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Show LONDON, Jan. 21. Tho constituent assembly, says the Petrograd correspondent corre-spondent of tho Daily News, had nothing noth-ing of the character of a serious meeting of patriots prepared to work together for tho creation of a new Russia. There is no essential difference differ-ence between the alms tf tho Social-Rovolutionist Social-Rovolutionist and tho Bolsheviki, their opposition bolng merely personal. Tho correspondent adds: "Russia, judging from Friday's meeting, Is fairly unanimous regarding what it wants. Tho question is less what Is to bo done than it Is who is to do it." PETROGRAD, Sunday, Jan. 20, Tho decree Issued by tho central executive committee of tho congress of Workmen's and Soldiors' delegates dissolving tho constituent assembly says that the revolution created the Workmen's and Soldiers' council as tho only organization ablo to direct tho struggle of tho exploited working classes for complete political and economical liboration. During tho first porlod of the revolution revo-lution tho Workmen's and Soldiers' congress, it Is added, perceived tho possibility of an understanding with tho bourgeoiso and its deceptive parliamentary- organization and realized that the liberation of the oppressed classcu was Impossible without a rupture rup-ture of the bourgeoise. "Therefore tho revolution of November No-vember arose, giving all authority to the congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Sol-diers' delegates," the decrco says. "Tho people yho voted for the Socialist Social-ist Revolutionists wero unable to distinguish dis-tinguish those of tho right party and of tho bourgeoise from thoso of the loft who wero partisans of Socialism. Therefore tho constituent assembly necessarily bocame the authority of the bourgeoiso republic, sotting itself against tho revolution of November and the authority of tho Workmen's ami Soldiers' council." Old Bourgeoiso Has Its Day. The revolution of November, tho proclamation declares, has shown the old bourgeoiso parliamentarism has had its day and was incompatible with tho tasks and that only such institutions institu-tions as the Workmen's and Soldiers' councils were ablo to overcome tho opposition op-position of the rich classes nnd others who represent n Socialist statq, "Erory refusal," it adds, "to rocog-nizo rocog-nizo tho authority of tho republican Workmen's and Soldiers' councils and to place in the hnnds of tho constituent constitu-ent assembly nnd tho bourgeoiso tho liberty which has been won would bo a step backwards and toward the bankruptcy of tho workmen's and peasants' revolution. Majority Given Revolutionists. "The constituent assembly opened on January 18 and for known reasons gavo a majority to tho Social-Revolutionists of tho right the party of Kerensky, Tchernoff and Avkentieff. It is comprehensiblo that this congregation congre-gation refused to distributo tho Just program of tho central committee of tho Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates dele-gates and to rocognizo a declaration of rights of tho exploited working classes, as well as the rovolutiou of November and tho authority of tho Workmen's and Soldiers' councils." Breach in Assembly. This, tho decrco says, made a breach In tho assombly and the departure de-parture of the Bolshoviki and Social-Revolutionists Social-Revolutionists of the loft Jnevitablo. The Social -Revolutionists of tho right, it says arc talking oponly against tho authority of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Sol-diers' councils and supporting tho exploiters ex-ploiters of labor and If this party remained re-mained it might play tho rolo of loading load-ing a bourgeoiso counter-revolution. The decrco concludes: "Tho central executive committee therefore orders tho constituent assembly as-sembly dissolved." |