On behalf of the Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Party I1* propose to the International Socialist Bureau to place in the order of the next (December 1913) meeting of the Bureau (respective of the Vienna International Socialist Congress)1 the question of the unification of the Polish Social-Democracy, and the propriety of its representation in the Bureau by Rosa Luxemburg2 at the present time.

For a brief motivation I shall mention the following facts:

1.   In February 1913, a meeting of the Central Committee of the RSDLP with party workers adopted a resolution of regret over the split of the Polish Social-Democrats (see "Notice of this meeting".Paris. 1913)3.

2.     Having reported to the International Socialist Bureau in the summer of 1912 about a provocation in the Warsaw organization of the P[o lish] Social-Democracy4 and having written at the same time that this report was not for the press, Rosa Lyuksemburg3* and her circle, calling itself the "Head [of the] Government", simultaneously published this message, deliberately deceiving the International Socialist Bureau in this way (see Huysmans' letter to Lenin). letter of Huysmans to Lenin of 6.IX.1912 of 6.IX.19125)4*.

3.    The elections to the 4th State Duma6 in the autumn of 1912, which, like all parliamentary elections in all countries, are one of the most unconditional and objective5*indicators of the strength and organization of a party, showed the greatest absence of workers in Poland, supporters of the so-called "Glavnogo government", for all the Social-Democrat workers' electors from Warsaw turned out to be supporters of the Warsaw Committee (the so-called opposition)6*, not of the Glavnogo government (in the workers' curia of Warsaw7* there were only three electors by law; two of them were from the Social Democracy7*,3Alewski and Bronowski, and the third Polska Partia Socjalistyczna8- Jagiello, the latter having passed to the Duma,was not recognized as a representative8*of the Polish Social-Democracy either by the Warsaw Committee or by the [so-called] General Government).

4. T h e insurance campaign w h i c h is now being waged by the w o r k i n g class9* of P o l a n d on the basis of the organization of a w o r k i n g insurance fund in every large factory10* has proved in the same way to [Rosa] L[yuksem6urg] the fictitiousness of the so-called] General] Board]11*, for in the Executive-Comite12* of the central workers' insurance committee of Warsaw sit (1) members of the Polska Social-Demokratizatsiya [Polish] Social Opposition (Warsaw Committee)13*; then (2) members of the Polska Partia Socjalistyczna - leftists9 and (3) members of the Bund10. Since both of the latter organizations (the Bund and the PPS (leftist) are affiliated to the M[i nternational] Socialist Party, we ask the Executive Committee of the M[i nternational] Socialist Party to inquire about their names and the party affiliation of all members of the Executive Committee of the Workers' Insurance Central Committee in Warsaw, for the collection and verification of documentary data is the only means of exposing fictitious representations.

The dissemination in the press of the accusation of the Warsaw Organization of the Social-Democratic Party in connection with the guards is an unheard-of disgrace and moral murder on the part of Rosa Luxemburg and her Berlin circle14*, - all the more so because this circle stubbornly refuses to submit the case of provocation to an impartial tribunal of representatives of all the socialist organizations operating in the Central Polish State and affiliated to the International.

Fond 2, op. 1, d. 23794 - autographs of V.I.Lenin and L.B.Kamenev.

1* Hereafter, an unabridged crossed-out word

2* Further crossed out: "rows".

3* Further crossed out: "and so called "Chapter".

4* The letter is further marked: "copie ciemluse".

5* Further crossed out: "and important".

6* In paragraph 3, L.B. Kamenev amended: "... showed the absence of workers in Poland who would be supporters of the so-called [a.k.a.] "General [government]", as was shown by the elections in the main center (Warsaw), where all the Social-Democrat-worker electors turned out to be supporters of the Warsaw Committee (the so-called opposition)".

7* Further crossed out: "was"

8* Corrected from: "recognized as a representative".

9* Revised from: "now in working class".

10* In paragraph 4, L.B. Kamenev corrected: "The insurance campaign which is now being waged by the working class of Poland on the ground of organizing a workers' insurance fund by elections from the workers of every large factory".

