The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16

Inc f0ll0WIng is LenlnS first
reaction to the news of the Feb
ruary Gold calendar) revolution in
Russia, and the overthrow of the
Tsar in a letter written from
Zurich to Alexandra Nj. Kollontai
CA. Nd iii Stockholm.
Lenin wrote another letter on
March 18th, and the letter of
March 18th, printed below, is in
answer to her telegram.
In the letter of the 18th, Lenin
tells of having just heard of the
outbreak of the revolution and the
overthrow of the Tsar on March
14th, and states: "NOw it is most
urgent to establish our press, and
to organize the workers into
REVOLUTIONARY SOcial-Demo-
cratic Party. most as
suredly combining legal work
with illegal.
NEVER AGAIN along the
lines of the Second international!
NEVER AGAIN with Kautsky!
Republican propaganda;
war against imperialism; revol-
utionary propaganda, as hereto
fore, agitation, and struggle for
an INTERNATIONAL proletarian
revolution and for the conquest of
power by the 'Soviets of Workers
Deputies, (but not by the Cadet
fakersD."
This letter, which was originally
published in the Leninsky Sbor-
mix Oenin Collection) Vol. ii,
1924, is being published by Inter-
national Publishers, which will
issue within couple of weeks,
Vol. 20 of Lenin's definitive col
lected works, from which this is
taken. This volume is entitled
"The Revolution of 1917, Book -.
Editor.
Marcl. II, 1917.
Dear A. NJ:
We have just received your tele-
gram, which is SO worded as to
sound almost ironic (much good il
will do to send instruction" from
here, when information is so pit.
fully scanty, while there are in Pet
rograd not only leading party mem
bers but also officially designated
representatives of the Central Com
/ have just read a telegram of the
Petrograd Telegraph Agency Of
March II, containing the program
of the new government and Bonal
Laws declaration to the effect that
the Tsar had not yet abdicated, ano
that his whereabouts were unknown
Yesterday it seemed that the
Guchkov- Miliukov government was
fully victorious, that it had already
entered into an agreement with the
dynasty; today it appears that the
dynasty is no more, that the Tsal
has fled, evidently making ready fol
a counter-revolution!
We have started working on thu
theses, published elsewhere in this
issue-Ed.), which we may complete
tonight. Of course, we shall for
ward them to you Immediately. L
possible, wait until you get thes'
theses, which will correct Tor sup
plant) the things I am now writing
in my own name.
Zinoviev and l have just succeeded
in preparing the outline of thu
theses. 1t is the first draft, editor
tally quite unsatisfactory 1--WE shall
of course, not publish it in the pres
ent form), but which, / hope, give:
an idea as to the fundamentals.
We urgently ask you to acquain'
YOUR and Eugene Bosh, as well as
Liudmila, with this, and to send us
at least few words before yor
leave. Also be sure to arrange with
someone remaining in Norway about
forwarding our material to Russia
and the Russian to us. Please do it
and ask the one remaining (perhaps
a Norwegian who knows German
French, or English) to be very pune.
tual. We shall send money to cover
expenses.
In my opinion, our main task is tc
guard against getting entangled ir
foolish attempts at unity" with the
social-patriots (or, what is still
more dangerous, with the wavering
ones, like the Organization Commit.
tee, Trotslsy and Co.. and to con.