Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

396V. I. LENINannexationist policy and as a decisive and firm step whichwould prepare the ground for a possible revolutionary war?(7) Should we at once undertake intensive agitation againstthe Germans’ annexationist policy and for a revolutionarywar?(8) Would it be possible at very short notice (5-10 days,say) to arrange a canvass of fairly wide sections of the armyat the front with a view to obtaining fuller replies to theabove questions in more suitable form?(9) Is it to be hoped that the dissensions with the Ukrainianswill weaken, or even yield place to a firm consolidationof forces when they hear of the Germans’ annexationistdemands, or it may be expected that the Ukrainians willtake advantage of the Great Russians’ greater difficultiesto step up the struggle against them?(10) If the army could vote would it be in favour of immediatepeace on annexationist (loss of the occupied regions)and economically very harsh terms for Russia, or would itfavour the maximum effort for a revolutionary war, i.e.,resistance to the Germans?Written on December 17 (30), 1917First published in 1927in Transactionsof the Lenin Institute, Vol. IIPublished accordingto the Transactions