in the Troops DIVISIONS The tollowing statement is con cerned with recent developments Out Movement, and within that movement.
'As supporters of the right of as a whole all believe building movement for the immediate withdrawal or britisn troops -TON Ireland can play a vital role in support of the freedom struggle of ine misi poopie With the renewed upsurge of the struggle in Ireland it is urgent to noo a broad conterenci plan activities in Britain to achieve thut almovement past thia Troops Movement central role in co-ordinating the oucing or a movement oF trou PHoned internal unable to in ireland or to take thanie o in ireland or to laKe duvaniase the revived interest in ontaro building this movement inadequacies of the TOM typifiec National Delegate Conference of 23 organised in such a way as to block maximum parn activists. would have led in effect / to TOM Revolutionaries, two Mensheviks and two independents.
In its declaration of intent the made its rationale for existence all too plain for defensive and offensive prevent the possible defeat of Russia and her allies. Here, clearly written, was why the imperialist allies and the ruling Kussia. argued desperately for the inclusion of the soviet representauves. Ducianal the British ambassador, wrote of *The last, and almost the only, hope for salvation of the military The mere fact that the repres entatives of the Soviets were now a minority within the Provisional Government in no way inspired the soldiers to fight. The troops want becoming a small London-based "As a result of this, seven of the ten To branches present dec ided that the best course of action would be from the meeting to organise a new CussIon about the best Wa] Dutic a mass • movement for withdrawal of troops from Ireland "A planning committee was set up to organise 125 % conference We 3000310 Call TOM branches Individuals and organisations which support Troops out self-determination for the Irish people as to support this conferwhole ence where al oar coans have full and voting rights. Messages of support, res olutions and enquiries should b sent to Out c/0 TOODS •Rising Free. upper siree London N1 The first meeting of the conference planning committee -olace Daturudy May. individuals and organisations in terested in attending should contact the above address.
This statement is supported by the following branch East London, Mer west London sevside co cnester. birminenam Sheffield, Hemel Hempstead Palace coalition to put an end to imperialist bloodshed, not Kerensky and the Mensheviks hoped, in the words of the new Minister of War, that 'the Soviets will die a natural death'. They felt that their entry into the Govern ment would make the self-organisation or tne workers and peasants redundant. The new coalition Government, trying contending classes in a situation of growing political and social crisis, found itself impotent in the face of world historic events. The Mar iinsky Palace became a centre for double deals double standards and double talk.
Earlier than the leaders of the Bolsheviks, Trotsky had recog nised the importance of the Soviets. In 1905 he had been chairman of the first Petrograd Soviet. He too; in 1905: Results and Pros pects, nad understood unar un problems the workers and peasants the socialist revolution. On 4 May exile to Petrograd. The future leader, with Lenin, of the revolution, was now back on Russian soil.