Helps Russian
Prisoners Of War.

The American Red Cross is oper-
ating In the Crimea and waiting for
the United States TO approve of more
extended operations In Russia for
which they have more than S5,0oo,ooo
to expend. according to reports re-
eeiyed at The London Office. Maj. III.
l.. Bridges, who is in touch With the
activities of the American Red Cross,
says Ii has beer Instrumental in res
cuing more thar $50, 900 refugees who
were the followers and families of Den
ikine's army.
These refugees we're rescued from
the Crimea and received, while the boil
sheviki fired upon them, OF ships I'M
der the control of the American Red
Cross. They were all taken to the
Princes islands. or constantinople,
and divided for care and rehabilitation
among the british. French. Italians
and Americans; the Americans having
their refugees on the island OF Proti.
the British theirs on the Island Of Prin
kipo, the French on the island of Malt
and the Italians on the island OF Anti
gone.
The plan Is TO rehabilltate them as
far as possible and then send them
back 10 Russia. The British have Just
conditioned their relations, trade and
| otherwise, with Russia on the basis OF
humanitarian treatment for the refu-
gees Of Denikins. 20 that IL is virtually
assured that so fast as they are able
TO 60 back they will be r~eabsorbed.
Still. thers are thousands. IL Is said.
who will never be able to shift for
themselves In the soviet state, and 1t
Is the plan Of the allies 10 form them
int . colony on the island Of T.emnes
| Just beyond the Princes Islands.
Rescued In 8nsNstsrm.
The story, as chronicied In the Red
Cross reports, of the rescuinG of the
first followers OF Denikine Is pathetic.
| The worst snowstorm known In many
years was raging at the time Of their
rescue. The Navajo. q ship nying the
American flag. but under q Greek com-
pany. was lying I'm the harbor of Odes-
"a waiting 70 get q cargo. Lieut..
Commander Hamilton Bryan. u. y. N,
and Captain Irvine of the American
Red Cross, organized a committee n
| put the people on the ship until 1t
pulled out to save Itself from the fire.
| of the b%olsheviki, leaving the docks Cow
| cred with refugees whom ther could
| not take.
The ship encountered n snowstorm
In the Black sea and took nine days in
| stead Of four 10 reach Constantinople.
| There were eight hundred on this boat,
many of whom had typhus. Several
died en- route. During the last four
days of the trip they had no food.
They arrived In C~onstantinopie at night
and later landed on the island of
| Proii.
The conditions were hard. but shell
ter tents were ultimately supplied. and
now about eight hundred sewing ma
chimes have gone from England TO en-
able the refugees 10 make garments for
themselves. Ii Is the policy of the al
lied governments to care for those who
are old and unable TO shift for them
selves on the island OF Lemnos, and as
the British government in a late diplo-
matte note has lntimated to compel on
grounds Of humanity the reabsorption
of the residue In Russia.
Red Cross Aids Russians.
The island of Lemnos IL likely there
fore TO be the seat of the old aristoe-
rncy Of Russia. the one memorial OF
those who remember the day of the
ear. for the boislevik policy has ex-
terminated thousands of all stations In
life and a greater part of the aristo-
cracy OF Russia.
The United States Red Cross has
been recently spending perhaps a ma
Jos portion of ITS time on Russians.
II recently provided transport for some
100000 Russian prisoners of war who
were In Germany and were repatriated.
II has $1,000, 900 to spend. but awaits
advice from Washington before pro-
| ceeding into Russia. There have been
no recent reports on the so Red Cross
workers who were captured by the boil.
sheviki when Denikine retreated. The
Red Cross were working with Deni-
kine's army and had erected hospitals
which were captured together with the
800 personnel.
Red Cross reports tell of conditions
In Petrograd. There Is q monthly NOR
tally of from 10000 to 10000 Of the
population. which is now 100000. and
less than 2 per cent of the babies born
live. on account OF the debilitated vital
fly Of mothers and the unbearabie