The
officials of the labor-unions who were co-operating with employers in
substituting arbitration in place of strikes, establishing soup-kitchens
and relief funds, and doing other similar work to keep the nation alive,
were singled out for arrest and imprisonment. The Black Hundreds were
perniciously active in all this oppression and in the treacherous advocacy
of a separate peace with Germany.
In October, 1916, a conference of chairmen of province zemstvos adopted and
published a resolution which declared:
The tormenting and horrifying suspicion, the sinister rumors of
perfidy and treason, of dark forces working in favor of Germany to
destroy the unity of the nation, to sow discord and thus prepare
conditions for an ignominious peace, have now reached the clear
certainty that the hand of the enemy secretly influences the
affairs of our state.
VI
An adequate comprehension of the things set forth in this terrible summary
is of the highest importance to every one who would attempt the task of
reaching an intelligent understanding of the mighty upheaval in Russia and
its far-reaching consequences. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was not
responsible for the disastrous separate peace with Germany.
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