Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
RUSSIANS AGAINST
SEPARATE PEACE
Congress of Workmen and Sol.
diers Rejects overtures Of
Germany by overwhelm-
ing Majority.

washington, june ZI.--now
Russian agitator for a separate
peace with Germany was exposed
as q German agent before the coun-
Gil of soldiers and workmen's dele
gates in Petrograd on June % is
related in a dispatch today from
Ambassador Francis. .
The agitator, Nikoli Lenin, the
radical socialist leader, made an i'm
passioned speech in favor Of a gen.
eral peace without annexation or
indemnity and was answered by M.
Veirensky, who announced he would
repeat Lenin's speech and proceeded
to read a document almost identi-
cal with it.
When M. Veirensky had con-
cluded he announced that he had
been reading an intercepted radio
from Germany signed by King
Leopold of Bavaria.
Petrograd, June ia resolution
categorically rejecting any move for
a separate peace between Germany
and Russia has been adopted by an
overwhelming majority by the con-
gress of workmen's and soldiers dep
uties OF all Russia. The resolution
at the time declares that restoration
of peace at the earliest possible day
is the most important need OF the
Russian revolutionary democracy.
The workmen's and soldiers dep.
utics will send a delegation to Sweden,
France and England to prepare for
the convocation OF an international
conference on the basis of the pro-
gram adopted by the executive coun-
ell. s
Text Of Resolution.
"The text of the resolution which
was proposed by revolutionary social
lists and the minimalist socialists DEM
ocrats, follows:
"The present war arose in conse-
auence Of aspirations OF imperialists,
prevailing among the ruling classes
OF all countries and tending towards
the usurpation Of markets and sub
mission at their economic and polit-
ical influence Of small and decadent
nations.
"The war is leading to complete ex-
haustion of the peoples Of all coun-
tries and is placing the Russian revo-
luton on the edge OF a precipice.
While making millions Of victims and
absorbing billions Of the wealth Of
the country, it threatens to increase
still more the disorder in which Rus
sia was left by the old regime, lead
ing to famine and turning the coun-
try from productive labor for consoli-
dation of its newly won liberty.
"The congress recognizes conse-
quently that the struggle for more
rapid ending of the war constitutes
the most important problem for the
revolutionary democracy--a problem
imposed as much by the interests of
the revolution as by the aspirations
of the workers of all countries to put
an end to mutual determination and
restore their fraternal union for the
common struggle for complete liberia
tion Of humanity.
"The congress recognizes, first, that
ending the war by means OF the de-
feat Of one OF the belligerents would
constitute the point of departure for
fresh wars, increase dissension among
the nations and lead them to complete
exhaustion, famine and ruin; second,
that a separate peace would strength
en- one OF the belligerents and give it
the possibility Of gaining a decisive
victory over the others, would
strengthen aspirations toward usurpa-
ton by the ruling classes, and while
liberating Russia from the grip OF
worldwide imperialism, would hinder
international uniiication of workers.
Consequently, the congress cate
gorically rejects every policy tending
in fact to the conclusion OF sepa-
rate peace or to its prelude separate
armistice."