The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
DISSIPATION IN
 LEVINE CABINET
 ALARMS LEADER
Commissioner of Education Resigns As Result of
 Disagreement.

London, Dec. 15-L. Lunacharski, commissioner of education in the Bol- sheviki government, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Times. has resigned as the result of disagree ment with Lenine, Trotzky, Zinovieff and other militant members of the council of peoples commissaries Lenine and his adherents declared themselves in favor of the withdraw al of all the Bolshevik members of the constituent assembly so as to bring about the end of the assembly with out formal act of dissolution. Luna charski is said to have declared this would be highly unpopular in the country.
 Such news as can be obtained comes casually, all regular means of com munication having been disorganized, but according to intelligence from different parts of the country condi- tions are entirely those of war The people of Petrograd are said to be more interested in the attitude of the Bolsheviki toward the constituent as- sembly than in the Russo-German negotiations or civil war in the south The Bolsheviki are still represented as being determined to prevent the constituent assembly from taking on any complexion except a reflection of their own views but there apparently is sharp disagreement among the leaders as to the methods, and angry discussions are reported to have oc- cured.
 All advices agree that force is the only law in Russia today, and the strongest force for the moment is yielded by the Bolsheviki, who, un- der the guidance of Lenine and Trot- zky are said to have established a despotic regime against which many of the Bolsheviki are murmuring
 According to the Posts correspond ent, virtually every newspaper in Russia, has been suppressed except | those favorable to or controlled by the Bolsheviki, The banks continue to. be closed, The railroad mems union, hitherto more or less neutral,
 
 | fluence.
 "On the other hand, signs of good | discipline are not wanting" the dis patch continues Soldiers returning | by tens of thousands from the war l zones no longer retain their arms, as | they did with such disastrous results l under the Kerensky regime. Even the Petrograd garrison has become lamenable to moderate discipline. The Strong hand is felt everywhere, and | everywhere murmurs of indignation are heard at the manner in which the strong hand is employed, precisely, in fact, the general condition of pub lie opinion under the Romanoft regime"
 The same correspondent points to supposed indications of the intention to restore the monarchy. Lenine, he says, is "an invisible mystery, inac- 1 cessible and closely guarded" hay | ing given up making speeches and now stunning publicity. Trotzky, on | the other hand, speaks frequently and is very accessible.
 l It is noted that the German and Austrian governments announced the resumption of armistice negotiations on Thursday and their adjournment until Friday, the Russian commisar- ! ies issued no report regarding these | developments, notwithstanding their statements that they would take the i world into their confidence as to the progress of the happenings in Brest Litovsk.