[19] At times only an attack can
repulse and prevent the advance of the enemy. At times awaiting an
attack means patiently waiting for death. Again, only the change
to an advance may save you or your brothers, on other sections of
the front, from destruction.
Remember this, comrades--soldiers! Having sworn to defend Russian
freedom, do not refuse to start the offensive the military
situation may require. The freedom and happiness of Russia are in
your hands.
In defending this freedom be on the lookout for betrayal and
trickery. The fraternization which is developing on the front can
easily turn into such a trap.
Revolutionary armies may fraternize, but with whom? With an army
also revolutionary, which has decided to die for peace and
freedom. At present, however, not only in the German army, but
even in the Austro-Hungarian army, in spite of the number of
individuals politically conscious and honest, there is no
revolution. In those countries the armies are still blindly
following Wilhelm and Charles, the landowners and capitalists, and
agree to annexation of foreign soil, to robberies and violence.
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