The R.S.D.L.P. fraction further inquired of the “S.D. fraction” whether it agreed to recognize the Marxist decision of 1908, recently reaffirmed also by the Latvian conciliators.

That decision reads:

“Liquidationism is the attempt by a certain section of the Party intelligentsia to liquidate” (i.e., dissolve, destroy, abolish, put an end to) “the existing organization of the Party and to replace it by an amorphous association acting within the limits of legality” (i.e., lawfulness, “open” existence) “at all costs, even at the price of openly renouncing the programme, tactics and traditions” (i.e., past experience) “of the Party.”

And this decision recognizes the need for “the most determined ideological and organizational struggle against liquidationist attempts” (see Report, p. 38){94}.

This decision was adopted by the Marxist whole, in the presence of representatives of all factions, including the liquidators (Dan, Axelrod and others), the Bundists, etc. It was adopted in December 1908, before any splits occurred.

The R.S.D.L.P. fraction inquired of the Chkheidze fraction whether it recognizes this 1908 decision condemning liquidationism.

What was the answer of the Chkheidze fraction?

Not a word!! Not a sound! It ignored this 1908 decision as if it did not exist at all. This is unbelievable, but it is a fact. And this silence is more eloquent than any words. It shows an incredibly unceremonious attitude toward decisions. Decisions I don’t like simply don’t exist for me — such is the moral of the liquidationist-minded deputies.

These deputies acted in the same way regarding the question of admitting deputy Jagiello into the fraction. They are reminded that the 1908 decision rejected “unity” with Jagiello’s non-S.D. party. And they retort that in 1907, i.e., a year before this decision, the Second Duma fraction admitted unquestionable S.D.’s — the Lithuanians. This is a flagrant flouting of decisions.