The Soviet issues
a manifesto “to the people of the whole world” declaring for peace without annexations
or indemnities. But until that should happen the war against Germany and her
allies was to continue. The manifesto had carried the Soviet unanimously.
Meanwhile Trotsky
left New York for Russia on a Norwegian vessel. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, he
was detained by officials of the British navy and held with the Germans in a
prisoner of war camp. His speeches there won the support of many of the
enlisted men, but drew the ire of the German officers, not to mention the
British commandant.
The soviets
pressured the Provisional Government to secure Trotsky’s release, with the
result to be seen in the sequel.
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