The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-04

at the moment when0the Bolshevili
were in the minority both in the Sow
lets and in the army. Is Cpmrade Trot-
sky had not written his history" Of
October according to Suchanow's ma
terial but on the basis Of the actual
documents, he could easily have con-
WINGED himself of the incorrectness Of
his assertion.
Comrade Trotsky is undoubtedly
wrong when he asserts that the
right" members of the G. G. desig-
mated as an adventure" the attempt,
at "Lenin's initiative" to organize a
demonstration on June 9. If Comrade
Trotsky had not written in accordance
with Suchanow's information, he
would certainly have known that the
demonstration of July 8 was postpon-
ed in complete agreement with Lenin
and that that Lenin defended the post
ponement in an important speech at
the well-known meeting of the Petro-
grad committee (see minutes of the
Petrograd committee),.
Comrade Trotzky isf,entirely in the
wrong when he speaks Of the tragic"
differences of opinion within the c. G..
in connection with the. armed July
demonstration. Comrade Trotzky is
simply using his imagination when he
assumes that some members of the
leading group Of the @. Q, must have
regarded the July episode as harm
full adventure" Comrade Trotzky
who at that time was not yet mem.
Der Of the G. c. but only our Soviet
representative in parliament, could
not Of course know that the c. C. only
regarded the July demonstration as
means for getting information about
the opponent, that the c. c. land Len
in) did not wish to turn nor think of
turning the demonstration into an in
surrection at a moment when the So
viets of the chief towns were still in
favor of the social patriots It is quite
possible that some of the Bolsheviki
actually pulled long faces in connec
ton with the July defeat. know for
instance that some of the Bolsheviki
who were arrested were even ready
to leave our ranks. But to draw con-
illusions from this against some who
are said to have been rights" to
have been members Of the c. c., is to
distort history in a reckless manner.
Comrade Trotzky is wrong when he
declares that in the Kornilov days,
some Of the heads of the party showed
tendency to form a block with the
social patriots in order to support
the provisional government. OF
course the same so-called rights" are
meant, the comrades who disturb
Trotzky's sleep. Trotzky is wrong;
documents exist, such as the central
organ of the party at that time, which
upset Comrade Trotzkys statements.
Comrade Trotzky refers TO a letter of
Lenins to the G. C. with a warning
against supporting Kerensky. But
Comrade Trotzky fails to understand
Lenins letters, their significance, their
object. Sometimes Lenin purposely
anticipates in his letters and places
in the foreground those possible mis-.
takes which might occur, criticises
thCAA IA auNaACCs ~ dD W WdIu Tie
party and deter it from mistakes, or
he sometimes exaggerates a ''trifie''
and makes mountain out Of mole
hill" for the same educational pur.
pose. N
A party leader, especially when he
is in an illegal position cannot act
otherwise, for he must see further
than his companions and it is his
duty to warn against every possible
mistake, even "trifes." But to draw
a conclusion as to tragic" differences
of opinion from these letters of Len.
in (and there are plenty Of such let
ters) and to blazon it forth, shows a
lack Of understanding Of Lenin's let
tiers, a lack Of knowledge of Lenin.
This no doubt explains the fact that
Comrade Trotzky sometimes entirely
fails to hit the mark. To resume !:
There were in the days of Kornilov's
advance, as a matter of fact, absolute
ly no differences of opinion in the c.
C.
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