The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-18
15,OOO.OOO Soldiers Strike.


MOSCOW, Oct 1.-THE February
revolution grew out of the war and
was directed against war. The work
ers and soldiers who completed the
revolution declared an actual armis-
tice on the front, i.e., themselves held
up the fighting.
But the bourgeoisie, having gained
power in the form Of the Provisional
Government, considered that "Febru-
airy was a little revolution in the name
of the big war" The Anglo-French
imperialists and the Russian bour-
geoisie wanted to liquidate the revo-
luton, and to continue the war. The
bourgeoisie were for war: the work
ers, soldiers and peasants were for
peace-thus the main class forces
were drawn up in the fight around the
question of war or peace"
Loan Embargo Threatened.
Anglo-French capital, through its
generals, commanded the Provisional
Government to bring up the Russian
army for attack, threatening other
wise to stop all loans, credits and
arms. But the army had no conf
dence in the bourgeoisie and it's
agent-minister Guchkov; consequently
the Mensheviks and s-Tseretteli,
Kerensky, Dan and Chenov-came to
the aid Of Imperialism. Guchkov would
never have made the Army advance.
Kerensky could have done so. On
May 5, the coalition government was
formed, with the participation of 6
Socialist" ministers, and aimed at
renewing the imperialist war. The
more fact of the coalition signified
that the so-called Socialists" had be-
trayed the workers and peasants to
the imperialists and had accepted"
the war, and the organization of
government together with the bour-
geoisie.
Controlled By Lloyd George.
The Socialist" Kerensky became
the organizer of the advance. The
MenshevTI-Social-R Revolutionary CON
trolled Soviets supported him. The
bourgeoisie helped him: they made
cats paws of the Socialists" Anglo
French capital stood at their backs.
Kerensky ruled in Russia-Lloyd
George ruled over Kerensky-that is
the sole tragedy of June 18.
The Government, Soviet, Commit
tees, commissars, congresses COM
mand, officers-in word, the entire
apparatus of the government "agi-
tated frantically for the advance"
From June 3-24, the first All-Russian
Congress of Soviets was held. Sew
eral hundred against one hundred
Bolshevik votes sanctioned the bloody
war. Only the Bolshevik gave fair
warning to the Congress and the
Army, referring to the attack, in their
declarations, as an attack of the
counter-revolution and the betrayal
of the army. The attack had been
guaranteed to the bourgeoisie of Eng
land and France during the tsarist
government. The coalition govern
ment actually fulfilled the promise of
Nicholas II.
The Attack Began.
On June the Executive Commit
tee Of the Soviet with TseretelIi and
Kerensky at the head decided once
more to fan the flames of war and be-
gin the attack. On June 13, the Con-
gress voted it's agreement. On June
16, Kerensky signed the order and on
June IS, the Army began the attack
on the southwest front.
The bourgeoisie greeted the ad-
vance with 10y; it was the fruitful
result Of their own provocative work.
On June 10, the Congress Of Soviets,
despite fresh warnings from the Boil
shevils, sent greeting to the army,
which had been deceived and thrown
again into the bloody hell of war
The working class, through the
speeches Of their representatives at
the Congress, appraised the fact of
the attack as a eounter-revolution
both from without and within and re-
piled to it by the demonstrations of
June IS under Bolshevik slogans.
Army Refused TO Fight.
But the crime had been committed
:. The effort to continue the war
had come to grief. The treacherous
adventure had failed: The army had
refused to fight. Kerensky's fiery
sunmons and Kornilov's hullets xvara