[In the World War by Count Ottokar Czernin]@TWC D-Link bookIn the World War CHAPTER X 7/101
This also appears to be the case, from the statements with regard to the attitude of Cachin and Moutet at the French Socialist Congress.
The English, on the other hand, were immovable, with the exception of Sanders, who inclined somewhat toward the Russian point of view. Private information reaching the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this country states that shots were fired at M.Thomas, the Minister of Munitions, in the course of one of his war speeches at the Russian front. The disorganisation at the front is described by an officer or soldier at the front in the same organ, the _Rabocaja Gazeta_ for May 26, as follows: "The passionate desire for peace, peace of whatever kind, aye, even a peace costing the loss of ten governments (i.e.districts), is growing ever more plainly evident.
Men dream of it passionately, even though it is not yet spoken of at meetings and in revolutions, even though all conscious elements of the army fight against this party that long for peace." And to paralyse this, there can be but one way: let the soldiers see the democracy fighting emphatically for peace and the end of the war. The Pan-Russian Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Delegates' Councils and the Army Organisation at the front in St.Petersburg June 1-14 took for its first point in the order of the day the following: "The War, questions of defence and the struggle for peace." At this time the Government would doubtless have to give a declaration with regard to the answer already received at the beginning of June from the Allies as to their war aims.
This congress will also probably decide definitely upon the nomination for the Stockholm Conference and appoint delegates.
Point 4 deals with the question of nationality.
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