THE TREPOV DICTATORSHIP II THE SHIPOV CANDIDACY
beaucoup, si vous nous envoyez le plus vite possible la brochure
où ce discours est imprimé ou bien si vous nous donnez des ren
seignements détaillés sur ce discours...
Je m’excuse pour mon mauvais français.
[Translation]
Dear Comrade!
You told Comrade Velsky that there is a speech by P. La-
fargue regarding the participation of Social Democracy in the provisional revo-
lutionary government. You would greatly oblige us if you could as soon as
possible send us the pamphlet where this speech is printed, or if you would
provide us with detailed information about this speech...
I apologize for my bad French.
Bracke is a pseudonym of S.D. Derousscau. Regarding Bracke's conversation with Velsky (P. Krasikov), as well as the views on the issue raised by Lafargue, Bracke and Guesde, see pp. 241-242.
The documents printed below represent a plan and sketch of an article on the topic: "The Trepov Dictatorship and the Shipov Candidacy." It has not been possible to establish the article in finished form.
THE TREPOV DICTATORSHIP AND THE SHIPOV CANDIDACY,
(or: WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES?)
July, after 7, 1905 Geneva.
a.
* ARTICLE PLAN.
Imported Revolution by Germany.
Granted by the Japanese; and traded away by the zemstvo.
Not a single victory for the Russian proletariat.
* One word overwritten is illegible. Ed.
** On the reverse of the copy of the letter to Derousscau, Lenin wrote: "Rec[eived
on 1 /VI 05 in Geneva." It has not been possible to establish whether these words relate to Derousscau's response,
or to Krasikov's report of his conversation with Derousscau. Ed.