“In the conference called by Comrade Gapon this condition, so essential to “While, therefore, attaching very great importance to the conference calledįor that purpose, we must naturally subject the composition of the conference to More effective attack on the autocratic regime. Working within the country with the task of reaching a practical agreement for a The Social-Democratic and revolutionary-democratic parties and organisations “The important historical period through which Russia is passing confronts On leaving the conference we submitted the following declaration: The question that led to our withdrawal concerned the The RussianĬentre must be represented, and representatives of the local committees must We cannot control the composition of conferences, etc., from abroad. All that is necessary is that only practical questions be But I certainly do not inferįrom this that conferences are impossible because of differences on points The regions with a non-Russian population. Invite to the conference representatives of local party committees from Representatives of the working-class parties of one nationality, or to That in the future it will be necessary for us either to refuse outright to takeĪny part in such conferences, or to convene a conference of Party raised the question of having several constituent assemblies. No reply had been received from the Lithuanian Social-Democracy orįrom the Ukrainian Revolutionary Party, we were told by the sameįrom the outset the national question was made an issue. Nor was it possible to ascertain whether an invitation had beenĮxtended. In attendance, but no representative from the Social-Democracy of Poland and Yet anyone who is at all familiar with thingsĪbroad knows that connections with the Workers’ Party of Finland can beĮstablished, if only through Branting, the leader of the Swedish Words of the Socialist-Revolutionary who offered the explanation, they did not Party of Finland had been sent via the Active Resistance Party, since, in the When we asked for the reason, we were told that the invitation to the Workers’ Thus, the Active Resistance Party of Finland was represented, but not Parties had not been invited at all, or there was no record of their having been As it became clear, either the working-class Arriving on the scene, we saw that the conference was a Vperyod Editorial Board and the Bureau of Committees of the Majority,ĭid attend. In the end Iskraĭid not attend the conference. Vperyod’s being an alleged disrupter, etc. Replied, as documents submitted to me by Comrade Gapon show, that it preferredĭirect agreements with organised parties. The convocation of the conference was greatly delayed. Socialists-Revolutionaries were building up an overwhelming conference That the dubious make-up of the conference might create difficulties. I pointed out both to Comrade Gapon and to a prominent Socialist-Revolutionary (17) the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party, and (18) the Revolutionaries, (16) the Ukrainian Revolutionary Party, Of Finland, (15) the Georgian Party of Socialist-Federalist Hromada, (12) the Lettish Social-Democratic League, (13) theĪctive Resistance Party of Finland, (14) the Workers’ Party The Bund, (9) the Armenian Social-Democratic Labour Organisation, (10) theĪrmenian Revolutionary Federation (Droshak), ( II) The Byelorussian Proletariat, (7) the Lettish Social-Democratic Labour Party, (8) Social-Democracy of Poland and Lithuania, (6) the P.S.P., The Iskra R.S.D.L.P., (4) the Polish Socialist Party, (5) the (1) The Socialist-Revolutionary Party, (2) the Vperyod R.S.D.L.P., (3) Organisations which, according to that letter, were invited to Comrade Gapon’s Purpose of co-ordinating their activities. Some time later I received a written invitation from Comrade Gapon to attend aĬonference of socialist organisations, convened, according to his idea, for the Unquestionably devoted to the revolution, though unfortunately without He impressed me as being an enterprising and clever man, I shall not repeat our conversation it was reported in I told him that diplomacy was a good thing, but not between Social-Democrats, but for various reasons did not deem it possible to say so He told me that he shared the point of view of the The Socialists-Revolutionaries, then with the Iskra people, andįinally with me. I have to inform the Congress of an unsuccessful attempt to come to an agreement April 12 (25)-April 27 (May 10), 1905Ģ4 Speech on an Agreement with the Socialists-Revolutionaries April 23 (May 6) Lenin The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. Lenin: 1905/3rdcong: Speech on an Agreement with the Socialists-Revolutionaries V.
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