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Prince Felix Yusupov, traveling as Count Sumarokov-Elston, accompanied by his wife, Princess Irene, second cousin of the Tsar and daughter of the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, and Baroness Wrangel, wife of the famed General whose White Army failed to overthrow the Bolshevik régime in Russia, arrived in the U. S. on board the S. S. Berengaria...
...Wrangel Land was sighted by Siberians early in the 19th Century. Baron Ferdinand Wrangel, a Russian explorer, attempted to penetrate the island, but failed. In retaliation he gave it his name. Hence the Soviet claim...
Alan R. Crawford, Canadian, with three companions, all from the Vilhjalmur Stefansson expedition, have supposedly been in occupation of the island since 1921. Stefansson urges the Canadian and British Governments to annex Wrangel Land for a landing on a future Arctic airline. It is even suggested that the Japanese may move in if Canada does not acquire the island...
...General Wrangel, leader of the White Army, now residing in Yugoslavia, is reported to be preparing an offensive on the Bolsheviki. General Shatilov, his chief of staff, left...
Said General Wrangel: " I have just visited my army units in the territories of Serbia, and I am glad to state that in spite of all privations their spirit is firm. I was questioned everywhere as to whether it was true that a new rally would take place around our former Commander-in-Chief, the Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolaievich. Knowing how popular is his name, I would be glad to lead the army after...