manifesto sixteen manifesto sixteen french des seize proclamation sixteen document drafted eminent advocated allied victory germany world war outbreak war supporters allied cause advocated position pages freedom newspaper provoking sharply critical responses war continued europe campaigned anti war movements wrote war pamphlets statements including february statement signed prominent time frequent correspondence shared position convinced number draft document encouraging support allies resulting manifesto published pages pro war socialist periodical march republished european periodicals shortly manifesto declared supporting war act resistance aggression war pursued defeat point authors ruling political parties germany overthrown goal emancipation europe german people advanced contrary misleading title manifesto sixteen originally signatories eminent europe later position manifesto stark contrast day denounced signatories accused principles fallout war increasingly isolated friends cutting ties russian movement split faction supporting position strong criticism europe including spanish swiss movements dismissal manifesto overwhelming supporters angrily denounced background anti german stance anti german sentiment strong current progressive revolutionary movements russia early beginnings german influence aristocracy ruling dynasty contended russian influenced similar opinions life culminating staunch anti german prejudice onset world war influenced fellow russian affected rivalry successes germany revolutionary movements rise rule notes came growth german ideas augmented interest french revolution referred kind adoptive patriotism following assassination austria arrested suspicion having motivated assassins jail interviewed article appear august edition new_york_times piece referred veteran russian democrat quoted optimistic supporter newly erupted war believing ultimately effect russian society letter written september year grave peaceful end conflict insisted war fought end conditions peace imposed victor months later allowed letter wrote included october issue freedom entitled letter case war arguing presence germany empire prevented progress movements europe german people war german state claimed russia populace united following victory war preventing russian aristocracy conflict claimed tactics designed end war general strikes unnecessary instead war pursued germany defeated quickly responded bid political capital published article attacked russian early pro war sentiment denounced political enemy speeches essays referred early years war following months lived england poor health unable travel winter having ordered doctors january underwent operations chest march result confined bed majority wheeled bath chair time kept steady correspondence including fellow russian clashed opinions world war role conflict possible advocate period early explained took firmly pro war positions frequently criticize response war unprepared historian called explosive world war outbreak august resigned reality situation time began sides like nationals react political interests nations influence left unaffected climate time remarked air saturated accepted nations conventional opinions peculiar people entertained concerning small virtues defects certain races sorts plausible financial controls dead voice moral power heard world organisation large small spoke european activity restricted physically internal divisions movement attitudes war november issue freedom featured articles supporting allied cause including letter entitled forgotten principles italian following weeks numerous letters critical sent freedom turn published editorial newspaper editor responding criticism enraged rejecting letters denouncing role editor meeting later called members freedom supported pro war position called paper suspended anti war called attend rejected demand ending meeting hostile disagreement result connection freedom ended paper continued published organ majority anti war freedom members great war ongoing years taken anti war movements europe issuing numerous anti war statements leftist publications february statement issued assembly regions including england switzerland italy united_states russia france netherlands document signed figures endorsed elected position set viewpoints including wars result current system society blame particular government regard defensive offensive war fundamentally distinctly different encouraged support class conflict liberation oppressed means resolve wars nation states result increasing isolation majority anti war notes supported position drew closer months preceded manifesto creation men later sign manifesto including manifesto conception publication unable travel found frequent correspondence including visited france wife discussed war firm support suggestion like younger grave suggested publishing document urging support war effort initially hesitant personal inability sign active duty eventually persuaded grave exactly played authorship unknown time grave asserted authored manifesto revised alternatively reported written document grave merely advised minor alterations noted work highly influenced common concerns arguments felt exact authorship manifesto given famous later point dates february published march controversial socialist periodical known support war accused government propaganda groups result manifesto later republished freedom london april switzerland version included additional signatories individuals supported document initial publication contents original statement length includes philosophical ideological premises based opinions essay begins declaring correctly resisted war inception authors prefer peace brought international conference european workers german workers likely favor conclusion war presents reasons best interest armistice reasons citizens months war understand believing taking defensive war recognize german state long prepared conflict inevitably fault support occupation territory captured individuals living occupied territories free choose like annexed outline potential conditions armistice rejecting notion place terms peace authors insist german populace accept blame having resisted march war german government authors maintain immediate calls negotiation favorable german state potentially process position diplomatic military power instead manifesto war continued german state loses military strength extension ability negotiate authors anti government philosophy supporting war act resistance manifesto concludes victory germany overthrow ruling parties advance goal emancipation europe german people authors prepared collaborate germans advance goal signatories supporters manifesto signed eminent europe signatories originally numbered mistaken sixteenth city lived manifesto authors signatories france signatories supporter union truce french government trade unions world war wrote anti german thirty year old later joined second world war french brother renowned endorsement war manifesto convinced japanese staying sign signed paper signed russian manner georgian critic journalist noteworthy remaining signatories initial publication document richard supporter war reasons unknown initial manifesto approximately half italian impact legacy publication manifesto met great disapproval international movement considering impact stated merely confirmed split existed movement signatories manifesto saw world war battle german international working class contrast time including saw war different capitalist states expense working class number supporters position peaked overwhelming majority embraced views alongside reprinted manifesto letter columns freedom april prepared response response titled governmental recognized good faith good intentions signatories accused having betrayed principles soon joined including result firm support war popularity friends cut ties exceptions included serving prison sentences time result increasingly isolated final years london prior return russia ideas overview writings author criticism wrote pro war attitude separated asserted manifesto sixteen marks culmination pro war supported russia question war scholar speculates desire freedom editor anti war supporters war fair hearing start found politically isolated far earlier russia historian describes fallout support war fatal division russian movement split groups larger faction supporting associates smaller anti war faction responded abandoning communism spite movement russia continued gain strength article published december issue leader accused vast majority russian following grave denounced similar remarks wrote letter communist leader recently read articles old fool completely lost mind protégé cited support war manifesto denouncing weakness youth use war teaching half century state supported denounced double power russia anarchy single power historian characterized criticisms acceptable focused found criticisms russian accusations russian embraced grave message stated kind happened signed support war majority countries maintained anti position consistently switzerland spain geneva angry group disciple labeled champions war patriots maintained form war acceptable true social revolution overthrow oppressive institutions founder editor isolated swiss movement aligned manifesto signatories spanish opposed war belief faction workers angrily idols including grave discovering authored manifesto small number denounced majority prevailed union
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