The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-01-25
RUSS ASSEMBLY
CREATES CRISIS
BOIBiiEVINI LOSES 10 ANTS IN
ORGANIZATION on LE0ISLA-
TIVE BODY.
BREAK APPEARS NEAR
fsisting I'm PctroHral-Gsrnass re-
Sssc 70 withdraw Troops From
Russian Territory.

The lopg-awaited eonvening Of the
Constituent Assembly has apparently
prccipitated u fresh crisis In Rus
, sian affairs, with renewed disorder
as the consequence Of n struggle for
control in the capital indicated as a
possibility.
The Bolsheviki evidently are not
taking kindly TO the new legislative
body. in which the very first vote of
the opening session On Friday re-
vealed a decided anti-Bolshevik ma
jority, which easily elected its can
didate for chairman-214 to Ill
and this without the help OF the new
Constitutional Democrats. who were
not present. The Bolsheviki and
their Supporters. the extreme Social
Revolutionists, thcreupon withdrew
from the assembly.
Disorders In Petrograd.
This break with the majority So
eial Revolutionists. who showed
their control by electing as chair
man one of their leaders, NJ. Tcher-
noff, Minister of Agriculture in Ker-
ensky Government. is interpreted
abroad as a probable prelude to an
attempt on the part of the Bolshevik
government to assert itself i'm SUI
Preme control, regardless OF what
course the present assembly may de-
sire to take. The forcible dissolution
Of the assembly or its reorganization
az Bolshevik body are among the
possible course forecast.
A collision between Bolsheviki and
members of the society for the de-
Tense OF the Constituent Assembly,
who were marching toward the
Tauride Palace. occurred about noon
Friday. according TO a petrograd dis
patel. To Reuters. Banners and flags
demanding that the Assembly be
called were pulled down and torn.
Machine gun and rifle fire broke
out from all sides. NJ. Logvinoh, n
member OF the Executive Committee
Of the Congress of Workmen's and
Soldiers delegates. and four others
were killed. Many were wounded, in
, Guiding several women.
Final Break Believed Near.
Meanwhile the peace conference
proceedings at Brest-Litovsk have
again been suspended. and Foreign
Minister Trotzky is reported to have
returned to Pctrograd on Thursday
night. Opinion among foreign oh
servers in Petrograd seems to be
that the negotiations are working
their way to final break and the
fall OF the price OF the German mark
In neutral markets is pointed to as
an indication of loss OF confidence
among the neutrals that the parleys
would eliminate in an agreement.
The sticking point. ID is clear,
from even the German accounts. re-
mains the continued declnation of
the Central Powers to withdraw all
their troops from the occupied reg
ions of Russia and their uncertain
attitude regarding the return of the
deported population before the ques-
ton OF self-determination is put. The
Russians apparently are sticking Just
as firmly as ever to their demands
along these lines.
According to dispatch from Ber-
lin by way of Amsterdam the ques-
ton OF the evacuation of occupied
territories and the political conditions
under which they should exercise
their right OF self-determination were
further discussed at the session of
the peace conference held at Brest-
Litovisk Thursday afternoon.
Refuse To Withdraw Troops.
Foreign Minister Won kuehlmann.
in opening the meeting, says the dis
catch, regretted that despite the en-
tirely convincing reasons brought for
ward by us there Is no inclination on
the other side to accept our point OF
view" He declared II was necessa-
~ 70 maintain number of disciplin-
Cd troops In the territories In Ques-
tion to preserve public order and keep
the economic machinery of the couu-
try in motion. The Central Powers.
however. would give binding
promise that these forces would not
indulge in political activity or exert
political pressure.
Foreign Minister Trotzky, for the
Russians, insisted upon absolute
clarity on the question OF evacuation.
The presence OF organized troops In
the regions in question. he declared.
would very grievously prejudice the
taking of a significant vote He also
INSISTED that the vote could not be
kken until the return OF fugitives
onl the regions and the population
athad been removed.
DR.. Won Kuehlmann replied that SO