CHAPTER IV
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
WE had a threefold aim in going to Russia. In the first place to join our efforts to those of Thomas, Henderson, and other Socialists from the Allied countries, against the tendency which seemed to exist in certain circles in favour of either a separate peace or of bringing pressure to bear on the Allies to obtain peace at any price. In the second place, to bring before our Russian comrades the case of Belgium and the situation of the Belgian workmen, to appeal to their solidarity in this struggle that we were carrying on against German Imperialism. Lastly, to take up a definite attitude on the subject of the proposed Conference, or, more correctly, the Conferences at Stockholm.
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