_The convention is of the opinion that the war is at present
conducted for purposes of conquest and against the interests of
the masses_, and it, therefore, urges the Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers' Delegates to take the most energetic and effective
measures for the purpose of ending this butchery, on the basis of
free self-determination of nations and of renunciation by all
belligerent countries of annexations and indemnities. Not a drop
of Russian blood shall be given for aims foreign to us.
Considering that the earliest possible achievement of this purpose
is contingent only upon a strong revolutionary army, which would
defend freedom and government, and be fully supported by the
organized Revolutionary Democracy, that is, by the Council of
Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, responsible for its acts to the
whole country, the convention welcomes the responsible decision of
the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates to take part in
the new Provisional Government.
The convention demands that the representatives of the Church give
up for the country's benefit the treasures and funds now in the
possession of churches and monasteries.
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