The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27
CRIMEAN FORCES OF
WRANCEL DEFEATED
Armenia Cut off From World
By Turk Nationalist
Capital Emptied.

Paris Sebastopol has fallen, the
Russian bolsheviki having occupied
the city Sunday night, according to IN
formation received by the French for
eign office.
| The bolsheviki are reported to be
masters of the whole Crimean PENN
sula.
General Wrangel. members of his
staff and M Martel French high com
missioner at Sebastopol were taken
on board the French warship Waldeck
! Rosseau.
The Waldeck- Rosseau and the other
French and the American and British
ships at Sebastopol did not leave that
port until the bosheviki were within
the walls of the city These ships, ac-
cording to the foreign office aevices,
were loaded to capacity with refugees
and the remnants of General Wrang-
els troops Many refugees, however.
were left behind, and these, it was
said. probably numbered 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 susten-
ance, and the hope was expressed that
means might be devised by which that
organization would continue its work
IND a
few of General Wrangel's staff had
managed to escape. The staff as
whole, it was said, had been virtually
wiped out, it's members either being
killed or taken prisoner.
Ervian capital of the Armenian re-
public, has been evacuated. COmmuni-
cations between the great railway
junction of Alexandropol and Tiflis,
capital of Georgia. have been cut. COM
pletely isolating Armenia from the out
side world by the Turks, and the road
from Arabian to Ardanaucht is swarm
ing with Armenian women and chill
dren fleeing down the valley of the
Tchorok River towards Batum, accord
ing to cabled dispatches received by
the Headquarters of the Near East Re-
lief in New York Monday.
At the same time reports were re-
ceived that Mustapha Renal Pasha in
person is at the head of the Turkish
nationalist forces operating against
Armenia, and has ordered the GeOrg-
ian government to evacuate Batum, on
the Black Sea, and that the Georgian
army has been modified to defend
that port.
A cable message from Mrs. Veronica
Harris of Santa Cruz, Cal, temporary
head of the Near East Relief work at
Tiflis, says:
FOLLOWING official communication
received from the commandant of the
forces of the Armenian republic No
vember 8:
1.-The military commander of the
Armenian republic was obliged to send
part of our troops operating against
the Turks in the region Of Alexandra
pol against the Tartars who were act
ing i'll our rear at Mount Ag-Baba.
These circumstances made necessary
negotiations, the result of what was
temporary armistice with the Turks
from November
"The French mission in Tiflis re-
ports Alexandropol taken. Have no
news from Alexandropol or Kara, but
all Americans believed to be safe.
Communications between Alexandra
pol and Tifflis cut indefinitely
Cable dispatches reaching the Near
East Relief headquarters Friday from
Captain Sergt Bekzetian, Armenian
diplomatic representative in Tiflis,
stated that the remnants of the Ar
menian army retreating from Alexan-
dropol had withdrawn directly north
ward along the ArpaChai BARLEY Riv-
err into the Georgian province of Ak
halkalaki. One hundred thousand ref
ugees were said to have fled before the
Turks across the frontiers of Armenia
into Georgia, as well as into the inter
ior of Armenia The cablegram said
these refugees were without food,
clothing or shelter, and that the coun-
try into which they had fled was bar
rem of supplies.
Charles V. Vickery, general secre-
tary of the Near East Relief, said Mon
day that cargoes were now on the seas
bound for Batum, consisting of 5,S13,-
900 cases and bales of old clothing and
shoes; 1920 bags of rice, 1880 bags of
sugar, and 260 tons of soap and other
supplies. The boat, Gul Djemal, leav-
ing New York November 20, will carry
1000 tons of wheat flour, 400 tons Of
rice and 100 tons of sugar for relief
purposes in the stricken districts.