22 DECEMBER 1917, Page 2

The Russian elections for the Constituent Assembly have resulted so

far in a large majority for the Revolutionary Socialists, the party to which M. Kereneky belongs, while many Cadets or Moder- ties have been returned. The Anarchist Council at Petrograd has prevented the elected members of the Assembly from meeting, tnd, it is said, has in view the annulment of the elections at which ts opponents have been successful. M Trotsky has announced his Mention to stop at nothing in suppressing the Moderate party. " No prison, but the guillotine for our enemies," he said. " It is not immoral for a democracy to crush another class. That is its right." The death-sentence for desertion was suppressed in the Russian Army ; it is to be revived for the purposes of Russian politics. The Anarchist madness must run its course, until Russia awakens to realities again.