Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1920 — ALLIED WARSHIPS TO AID REFUGEES [ARTICLE]

ALLIED WARSHIPS TO AID REFUGEES

fleet* Win Help In Evacuation of * District by j Bolsheviki. \ - ■ - / - J* ; 80,000 PRAY POU VESSELS Gsn. Wcnngel’s Situation In Northern Crimea is Said to Be Desperate— Russian Soviet Fcrcca Win Ccntroj of Feiskop. Paris, Nov. 15. —The Russian sovle’ forces have won gtnijml of Perekop, ‘lie Isthums ieaiUiig to the Crimean w*tdnspln. end the jjantion of Gen. Bd'ron Wiangel, n;.-i Bolshevik leader, Is. extremely had. according to dispatches revived by the. French foreign office. The allied fie-is are preparing to aid 'n the eva<-nat‘cn of certain districts In'Crlmea. The iLdshevild have advanced beyond Perekop. ihe advices show, and ••a vo captured cartridges. 18 cannon, one tank, tluee annorel trains. 10,000 shells and much tmnsortajlon material.

80,000 Pray for Ships. -Loir’on, Nov. 15.—Sebastopol is be ng evacuated and, Hrlush OTthorit'Ci. ire requisitioning ships in Cons'ieu-.n-ople t > take refugees from that city says a dispatch frbm the Turkish capital. Efyhty thousand, persons in Sela*-, to; o' eek tbansnertalli n front the city, r-ys a Constantinople dispatch to Reuters. Lid. The dispatch, which was fi'ed Friday, says the number of ships available is limited, and that it is probable it will he ImpossHile for more than 20.000 to embark. The first boatloads of refugees have arrived at Constantinople, it Is said, but were not permitted to land, as housing facilities are limited and food Is scarce. Their plight is declared to lie very grave.

Wrangel’s Situation Desperate. Gen. Baron Wrangel’s situation du northern Crimea Is said to be desperate; - A Bolshevik army, supported by heavy artillery, had crossed the frozen Rivnsh (or Putrid) sea and entered the Crimea and is violently attacking Gen. Wrarigel’s last line of defense bn the east, says a dispatch from Constantinople. The dispatch says the fate of the’Crimea depends on the result of the fighting. At the time the dispatch was filed the situation was regarded as most critical and preparations were being made to evacuate the • population.