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The Executive Committee of the All-Russian Soviets, after the Kornilov affair, was still in the control of the moderates, as a Congress had not been held since the June session, and the members of the Committee were hang-overs. The masses had, however, deserted the moderates, and the Executive Committe was becoming as isolated, as helpless as the Provisional Government itself. The Committee determined upon a final maneuvre to preserve its prestige, a final desperate attempt to "compel" the Allies to accept the peace terms of revolutionary Russia. It adopted a series of peace terms, specifying concretely the meaning of "no annexations and no indemnities," as follows:

"1.—Evacuation by the Germans of Russia, and autonomy of Poland, Lithuania, and the Lettish provinces.

"2.—Autonomy of Turkish Armenia.

"3.—Solution of the Alsace-Lorraine question by a plebiscite, the voting being arranged by local civil authorities after the removal of the troops of both belligerents.

"4.—Restoration to Belgium of her old frontiers and compensation for her losses from an international fund.

"5.—Restoration of Serbia and Montenegro with similar compensation, Serbia to have access to the Adriatic, Bosnia and Herzegovina to be autonomous.

"6.—Disputed Balkan districts to receive provisional autonomy, followed by a plebiscite.

"7.—Rumania to be restored her old frontiers on condition that she grant Dobrudja autonomy and grant equal rights to the Jews.

"8.—Autonomy for the Italian provinces of Austria to be followed by a plebiscite.

"9.—Restitution of all colonies to Germany.

"10.—Re-establishment of Greece and Persia.

"11.—Neutralization of all straits leading to inner seas and