Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-11-25
j, s. WAR5H|PS
TO SAVE RUSSIANS
All Available Yank Vessels Are
Rushed to the Crimea.
REDS CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL
Bolsheviki Seize Control Of the Cri-
mea as WrangePs Army Is Ami
hIated and Commander Flees
on French Warship.

Washington, Nov. 16.-All available
American WarshipS in the Black sea
are to be used to 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 Nc
Gully, commander of American war
ships in southern Russian waters.
1t has not yet been determined
where the refugees will be taken. At
the State department it was said that
because of the epidemic of typhus at
SebastOpOl they might not be taken to
Constantinople, but to one of the
Greek islands in the Aegean sea.
WrangeI FIees From Crimea.
Constantinople, Nov. 16-Sebasto-
pol fell to the Russian soviet forces
at five oclsck Sunday evening after
the evacuation plans had been fully
carried out, according to word received
here General Wrangel, it is stated,
was the last to leave, cheered by his
troops.
General Wrangel members of his
staff, and M. Martel, French high COM
missioner at Sebastopol, were taken on
board the French warship Waldeck
Rousseau and are expected to arrive
in ConstantinOple today. The whole
of the Crimea must be given up as lost
by the Wrangel forces.
The Waldeck Rousseau and the 9th
er French and the American and Brit
ish ships at Sebastopol did not leave
that port until the Bolsheviki were
within the walls of the city.
These ships, according to the for
eign Office advices, were loaded to ca
pacity with refugees and the remnants
of General Wrangel's troops. Many
refugees, however, were left behind,
and these it was said, probably 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 Ameri-
can relief workers for their susie
nance
Little Optimism Shown.
Officials here did not appear at all
optimistic over the outlook and it
seemed to be their real belief that
General Wrangel had failed, as did
Generals Denikine, Yudenich and Adj
miraI Kolchak.
Because Of the Crimean develop
ments and the junction effected recent
ly by the Turkish nationalists and Boil
Shevilli and the occupation of Batum,
the position of the Soviet regime in
the Black sea territory was pointed to
as stronger than it ever had been.
The reports indicated that only a
few members of General Wrangel's
staff had managed to escape The
staff a sa whole, it was said had been
virtually wiped out, it's members either
being killed or taken prisoner.
Propaganda behind General Wran-
gels lines had much to do with the
collapse on the front, according to in
formation reaching official circles here.
The Bolsheviki, it is declared, spread
reports that General Wrangel was a
reactiOnary and that his success would
mean the return of the czardom and
absolute monarchy, and distributed
pamphlets and booklets to reinforce
these statements.
On the other hand, it is reported
that the extremely conservative party
of Russians considered General
Wrangel too liberal and advanced in
hrs views, and information reaching
the foreign office alleges that this ele-
ment plotted his downfall