The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-23
FATE OF WRANCEL'S
ARMY in EXILE
In GRAVE DOUBT
Twenty Thousand Men EncarP :;
in GaIlipOG Peninsula Waiting
for BOls To Collapse

Athens, Sept. 23-The ultimate faie
of General Wrangel S Russian army
in exile of ~ HON 10000 officers AID
men still are encamped on the Cali
roll Peninsula still continues one Of
the unso.ved puzzles of the Near East
General Wrangel has held together
the best CT his officers and men from
among the refugee army which flea
frcm Russia before the victorious Boz
sheyiM. He has hoped that his forces
would again be needed in Russia 10
maintain new government when
the Soviet regime collapsed
But this is a hope deferred ana
Wrangcis best fighting men wait in
their tents and huts on Gallipoli.
Major Jean de Roover, chairman Of
he League CT Nations commission Ter
the exchange OF populations be- ween
Greece and Bulgaria, has visited tn,
Russian camp ana brought away
favorable impression OF the officers
and men. He knows something about
The Russian lighting man for he Wa
formerly the Belgian Representative
with Wrangel's army when it was iht
bulwark of the anu-BoisneyiH
strength in the Crimea He says:
In this camp, besides 1900 women
md children, there are 5000 officers
10 600 soldiers and 1000 cadets in AZ
military schoo.s. These troops havo
kept their military organization. Tnei
morale is OF the highest and they vol
unfairly submit to ne most stern dis
cipline; for in all their hardship.
jhey are iuoyed up by an uncttqs ion,
ing faith IN their chief, General Wran-
gel, and in the greatness OF their mis-
sion.
They are enCamped under canvas
or in old huts that have no doo.s c.
windows, but are always in an ire
proachabe state OF cieanness.
They are fed by France In add;
ton, General Wrangel is paying them
from the little money he Still has
about dollar month.
"WranSel, who succeeded in gClt.ns
employment as labor corps in Serb.
and Bulgaria Tor TGar.y al his Cos
sack troops, is trying to get Serbia IL
receive his Gallipo.i ARMY corps. FiY
thousand Ct them are gong TO be use,
" JuSosiaTid as frontier guard
AS for the ether regiments, III,
government at Belgrade is prepared
to offer them its hospitality if fund.
are put at it's disposal which wit.
cover their upieep Iur tWo years. TIC
Russian ambassador at Washington
has still several tens OF millions o.
dollars, the remains OF funds thai
were sent him ircm Russia before lht
Boishevik coup d'etat, to pay for or
defs for war material. Wrangel j.
making every effort to set the few
million dollars necessary Tor the
carrying out of his scheme raised on
OF these funds and transmitted to tai
Serbian government.
If he succeeds, what will lie tbs
ultimate role Of this legion? VIII il
iig,.t again as an army? Probably not.
The general opinion in Russian cir
c.es is that Bolshevism must go unds
in an Internal convulsion OF the coun
uy, and that the tyranny OF Bo she
vism will be succeeded by anarchy. |
will he then that elements OF order
frame work eli administrative and Do
lice organization will be needed BIZ
the new government. 10 restore calm
for the cOnyocati0n of the Constitute.
Assembly. This is where the suryi-
vOrs CT the National Russian army
hope to lie Of service to their country.