THE DICTATORSHIP OF TREPOV AND THE CANDIDACY OF SHIPOV,
(or: WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES?)
July, after the 7th, 1905. Geneva.
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* ARTICLE OUTLINE.
The Revolution Imported by Germany.
Bestowed by the Japanese—and wrested back by the zemstvos.
Not a single victory for the Russian proletariat.
* One inscribed word remains undeciphered. Ed.
** On the reverse side of a copy of his letter to Deruso, Lenin wrote: “Received on 17/VI 05 in Geneva.” Whether these words refer to Deruso’s reply, or to Krasikov’s report of his conversation with Deruso, has not been possible to determine. Ed.

They did not fight; rather, they were made to fight.
They are engaged in bargaining.
Rumors and Facts. Shipov and Treпов.
Providence‑related rumors.
Military tales (about the Japanese War) and their outcomes.
This very end—Shipov and Treпов, Treпов and Shipov—is highly probable.

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* UNFINISHED DRAFT OF AN ARTICLE.
As the vanguard of our bourgeoisie coalesces into the “Constitutional-Democratic Party,” a grave responsibility falls upon the conscious representatives of the proletariat: to closely monitor the policies of this party and to enlighten the people about those policies. We have already pointed out more than once the mercantile dealings between the zemstvo faction and autocracy—and between the Liberation Union and the zemstvo faction. Now we must acknowledge yet another instance of this same kind of bargain‑making. The rumor of Mr. Shipov’s candidacy for the post of Minister of Internal Affairs had long since flickered across the foreign press. Now, correspondents of France’s and England’s most influential bourgeois newspapers—Le Temps and The Times—report on this matter in exhaustive detail.
Here is what the former of these newspapers reports from St. Petersburg, dated July 7th, Old Style: “If proof were needed of the Tsar’s sincere desire to carry [(mener à bien)] reforms through, then such proof would be the fact that Mr. Shipov has been offered the portfolio of Minister of Internal Affairs. Mr. Shipov, who once belonged to the zemstvo anti‑(anti‑)constitutionalist minority and who drafted the bill on popular representation—so heavily utilized by Mr. Bulygin—declared at the May Congress that he aligned himself with the majority, that is, with the constitutionalists. Thus, this man represents the golden mean [(juste milieu)], capable of satisfying both extreme parties while, at the same time, managing to adapt [(s’accomoderait)] to the extraordinary police powers vested in Comrade Minister of Internal Affairs Treпов.”
“As they say, Mr. Shipov makes it his sole condition for agreeing to assume this post that the Tsar grant [(l’octroi)] freedom of the press.”