The Soviets and the Provisional Government in Germany

Ebert and his fellow leaders in the s p d were still in the grips of a, you know, a not unreasonable amount of paranoia. And they were especially afraid of an empire wide convention of councils that was set to convene in berlin in mid december. But ebert had nothing to worry about here. It's not like the delegates were radical spartakists. Even karl lipnich failed to win a seat. Everyone in the room was almost uniformly s p d. They're all polling in the same direction. So there's really no dual power here. The germans could move decisively to their constituent assembly without worrying about the effect it may or may not