Date: 1905-01
Source: ru:LS/v16

Lenin’s collected works reveal that she will not have to resume the struggle once more. Why should she? Is it not far better to carry on the war under the favorable conditions of today, rather than postpone military operations until a time when Russia has healed its wounds, laid down a second track on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and built up its naval fleet?
Throughout the course of the war, the Russians never distinguished themselves by sound judgment; nor did they ever demonstrate the capacity to put themselves in the shoes of their adversaries. A Russian cardsharp, having lost his stake, jumps up from the table and intends to leave the room without settling his debt—and cares not in the least about paying it. Yet such a player sometimes finds himself confronted with a locked door and an opponent demanding payment, before he finally relents and pays up….
He ridicules Dubasov’s condescending attitude in leaving Port Arthur and other territories to the Japanese—perhaps even Japan itself?
Does Japan’s position truly allow it not to beg for peace, but rather to dictate terms?
1 The quotations are taken from the articles “Suggestions of a Temporary Peace (from Our Own Correspondent)” — Paris, January 11, and “The Indiscretion of an Admiral,” both published in No. 37,602 of The Times, dated January 12, 1905.
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TO THE ARTICLE “FROM POPULISM TO MARXISM”
January 1905, Lenin.
The documents printed below contain the outline, the main points, and the supporting materials for the article “From Populism to Marxism,” which was published in No. 5 of Vpered on January 24 (11), 1905 (Collected Works, Vol. VII, pp. 70–75).
a.
FROM POPULISM TO MARXISM:
“The Reflection of Marxism in the Minds of the Petty-Bourgeois Intelligentsia.”
[Corrupted Marxism.
1) Theory—and their “favorable relationship.”
2) The Working Class, the Classes of the Exploited, the Working People?
3) Autocracy, the Bourgeoisie, Liberal Democracy I.”