File No. 861.00/1094
The Consul at Tiflis ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 14, 4.11 p.m.]
General Kaledin reported dead. Alexeev obliged to fall back on Ekaterinodar with 3,000 men. Persian frontier closed to Allied forces, individual officers and men. Mohammedan excesses reported in previous telegrams continuing. Maximalist movement in Transcaucasia gaining ground. Measure suggested my telegram of yesterday to Crosby if carried out immediately may help situation though it is now too serious to admit of much hope. Please instruct me whether American residents and relief committee should leave Transcaucasia. Trebizond Consulate in danger.