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Show TEACHING RUSSIANS HOW TO USE VOTES Peasantry Especially Is Being Instructed In-structed as to Importance of the Ballot PETROGRAD. Nov. 15. t Correspondence Correspond-ence of the Associated press.) a special i department of the central executive coun-. coun-. cii of tiie workmen's and soldier?' deputies depu-ties has been fitting the general public to make gcod use of the free vote. In preparation for the constituent assernblv a great quantity of literature has been published dealing with votes tn the army j and behind the lines. Prom information received. It was clear ; that the peasantry as a whole was indif-j indif-j lerent to the elections for the count v upravas and therefore it -was feared that the tame indifference might be shown with regard to the elections for the constituent con-stituent assembly. In order to prevent this a special course was opened for the instruction of men who should afterwards scatter over the country' and teach the masses the importance of the elections and how they should be carried on. Already 18'M men have finished this . course, half of the number being soldiers, j the other half peasants and workmen. Each man was bound to return to the plac which had sent him, there to in-j in-j struct others on the methods of election. - Later on the council of workmen and ! soldiers dep-ities Intends to open a "po-i "po-i litical national university." where lectures j on the subject of the constituent assem-f assem-f biy exclusively will be given, j The workmen also are beginning to ,evince an Interest in the elections and at i their request many lectures on the subject sub-ject have been held in various large fac-1 fac-1 lories in Petrograd. |