The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-30

cure our gains. This may be called
I step to the right, but we must take
it. II the Germans begin to attack
US, we will be compelled to sign any
treaty whatsoever, and this will Of
course, be worse. To save our social
list republic, the contribution OF three
billions is not greatly excessive. By
signing the peace we will show the
broad masses that while the imperial
lists Germany, England and France).
who have seized Riga and Bagdad,
continue to fight, we will develop the
socialist republic.
Bucharin, Trotsky and Uritsky
spoke in favor of neither peace nor
war;" Oppokov (Lomov) favored re-
volutionary war. Stain and Zinoviev
lined up completely with Lenin. Len
in pointed out that he did not agree
with them in all details, for instance,
when zinoviev. said that this treaty
would for time weaken the move
ment in western Europe. If we be-
lieve that the movement in Germany
may be delayed by a break in the
peace negotiations, then we must sac
rifice ourselves, because the revolu-
lion in Germany is more important
than our revolution. But the fact is
that the movement has not yet start
ed there, and we will go under if we
do not sign the peace.
Djerjinsky and Kassier argued
against Lenin, Sergeyev (Artem) and
Sokolnikov supported him. Krestin-
sky was in favor of the revolutionary
war.
Votes, 2 for revolutionary war, IL
against, and l abstaining.
For the formula of Trotsky, 9, and
against, 8. The decision: not to
continue the war; to continue the
peace negotiations with Germany; no
definite decisions on tactics.
At the Soviet congress- January 10
to 10, Trotsky made the report on
the question. The left socialist-revo.
lutionists supported the, opinion mot
to sign the peace nor to conduct the
war" In the resolution there was
10 direct prohibition against signing
the treaty on January 49, when the
armistice was to end. This resolu-
ton, as well as the speech Of Com
rade- Zinoviev to the congress, brot
forth protests from the supporters OF
revolutionary war. The Petrograd
committee and a group of comrades
tOsinsky, Piatakov, Bucharin and
Preobrazhensky, etc) went to the CEN
trail committee with demand for q
party conference within a week.
The central committee meeting was
held on January 10. Lenin said that
it was now necessary to get clarity
on the question of revolutionary war.
because one group of the party sus
poets the other of diplomatic schemes.
There are no such schemes; the de-
cision Is that either country, if IL
wants to break off negotiations, must
lotify the other seven days before
beginning hostilities. The best argu-
ment to convince the supporters Of
revolutionary war would be if they
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would be convinced of the impossible
ity Of conducting the war.
Lenin was against the party confer
ence, but said that if necessary we
must have a regular party convention.
By dragging out the peace negotia-
tons we give the opportunity for con-
tinuing the determination at the front,
he said. And by making peace and
exchanging the prisoners of war, Ger
many will get masses of people who
have seen the revolution at work.
They will work for the revolution IN
Germany. Now We are not fully in
formed as to what is going on in Ger
many and we ought to send aviators
to Berlin.
The peace negotiations were brok-
en- off on February 10, and Trotsky
made a statement at Brest-Litovsk
that Russia refuses to sign forced
peace, but Russia will not continue
the war and will demobilize. On Feb