III
1. Declaring its firm determination to make society free from the
chaos of capitalism and imperialism, which has drenched the
country in blood in this most criminal war of all wars, the
Constituent Assembly accepts completely the policy of the Soviets,
whose duty it is to publish all secret treaties, to organize the
most extensive fraternization between the workers and peasants of
warring armies, and by revolutionary methods to bring about a
democratic peace among the belligerent nations without annexations
and indemnities, on the basis of the free self-determination of
nations--at any price.
2. For this purpose the Constituent Assembly declares its complete
separation from the brutal policy of the bourgeoisie, which
furthers the well-being of the exploiters in a few selected
nations by enslaving hundreds of millions of the toiling peoples
of the colonies and the small nations generally.
The Constituent Assembly accepts the policy of the Council of
People's Commissars in giving complete independence to Finland, in
beginning the withdrawal of troops from Persia, and in declaring
for Armenia the right of self-determination.
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