The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-29
OFFERED DIAMONDS
FOR SCRAP Of FOOD
FOR LITTLE ONES

NaN- York, Dec. 29.-Two AuhuE+p
children or the officers OF Genera
Wrangel's staff. sons and daughters OF
generals. coinnclS and captains. "e'7
among tho lOv,OOU Russian refugees
| brought 20 ConStantlnop!c harb"r ny
xhiu Of the Allied nations when Inc b"''
shev,k broke down NranEcIs defense
and overran the Crimea ,-
MANY of them we're orphans. theE
! Gathers having persisted while i'hhHI"h
,h. Bolshcviki. One was the uauSh'er
NJ the Minister OF Finance Of the NFan,
KEEL regime. All wero nearly fainiShca
when tho vessels on which they mao
! taken refuge arrived for the shlP@
larders had been exhausted
SO hard pressed were all the reius'nS
TO obtain food that they threw olaihohue
and weapons or any other Valuaples INK"
Tho boats of traders from Constaht!hop1e
in payment for anything eatable'
A graphic story OF their arriNat ~
! CNonstant.nople and how an American
destroyer took the 200 children OF :" ran
sells officers on the refugee vessels ana
| landed them at the trachoma orphanaGe
maintained by the Near East Relief Is
told in reports received by that organ
gation IN this city. 1t reads In part:
Tho harbor Is a wonderful! ana sau
! sight One hundred Thousand Russians
are on SHIPS there, some OF them dying
| The best Of tho old Russian ramllleS arc
among these refugees. the men VINO
! Fought for Wrangci, crowded ana SIGN
lun6 without food except what the relief
people can get to thcm and the bread
and water given to them by the French
"Of course the natives nro protltecF-
! Ing, and little boats go TO the ships ana
/ the Russians drop diamonds, firearms
| and other vlluables TO these traders IN
exchange for food. The people on th"se
vessels represent III" remains Of an old
arIstocracy with No country I" take
them though tho French expect TO send
| many 10 Morocco.
The children were packed with grown
people like sardines on the big ships
coming from Crlmea and most Of them
were sick from fatigue. lack OF nourlsh'
mant and lack OF sleep. Miss Gunther
and Miss Hastings, (rcl!c' workrrs)
went 70 the ships on board United
States destroyer and zoo children were
. tagged with the names OF their fathers
and mothers, and the fathers occula-
ton. Many said Father died In Wran-
gels army fighting for Nuss!a. The
destroyer brought the children 10 me
landing Of the Trachoma orphanage
which is located right on the B"sphorus,
Ten mothers were taken with their very
young children and babies ard the other
children ranged from Ave 10 thirteen
years.
Most OF them looked exactly Ike vel!
bred American children. some carried
their dolls tightly IN their arms ana one
little boy Rugged teddy wear. a boy
OF l2 carried sick little boy Of eight
years because he came from MS town In
Russia He would not eat unit! the
smaller boy had received soup. Most OF
81 the children could speak French.
, First the mothers with little babies
were fed ani then tho children. first the
girls and then the boys. One boy ate six
bowls Of soup and all the cA"dr"n Ate rs
II they were starved. There was nc
noise. no crying. no disorder. They were
like little soldiers All the roys re.
moved their hats upon entering the or
phanag. The mothers and babies were
iirst given bath and then the l'oys and
, girls"