The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-10

proletariat and the fate of the revo-
luton. To stake all this on an action
in the next few days would be an act
of desperation.
The reply to this proclamation of
Kamenev and Zinoviev in the "No-
vaya Zhizn" was Lenins letter to the
Party members, which constitutes a
document of extraordinary historical
Importance.
The letter is written in black ink
and occupies four closely written
pages with hardly any deletions.
The Lenin- Institute.
COMRADES: I have not yet been
v able to obtain the Petrograd news.
papers for Wednesday, 18th October.
When was informed by telephone
of the complete text of the procia-
nation by Kamenev and Zinoviev
published in the "Novaya Zhizn", a
paper which does not belong to the
ISrty, could not believe it. But all
doubt was impossible, and | therefore
make use of the opportunity to send
these lines to the members of the
Party on Thursday evening or Friday
morning, for in face of the fact of
such monstrous act of strike-break-
ing, silence would be a crime.
The more serious the practical re-
suit, the more responsible and NOTED"
the people are who have committed
this act of strike-br liking, the more
dangerous it is, and the more empha-
tically the strike-breakers must be
thrown out and the more unpardon-
able it would be to hesitate on ac-
count of former services" rendered
by the strilse-breakers.
One can hardly believe it! 1t is
we'll known in Party circles that the
Party has discussed the question of
revolt since September. Nobody has
heard anything of written state
ment, of a leaflet by either of the
persons in question. Now, however,
one can say, on the eve of the Soviet
Congress, two well-known Bolsheviki
come forward against the majority
and, what is quite clear, against the
G.. c. This is not spoken straight out;
there is thereby involved, however, a
greater damage to the cause, for to
speak by means of hints and illusions
is much more dangerous.
1t is quite clear from the text of
the declaration of kamenev and Zinc
view that they have turned asain.t
the C. c., for otherwise tnalc ~ould
be no sense in their declaration; but
what decision of the c. c. is combated
by them is not mentioned.
Why? .----..4---s
That is quite clear; because the
C. G. has not published it.
What situation arises here?
In the most important fighting
question, two "noted Bolsheviki," on
the eve of the critical day, goth Oc-
tober, open in the press not belonging
to the Party, and in fact in a paper
which in the given question goes nahd
in hand with the bourgeoi5;e against
the workers party, an attack on a
decision of the Party Central which
has not been published.
That is thousand times more con-
temptible and a million times more
injurious than, for example, all the
proclamations of Plechanov in. the
press not belonging to the Party in
the years 1905 and 1907, which the
Party so sharply condemned. At that
time, however, it was only question
of an election; now, however, it is a
question of insurrection aiming at the
seizure of power!
Can one think Of a more treacher-
Gus, blacklegging way of acting than,
in such question, after the adoption
of the decision by the Centre. to COM
bat this decision, which has not been
made public, in face of the Rodsjan-
kos and Kerenskys, in a paper which
does not belong to the Party?
1t would be a shame for me were
|, because these former comrades were
closely connected with me, to hest
tate to condemn them. l say it right
out, that no longer regard these two
as my comrades, and will fight with
all means, both in the C. C. and at
the Congress, for the expulsion of
these two from the Party.
For a workers Party which life
confronts more and more frequently
with the necessity of a revolt is in
capable of solving this hard task, if
unpublished decisions of the Centre,
after their adoption, are combated in
the press not belonging to the Party,
bringing vacillation and confusion
into the ranks of the fighters.
Let Messrs. Zinoviev and Kamenev
form a Party of their own with a few
dozen people who have lost their
head, or set up their candidates for
the Constituent Assembly. Workers
viii not Join this party, for it's first
slogan would be:
at is permitted members Of the c.