Scope and Contents Reprint from The Masses of an editorial by Max Eastman. "When war was declared we called for some proof that it was a war for democracy...When Russia appealed to the Allies to declare for a peace upon the wise and democratic basis of 'no punitive indemnities, no forcible annexations, free development for all nationalities,' and the President [Wilson] echoed the British government in a flat refusal to consider these terms....If you believe in rule by the majority enroll today in The People's...