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Show sepSSe PETROGRAD, Dec. 10. Fears that the Bolsheviki will dissolve the constituent con-stituent assembly if they are opposed therein by a majority are expressed in manifestos issued by various non-Bolshovlkl non-Bolshovlkl Socialist bodies. The central cen-tral committees of most of the Socialist Social-ist organizations and the executive committee of the peasants' deputies havo Issued an address to tho public i wherein they say: "Only the immediate conclusion ot peace can savo Russia from political and economic ruin and civil war and preserve tho acquisitions of the revolution, revo-lution, but It must establish peace, guaranteeing the economic and political politi-cal independence of Russia and the interests of the revolution. It must not be a separate peace but a general one. Nevertheless, the Bolsheviki government govern-ment began negotiations for n separate armistice without awaiting tho decision decis-ion of the constituent assembly, without with-out the approval of the people, without with-out any control on the part of the people, peo-ple, without consulting other parties, without awaiting tho replies of our allies. al-lies. The representatives conducted these negotiations In accordance with secret instructions. "Wc therefore declare that the separate sep-arate armistice concluded by the Bolsheviki Bol-sheviki is the only affair of a party of usurpers, the responsibility for which rests exclusively upon them. The armistice arm-istice does not bind Russia nor any part of It pending tho decision of the constituent assembly. Tho separato armistice of the Bolshovlkl will not result re-sult In a general peace. We are firmly convinced that the constituent assembly, assem-bly, through expressing tho will of the general public, will attain a peaco guaranteeing tho interests of Russia and international democracy " |