Based on ducks dialogue and actions in paragraph 11 and 13 the reader can infer that duck feels​

to keep us neatruel and not get involved in any wars

he assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.