11* Forwarded twice from: 1st version - "that Rosa Lyuksemburg and the Glavnoe Pravnoe represent the workers of the Social Democrats in Poland"; 2nd version - "that Rosa Lyuksemburg and the Glavnoe Pravnoe do not represent the workers of the Social Democrats in Poland".

12* Executive Committee (French).

13* Further crossed out: "2) in the majority".

14* Hereafter crossed out: "calling itself the General Committee".

1At the December meeting of the International Socialist Bureau (ISB), it was decided to convene a congress of the Second International in Vienna in August 1914, timed to coincide with the day of celebration of the 50th anniversary of the First International. The agenda included: 1) the high cost of living; 2) imperialism and the struggle against militarism; 3) alcoholism; 4) unemployment; 5) the situation of political prisoners and exiles in Russia; and 6) miscellaneous. The Congress in Vienna did not take place, prevented by the outbreak of the World War.

2 R. Luxemburg, being the representative of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) in the IRB, sent a letter to the IRB on November 1 (14), 1913, in which she accused V. I. Lenin and the "Leninist group" of intending to bring about a split in Polish Social Democracy. In response to this letter, Lenin wrote an article "Also - "Unificationists"" (see: Lenin V.I. Complete Works, vol. 24, pp. 169-172). In it he reported: "We have heard that the Russian Marxists, for their part, are making a proposal to the IRB to consider the question of the split in P o l i s h social-democracy and the disgraceful acts w h i c h Tyszka's group has allowed itself in relation to the real workers' organizations in P o l a n d " (ibid., p. 170). T h e draft of this proposal is published above. In December 1913. On the initiative of R. Luxemburg, the ISB discussed the question of Russian affairs and adopted a resolution proposing that the Social-Democratic factions in Russia restore unity in the RSDLP. The MSB instructed its Executive Committee to enter into "relations with all factions of the labor movement in Russia, including Poland". At the request of the secretary of the IUB, K. Huysmans, Lenin sent a report on this question to the IUB on January 18 (31) - January 19 (February 1), 1914 (see: ibid., pp. 296-303).

3 "Notification..." - see: The CPSU in Resolutions and Decisions of Congresses, Conferences and Plenums of the Central Committee. 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 413-416; Lenin V.I. Complete Collected Works, vol. 22, pp. 251-257; the resolution "On National S.-D. Organizations", item 3 - see: CPSU in Resolutions..., p. 424; Lenin V.I. Complete Collected Works, vol. 22, p. 268.

4The SDKPiL Main Board headed by R. Luxemburg and J. Tyszka accused the Warsaw Committee, which was headed by former members of the Main Board, the Rozlamovites J. S. Ganetski, A. M. Maletski, I. S. Unschlicht and V. Matuszewski, of provocation. The Warsaw Committee, in possession of documents, denied the accusation of R.Luxemburg and J.Tyszka. These documents were sent to Lenin as a member of the IRB. After familiarizing himself with them, he completely rejected the accusations of the Main Board.

5See: Materiaux pour l'histoire du socialiste Internationale. 1 serie. Textes et documents. Correspondance entre Lenine et Camille Huysmans. 1905-1914. Paris, 1963, p. 112.

6IV The State Duma was elected on the basis of the electoral law on June 3 (16), 1907; elections were held in the fall of 1912, the Duma began its work on November 15 (28), 1912. The Social-Democratic faction consisted of 14 people: 6 Bolsheviks, 7 Mensheviks and one part-time member of the faction - the deputy from Warsaw E.I. Jagiello. In October 1913, the Bolshevik deputies created an independent faction - the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Faction (RSDDF).

In November 1914, the Bolshevik deputies were arrested, and in 1915 they were exiled to the Turukhan region.

October 6 (19), 1917. The Provisional Government of Russia dissolved the IV State Duma.

7V.I.Lenin wrote about the SDKPiL - see doc. 49, note 13.

8See doc. 49, note 11.

9The Polish Socialist Party (PPS)-"Leftist" was formed as a result of the 1906 split of the Polish Socialist Party. In 1918. In 1918, the PPS-Levitsa merged with the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania; the union became known as the Communist Workers' Party of Poland.

10See Doc. 49, note 12.