There the General Staff will make use not only of your credulity,
but also of the blind obedience of their soldiers. You go out to
fraternize with open hearts. And to meet you an officer of the
General Staff leaves the enemies' trenches, disguised as a common
soldier. You speak with the enemy without any trickery. At that
very time he photographs the surrounding territory. You stop the
shooting to fraternize, but behind the enemies' trenches artillery
is being moved, new positions built and troops transferred.
Comrades--soldiers, not by fraternization will you get peace, not
by separate agreements made at the front by single companies,
battalions, or regiments. Not in separate peace or in a separate
truce lies the salvation of the Russian Revolution, the triumph of
peace for the whole world.
The people who assure you that fraternizing is the road to peace
lead you to destruction. Do not believe them. The road to peace is
a different one. It has been pointed out to you already by the
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies: tread it. Sweep aside
everything that weakens your fighting power, that brings into the
army disorganization and loss of spirit.
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