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offer. He planned the P sc le or ers C gn, d t ed to the bl iest of a bl y war. The g l w to through to tend on the t, "only" m es away.
Meanwh e in Swit rland, n w watching even with interest Lenin had t ambition and a d e r wer. He w an op ty now to get what he wanted He communi ted with the n gove ­ ment, telling them that if they uld t ely ck to R ia he would take over the gove ent and immediately withd w Ru ia from the war. The German gove ent made a ngements to ns rt nin d me of his friends c tly ck to St Pete burg a led railway r. Charles of Austria tried to uade the r to a ndon this dan­ gerous pl but Wilhelm wouldn't listen Ch l then prohibited the train from cr ing Austrian i rcing the aled r to take a more round­ a ut route. Winston Churchill later wrote that it w as if Lenin was a "pla e cill " Indeed he w
He arrived in St Pete burg on April 16, where he was welcomed by J f St , a nd and a large c wd waving red nne He mediately t k charge of the Bols iks, the m t dical of the revolutionary oups. The g l of the lsheviks was total wer-they had no intention of al­ lowing the ple a voice in the gove ment Of cou they didn't tell the ople that Instead they stre the mmunist principle that all pro erty and wealth should taken from th who owned it and divided up among the ordinary ople. Their slo n was eace, Bread and d"
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As Lenin and his lsheviks plotted the final destruction of freedom in Ru ia, Po nedict XV continued working tirele ly for ace. On May 5 he offered an ago d prayer to the Bl d Mother, g ng her to bring ace to her warring children On May 13 she came in r n to answer the prayer, ap ring to three shepherd children (Lucia, Jacinta and Franci o) in Fatim Portu l Her me was prayer and nance, but at this int only the three children were listenin
On May 18 Marxists were admitted to the Ru ian gove ment On June 13 Mary appeared at Fatima for the cond time. In late June Keren­ sky's disintegrating army w ordered rward On July 8 the Ru ian army was to lly wi d out, and Germany was able to nd more divisions to the weste front On July 13 Mary told the children to tell the world that prayers must of red for the conversion of Ru ia "If they listen to my request," she i u ia will converted and there will ace. If not,