Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-05
Rolsheviki and Constituent Assembly
roon,c Did Not Take to 1enine Governments Rros.a% 1 Ans ese And
Majority Against Him-Bolshcvikt. III SM .Is
IicSorfed TO Workmcns And Soldiers DcIcs""sS' --

Soldiers Delegates.
+ ca,inh. and harmful if they contra.
dict it. In any case these DOORS NUS
| be burned"
The Bolsheviki logic in s W
the Constituent Assembly was Tsay
! much of the Am charactei.
! agreed that the Constituent ASST .e
expresses the feelings OF an tsuss' ho,v
all classes of Russia. But the my
truth for the B6lsheviki pc eAe
pressed only by the representatives ~
w]orkingmen and soldiers: They cal
ed the Congress of Councils OF WorAs
inrmcn's and Soldiers an"
! the Constituent Assembly became
futile. The Constituent Assenl'H!,
from the Bolsheviki point OF view, 10
probably of soln use II 1t repeats ~
Bolsheviki declaration, but 1t is eer-
tainly harmful if it c~ontradicts then'
In my previous statement l nave
, shown the vigorous antl-BolsneTah
! stand Of the Russian peasantry. Ai IL
party of Socialists evolutlonlsts 10
the recognized party of the RUSSIAN
~pcasantry and it was natural thai tne
! representatives of this party snoulu
form the majority in the CONSTITUENT
! Assembly. Russia will not accept the
| Bo;sleyiki tyrann without a decisive
tsht and the first round of this m
ternal struggle will be between the
Rolsheviki and the Socialists
tionists. Therefore, the 1ol.oWans
/ proclamation published by the central
Committee of the party of Socialists
Revolutionists on November tenth.
four days after the Bolsheviki revolt
is now of special interest and import
! ancc. The proclamation reads:
Comrades. workers, peasants, SOL
diers and sailors:
You have been deceived in the
basest. most s~coundrel-like manner.
Power has been usurped by the Boil
sheviki alone. They, the Bolsheviki.
have misused the name of the Pctro-
grad Council of Workmen's and Sol
dicrs' delegates because they kept
their plan secret from the other So
| cialist parties represented in the
council. e.
1.-THE usurpation of power occurred
three weeks before the opening of the
Constituent Assembly. one day before,
the meeting of the All-Russian Con-
sress OF Councils of Workmen's and
Soldiers delegates.
THE Congress of Councils. which
after its opening recognized the coup
d etat which had taken place, had no
authority, inasmuch AS the represent
tatives of all the Socialist parties and
, all the delegates from the front had
left it n there remained only the
Bolsheviki and the Maximalist faction
of the Observation-Disclosures. form
ing the tail end of the Bolsheviki
movement.
THE. voice of the toiling peasantry
was u%nheeded. The Peasants Coun-
; ellis refused to come to the Congress Of
Councils because they were busy with
the elections to the Constituent AS
sembly. The All-Russian executive
committee of the Councils of Peas
ants delegates voiced its protest
against the madness of the Bolshevili.
The Bolsheviki have confiscated issue
No. 147 of the News of the All-Rus-
sian Council of Peasants Delegates"
have shut up the printing shop. thus
sitting with their gendarme-hand the
free voice of the peasants.
They have promised vol bread.
But there will be NJ bread. The Boil
sheviki revolt will completely disor-
ganize the railroads, and the trans
portation of bread has been attended
will difficulties even before their re-
volt.
THE mere fact that power is in the
hands of the Bolshevjki will not pro-
duce n new locomotives or cars. will
not increase the output of coal, and
sheviki have provoked on the eve OF
the Constituent Assembly and
through their shattering the entire
apparatus OF state. we shall remain
entirely without railroads and without
coal.
Because of the disorganization of
the life of the state the banks are
compelled to suspend their opera
tions. Their will be no money. You
will get no wages and no salaries.
THE Rolsheviki are leading you to
the point where the mills and fac
tories will close down, In unemploy-
ment, starvation and death will fol-
low.
They promised you immediate
peace and they gave you a new reso-
luton which everybody ignores-our
foes as we'll as our allies. The for
eign embassies are leaving. The Boil
sheviki have put the Allies in "a posi-
ton where they will be able to con-
clude peace with Germany at the ex-
pense of Russia.
peace, but instead Of this they are
giving you a new and more difficult
war at the front and a new civil war
within the country.
They promised you land and lib.
erty. but the counter-revolutionary
forces will make use of the anarchy
created by the Bolsheviki to deprive
you of both land and liberty.
The resolution of the Bolsheviki
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
delegates in regard to the usurpation
Of power by the Bolsheviki contains
no mention of the Constituent As
sembly. =
You were on the eve of the Con-
stltuent Assembly-the Bolsheviki
have disrupted it.
The only way to suppress the an
archN and the counter-revolution. al
ready jubiliant. is to form a new
democratic IN revolutionary v
ment. which will be recognized by the
entire country.
Join hands with the All-Russion
Committee for the salvation of. the
Country and the Revolution. unite
with h Socialist Parties! They will
create a new united revolutionary and
nocratic government, and this gov.
eminent WI. u. u.4ce TRANSFER alI ishd
10 the lane committees. will offer al
the pelllgerent countries a democratic
peace, Will suppress the anarchy and
the counter-revolution and will hrfns
bly,.
comrades, workingmen, peasants
soldiers and sailors!
You lave been deceived in thu
oascst. most ~scoundrellike manner
10 NOT listen to the Bolsheviki