The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10
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question of the left socialrevolution-
lists whom the central committe of our
party, with Comrade Lenin at the
head, tried at that time to induce to
participate in the first Soviet govern
ment) should not have started to criti-
size us Bolshevih while events were
taking place in the streets of Moscow
regarding which our Moscow dele
gates have reported today. Cat this
time the struggle for the Soviet power
was still going on in Moscow On
this occasion we remind the comrades
of the Observation-Disclosures that before
we published the composition of our
government we called upon them to
take part in the government, but they
declared that they would take part in
the work of the government, but for
the time being would not enter the
government"
At the session of the Petrograd
Soviet of Nov. 8, 1917, the writer
stated:
"Comrades:-There are among US
comrades from the red army, soldiers
and sailors, who in a few hours will
hasten to the aid of our Moscow COM
rades and brothers. cloud and pro-
longed applause.) The revolutionary
military committee wished two days
ago to send help, but met with OBJ
stacles precisely from those quarters
from which one could only have ex-
pected support. l speak here of some
leading circles of the railway en-
ployes, who in these hours so fateful
for the revolution have adopted a
neutral attitude. In these terrible
hours, however, one cannot be Meth
er hot nor cold'-I do not wish to
speak too sharply. but you yourselves
will understand, comrades, how the
future will judge these facts.
Just recently a transport Of troops
to Moscow was held up. When the
leaders of the railway workers union
were asked how they could act in this
manner, they replied: We have also
held up transports from the other
side.
I'VE must appeal to the lower sec
tons Of the railwaymen and explain
to them what neutrality means un.
der present conditions. do not doubt
that 80 per cent of the lower sections
of the railway employees and workers
will side with the fighting soldiers
and workers. A whole number of cen
trail committees are sitting on the
fence. Unfortunately, among these is
the central committee of the railway
workers. No one could have foreseen
that the leading organ Of the railway
workers would preserve neutrality
whilst workers and and soldiers were
fighting on the barricades. This state
of affairs must be ended. The railway
proletariat must stand like one man
on the side of the fighting workers
and soldiers, they must help them to
break the resistance of the bour.
geoisie and Of the landowners.
Greetings to the comrades who are
Fastening to the help Of the revolu
tionaries in Moscow Qong and stormy
applause). Now we are giving bach
to Moscow what it gave the revolution
in 1905. At that time the Moscow
proletariat began the revolt, and de
livered the first blow against despot
ism. We are happy we are now able
to help, that we now have the posi-
bility of throwing our victorious
troops on the Moscow front.
Long live the comrades proceeding
to Moscow-all Russia "a watching
them"
On the evening Of the 3rd OF No
vember and on the morning Of the 4th
our negotiations with the left social
revolutionists and with that confer
ence which had invited the leaders o
the railway workers union. arrived a
the most critical stage. At this mo
ment we committed the creates
arroru The fam0ua declaration N