Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-04

Caucasus, because or transportation
Once in. however, we'd be treated all
right by all of them. The workers ur
tharo now are all remaining.
II may be sent to Trebizon, port
on the Black sea, to take charge there.
Or else to Adana, in Syria. It's near
Aleppo. Hope to know tomorrow. for
i don't want to stay here any longer
than necessary. Neither do the rest.
Once away from here, they can send
mails only when someone, or boat,
is going that way, which makes 1t
bad-two or three months without
communication"
The second letter was written the
next day, Nov. 16:
mo chance of going to the Cauca-
Sus. now" it began. "The Bolshis
have defeated Wrangel, who with 1OO,-
600 refugees is on the way down here
in all the boats which could be rushed
up to the Black sea. So the dope is
that will go to Adana, down south.
not very far from Beirut, and inland
a bit, where it's pleasant and warm
now, but fiercely hot in summer; un-
less one moves up into the mountains,
which I'll probably do. There is big
workshop there and several orphan
ages, hospitals, storehouses. etc., in
the towns round about, and they have
put me in charge of them all. be-
lieye it is running smoothly, so while
there's lots of work probably will be
able to handle it all right. hope SO.
want to do the best / can during the
year that am to be here.
To-day / went to see some OF the
things that Near East Relief owns
around the town. There's a bakery
that's a wonder of efficiency-3O, 900
| loaves day, and, believe me, they
| have to have some system to do that.
1t has very modern Austrian ovens
| and is right up to date. The Germans
ran it during the war and left it spick
and span.
| Another place is a workshop where
| Armenian women and girls learn to
make lace and they work on beautiful
| lingerie, waists, table linen, etc. Am
buying nothing now, but will try to
pick up some things for you before !
come home"
WrangePs Defeat Heavy Blow.
The third letter from Mr.. Van Toor
was written two days later. In it he
says: lone of the fellows here has
just come back from Sevastopol and
went up with Mrs. Wrangel. When
she saw all the boats in the harbor
and the refugees piling, up she broke
down, for she knew it was the end.
| "All the boats they could get from
Constantinople, destroyers, freighters,
cruisers, of all the allies-about 1000
in Advent up to bring back the refu-
gees and some have returned to pick
UP all the small boats floating around
| in the. Black sea. A United States
naval officer told me his boat was the
Hast out and that everyone who want
ed to got out of town, very orderly
retreat, and it was fortunate they had
a calm sea so they could put out In
small boats.
| Relief Mission Is Popular.
"This 100 1000 represents the last OF
the upper class in Russia. Most OF
'em have not cent, only the clothes
on their backs; they've given every
thing to Wrangel, and they still hope
| to try to beat the Bolsheviks again
! some time. They are very brave. Only
| the wounded and sick are being put
off here-there is no room for the rest
"The French are handling the situa
! ton and may send the ships on to Mo
rocco or Tunis-Some warm place
where they can sleep out of doors. AT
present they are still on ships in the
harbor. Wish the Americans were
running it; we'd have 'em all set by
now. But it takes the French long
time to do anything.
To-day we hear Batunn is being
vacuated-another 100000 from there
That's the port you land at going into
| the Caucasus-so, of course, it will be
impossible to get into until there's ar
arnistice, and if the Turks push in or
| the other side the Armenians will be
out of luck. The Near casters there
| now are safe and undoubtedly car
carry on, because none of these PEG
pies here interfere, as they are all be
ing helped, regardless of nationality
/ Things are certainly in mixup anG
to see the many different troops here
and get all the dope of what's doing
all over the east, it doesn't look like
the peace conference settled anything
"They were having election Tiots
when We were in Athens, and now we
read that Venizelos has been beaten by
the royalists, who want the old king
whose abdication the allies forced
back. That will upset all Venizelos
policies of reunited Greece, and the
allies undoubtedly will cut diplomatic
relations with Greece if the old king
(his wife is the kaiser's sister) comes
back. That will mean another mess,
suppose. It's gay life for the people
out here--one day they are in power
the next beating it for their lives.
/ Last evening went witt some PEG
ple to concert at the Russian 'Y'
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