The All-Russian
Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates issued an appeal to the
workers warning them not to heed the call of the Bolsheviki, which had been
made at the "moment of supreme danger." The appeal said:
Comrades, in the name of millions of workers, peasants, and
soldiers, we tell you, "Do not do that which you are called upon
to do." At this dangerous moment you are called out into the
streets to demand the overthrow of the Provisional Government, to
whom the All-Russian Congress has just found it necessary to give
its support. And those who are calling you cannot but know that
out of your peaceful demonstrations bloodshed and chaos may
result.... You are being called to a demonstration in favor of the
Revolution, _but we know that counter-revolutionists want to take
advantage of your demonstration ... the counter-revolutionists are
eagerly awaiting the moment when strife will develop in the ranks
of the Revolutionary Democracy and enable them to crush the
Revolution_.
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Not only in this way were the Bolsheviki recklessly attempting to thwart
the efforts of the Socialist Ministers to carry out the mandates of the
majority of the working class of Russia, but they were equally active in
trying to secure the failure of the attempt to restore the army.
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