The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-21
Assembly, Chosen From
Old Election Lists, "Ex-
preston of Old Regime"
LITTLE DIFFERENCE
IN AIMS OF PARTIES
Announced That Peace
Has Been Consummated
With Ukraine
(By Associated Press.l

! PetrOgrad, Sunday, Jan. 20.-The
| decree issued by the central execu-
! tive committee Of the congress OF
! Workmens and Soldiers delegates
| dissolving the constituent assembly,
says that the revolution created the
Workmen's and Soldiers council as
the only organization able to direct
the struggle of the exploited work
ing classes for complete political and
economical liberation. During the
hrst period Of the revolution the
Workmen's and Soldiers congress, il
Is added, perceived the illusion of an
understanding with the bourgeoiss
and its deceptive parliamentary or
ganization and realized that the lib
GRAFTON Of the oppressed classes was
impossible without a rupture with
the bourgeoise.
Therefore. the revolution of Nov
ember arose, giving all authority TO
the congress of Workmen's and Sol
diers' delegates" the decree says.
The constituent assembly, being
elected from the old election lists.
was the expression of the old regime
when authority belonged to the
bourgeOtse. The people who voted for
the Social Revolutionists were un-
able to distinguish those Of the right
who were partisans Of the bour-
Z.
were partisans of Socialism. There
fore the constituent assembly neces-
sarily became the authority of the
bourgeotse republic setting itself
against the revolution of November
and the authority of the Workmen's
and Soldiers council
New Socialist State.
The revolution of November. the
decree continues, has shown the
workers, the old bourgeOise parIia-
mentarianism had had its day and
was incompatible with the tasks be-
fore Socialists, and that only such
institutions as the Workmen's and
Soldiers councils were able to over
come the opposition of the rich
classes and create a new Socialist
state.
Every refusal" It adds, 'to rec
ognize the authority of the repub-
lican Workmen's and Soldiers coun-
ell and TO place in the hands of the
assembly and the bour-
geoise the liberty which had been
won would be step backwards and
toward the bankruptcy Of the work.
mems and peasants revolution.
THE constituent assembly opened
on Jan. is and for known reasons
gave majority to the Social Revo-
.utiOnists Of the right--the party of
herensky, Tchernoff and Avksntieff.
Il is comprehensive that this faction
refused to debate the just and clear
program of the central executive
of the congress of Work.
mems and Soldiers delegates, and to
recognize a declaration OF rights Of
he exploited working classes, as
well as the revolution Of November
and the authority of the Workmen's
md Soldiers council
This, the decree says, made a
breach in the assembly and The de-
1arture Of the Bolshevild and Social
SevolutiOnists of the left inevitable.
rhe Social Revolutionists of the
light 1t says, are fighting openly
against the authority OF the Work
mems and Soldiers councils and
the exploiters of labor.
md II this party only remained IL
night play the role of leading 4
1ourgeoise counter revolution. The
lecree concludes:
THE central executive committee,
therefore,, orders the constituent as-
embly dissolved"