Three Aspects of the Russian Revolution
demand that they may have as soon as possible the right to taste the fruits of their Revolution, but they will not at any price accept a separate peace and a German peace.
On the other hand, among the leaders, the Revolution is taking place still more rapidly. Kerensky in his propaganda unites indissolubly the Revolution with national defence. Skobekeff and Tschernoff, in unofficial conversations, protested against any idea of a premature peace. Amongst the more advanced of the Cadets and the more political of the Socialists there is an obvious desire for closer union.
Tseretelli is, perhaps, in young Russia, the one who remains most faithful to Zimmerwaldian theories, and it is Tseretelli who, with Skobeleff, demands the expulsion of Grimm, the President of Zimmerwald. It is he who first asked that strong measures be taken, when, on June 2nd, the Léninists announced their intention of making an armed manifestation in the streets of Petrograd, and it was with his support that Kerensky made his great effort to renew in the Russian
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