Page:Emile Vandervelde - Three Aspects of the Russian Revolution - tr. Jean Elmslie Henderson Findlay (1918).djvu/28

 campaign for a policy inspired by the principles of the new Russia.

We, in our turn, offer them the congratulations of the Belgian workmen on the Revolution. We begin to notice at the same time what we have in common and what divides us. Stockholm is discussed, and we formulate our objections and reluctance; we point out the danger and the uselessness of a meeting with the German Socialists. But definite positions seem to have been taken on either side. We exchange notes, however, and fix further meetings.

Meantime, we intend to get into touch not with the leaders this time, but with the masses.

At the Tschinizelli Circus the sailors from the Black Sea, who from the first day have been the fervent apostles of an armed Revolution, had organized a political mass meeting. There were present, besides the Belgian delegates, who received a formidable ovation, the Ambassador of the United States, the heads of the military missions of France and Great Britain, the Ministers of Roumania and Servia. The last named