The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-21
BOLSHEvIKI END
THE ASSEMBLY
Riots in PetrOgrad Mark DIS
solution Of Body.
FEAR ANARCHY FROM FAMINE
Machine Guns on Roofs Wound Pa
raiders, Many of Whom Are Women.
Red Guard Kills Soldier.

Hed Guard Kills Soldier.
London, Jan. 21.-Tne constituent
assembly has been dissolved. says a
despatch from Reuters Limited.
That the Bolshevikj, ,utnumbered
in the assembly would attempt to as
sert their power as autocrats OF Petro-
grad in the form Of a disso'u1fo ion OF
the assembly or the expulsi OF their
opponents, had been forecast in ca III
er dispatches describing the tumul u
Gus scenes in the assembly IN the
course Of which one member menaced
Mr.. TsereteMi, onetime min ster Of the
interior with a revolver. street fight
ing marked the closing hours of the
brief existence Of the as mb'y. De-
scribins the street scenes in the capt.
tai, the P2trograd correspondent OF
Reuters Limited says:
''PrCceSsiCnS were not allowed any-
where near the Tauride Palace. There
was considerable shooting near Lite
my Bridge and in Liteiny Prospekt.
Sailors who did most of tie firing,
included men from the Polar Star,
formerly the yacht Of the dawager
empress. Machine guns were fred
from the roofs OF the houses. Process.
sionists fed or threw themselves to
the ground Several were killed or
w~unded.
zone soldier carrying a flag remain
ed in the middle of the road and
shouted to the Red Guards: 4 have
been three years at the front. XIII
HE # you wish He was shot dead.
Red Guards tore off the badges Of
the psraders and severa! blnners
were burned. There were many wo-
men End girls, as well as officers and
disabled soldiers in the proc ssion.'
ST. George Buchanan, the British
ambassador to Russia. who has Just
returned from Petrograd, has given
to the newspapers an interview on
conditions there. which is an unusual
course for a British diplomatist. The
Bolshevik doctrines, without doubt.
are spreading throughout Russia, he
declared, and they appeal especially
to those who have nothing to lose. He
added that while he was unable to
forecast the future, he was convinced
Russia was not yet finished, because
such a vast country could not be de-
stroyed.
OF the food situation in Petrpgrad
he said: THE general opinion there
is that the food may fail absolutely
this month, and II famine comes one
may expect anarchy and with that
everybody would be in peril"
The Petrograd correspondent OF
Reuters Limited describes thei clos
Ing hours of the assembly in the fol.
lowing despatch:
"At an early hour Saturday th& Boil
skev!ki members and the re7-sHfT
tfves OF the left wing Of the fociai
revolutionists walked out Of thd con-
stituent assembly. BY a majority vote
of 273 votes to 140, representing the
balance of the parties between the
right wing Of the social revolutt9nists
and the Bolsheviki with the left social
revolutionists. the constituent assem-
bly, had decided to proceed i'm medi-
ately with the discussion of the ques-
lions of peace and the workmen's con,
troll of the land Consideration was
deferred of a declaration Of rights
presented by the executive committee
of the workmen's and soldiers dele
gates.
Notwithstanding that the sailors
on guard were menacing the right
wing of the social revolutionists. they
hurriedly adopted their land measure
and the proposal to send delegates to
the belligerent nations. with a view
to preparing a peace for the world.
Previously. there had been exciting
scenes, during which one member
drew a revolver and menaced Mr..
Tseretelli. one-time minister OF the
interior, but was disarmed before he
could fire.
at is considered probable that the
workmen's and sold 'ars' delegates and
the Bolsheviki constituents now will
proclaim themselves in national
convention.
at Is reported from Moscow that
shooting occurred there during a de-
monstration in support OF the const.
tuent assembly"