The ruin of free Russia will be a tremendous,
irreparable misfortune, not only for us, but for the toilers of
the whole world.
Comrades, soldiers, defend Revolutionary Russia with all your
might!
The workers and peasants of Russia desire peace with all their
soul. But this peace must be universal, a peace for all nations
based on the agreement of all.
What would happen if we should agree to a separate peace--a peace
for ourselves alone! What would happen if the Russian soldiers
were to stick their bayonets into the ground to-day and say that
they do not care to fight any longer, that it makes no difference
to them what happens to the whole world!
Here is what would happen. Having destroyed our allies in the
west, German Imperialism would rush in upon us with all the force
of its arms. Germany's imperialists, her landowners and
capitalists, would put an iron heel on our necks, would occupy our
cities, our villages, and our land, and would force us to pay
tribute to her. Was it to bow down at the feet of Wilhelm that we
overthrew Nicholas?
Comrades--soldiers! The Council of Workmen's and Soldiers'
Deputies leads you to peace by another route.
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