“THIS CANNOT GO ON MUCH LONGER.
“The work is simply falling out of our hands.
“OUR DUTY is to let the population know of this.
“To the last possibility we will remain on guard of the interests of the population.
“WE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO AVOID THE ONCOMING FAMINE, BUT IF UNDER THESE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS OUR WORK IS COMPELLED TO STOP, LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IS NOT OUR FAULT….”
15.
ELECTIONS TO THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY IN PETROGRAD
There were nineteen tickets in Petrograd. The results are as follows, published November 30th:
| Party | Vote |
| Populist Socialists | 19,109 |
| Cadets | 245,006 |
| Christian Democrats | 3,707 |
| Bolsheviki | 424,027 |
| Socialist Universalists | 158 |
| S. D. and S. R. Ukrainean and Jewish Workers | 4,219 |
| League of Women’s Rights | 5,310 |
| Socialist Revolutionaries (oborontsi) | 4,696 |
| Left Socialist Revolutionaries | 152,230 |
| League of the People’s Development | 385 |
| Radical Democrats | 413 |
| Orthodox Parishes | 24,139 |
| Feminine League for Salvation of Country | 318 |
| Independent League of Workers, Soldiers, Peasants | 4,942 |
| Christian Democrats (Catholic) | 14,382 |
| Unified Social Democrats | 11,740 |
| Mensheviki | 17,427 |
| Yedinstvo group | 1,823 |
| League of Cossack Troops | 6,712 |
16.
FROM THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’s COMMISSARS TO THE TOILING COSSACKS
“Brothers-Cossacks.