The aim of the slanders and the lies is clear. _The usurpers do
not want the people's representatives to have the supreme power
and therefore are preparing to disband the Constituent Assembly_.
On the 28th of November, in the evening, _having begun to arrest
members of the Constitutional-Democratic party, the Bolsheviki
violated the inviolability of the Constituent Assembly. On
December 3d a delegate to the Constituent Assembly, the
Socialist-Revolutionist, Filippovsky, who was elected by the army
on the southwestern front, was arrested_.
In accordance with their decision reached on November 28th, the
delegates gathered at the Tavrichesky Palace on November 29th and
30th. As on the first day, armed soldiers stood guard at the
entrance of the palace and would not let any one pass. The
delegates, however, insisted and were finally allowed to enter.
On the third day, scenes of brutal violence toward the people's
representatives took place at the palace. Peasants were the
unfortunate victims of this violence.
When the delegates had ended their session and all that remained
was the affixing of the signatures to the minutes, sailors forced
their way into the hall; these were headed by a Bolshevik officer,
_a former commander of the Fortress of St.
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