The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-20


remnants of vacillation in the party;
in October they have been reduced to
a minimum; the party is proceeding
with firm ranks into the fight. Above
there remain some comrades who are
not in agreement with the general
line Of the party. But precisely be-
cause the party (that is no little thing.
Comrade Tretsky) was united, pre-
cisely because the overwhelming ma
iority of the c. C. went with Lenin,
these comrades were also carried
along by the general stream Of the
party and class, and Immediately re-
turned to their posts. They have been
far more thoroly proved" than mere
ly thru the October days.
III.
War, Revolution and the Standpoint
Of comrade Trotsky.
The Chronicle" Of Cotnrade Trot-
sky, as well as his annotations to the
same. not only incorrectly describe
the relations within the party. but
also the preparation of the "Bolshe-
VIKING" Of Comrade Trotsky himself.
eve are solely interested here in his
political attitude.) We learn from the
annotations Of Comrade Trotsky's
book, for example, that in the articles
written by L. d. Trotsky in America
there was almost completely anticipat-
ed % the later political tactics of
|Ihe revolutionary social-democrats.
The fundamental conclusions Of these
articles agree in almost every detail
% with the political perspectives,
which Comrade Lenin developed in his
famous Letters from Abroad page
s7O.)
We learn here that in the course of
time the differences of opinion be-
tween the standpoint OF "Nashe Slo-
vo's and Lenin became continually
less. page s77.) On the other hand.
we learn whole number Of details
regarding the errors of the "Pravda."
OF number Of Bolsheviki, etc.
But after perusing the book we are
little informed in what these difference
es of opinion, which grew continual
ly less, consisted. And we are decid-
eddy misied if we take it as correct
that Comrade Trotsky had already an
ticipated the feminist policy, as stated
by that terrible busy-body Comrade
Lenzner, who was entrusted with the
perusal Of the book and with adding
the notes. (Lenin did not know that
he, according to Comrade Trotsky, had
committed a plagiarism.) The ques-
ton of the attitude during the war.
however, gives the key to a number
OF other questions and leads us to
the laboratory where the slogans were
drawn up, which soon were to play
such an extraordinary important, one
might rightly say, world-historical
role.
We win attempt to call to mind sew
eral things in this respect.
l. +Peace" or "civiI war;" This Is
the first difference of opinion, one
which involves considerable mea-
sure Of principle. for precisely here
Is to be seen. who and how has an
ticipated the events. as well as the
tactics, OF the revolutionary social
democracy. The slogan Of the civil
war which was issued by Lenin and
the Bolshevik G. G. right at the be-
ginning of the war was a specific Boil
shevik slogan, a slogan. which drew
a line of demarcation between true
revolutionaries. and, not only all
shades OF chauyinists. but also Of the
internationalists of petty-bourgeois.
paciflsts. Humanitarian" color who
sought to approach the centrist ele-
ments. Only by bluntly raising the
question Of civil war was there Great
ed the possibility TO select the cadre
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