“ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN PETROGRAD IS KNOWN IN THE PROVINCES, AND FROM THE DON, FROM SIBERIA, FROM VORONEZH AND OTHER PLACES PEOPLE ARE REFUSING TO SEND FLOUR AND BREAD. “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._