Date: 1915
Source: ru:LS/v27

[Materials for the Articles: “On the Slogan ‘Disarmament’” and “The Military Program of the Proletarian Revolution” *]
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Disarmament is castration. Disarmament is a reactionary, Christian lamentation. Disarmament is not a struggle against imperialist reality; rather, it is a flight from that reality into a beautiful future promised after the victorious socialist revolution (cf. Victor Fischer).........
[Translation.]
Disarmament is emasculation. Disarmament is a reactionary, Christian jeremiad (lament). Disarmament is not a fight against imperialist reality; it is a flight from that reality into a glorious future following the triumphant socialist revolution!! (Cf. Victor Figuer).........
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“Militarization of the people,” “armed people”—oh, woe!—we hear these terms more and more often nowadays. But we say: Militarization of the people, armed people, the enlistment of children—and why not women—in military affairs—so much the better, so much the sooner will war ** be transformed into civil war, into revolt. To offer assistance? No, we do not aid the trusts.
[Translation.] “Militarization of the people,” “armed people”—alas!—we hear these terms more and more frequently now. But we say: Militarization of the people, armed people, the recruitment of children—and perhaps even women—into military service—so much the better, so much the sooner will war ** be transformed into civil war, into revolt. To offer assistance? No, we do not aid the trusts.

Disarmament instead of arming the people ***
1. Voices from Small Nations
2. Against All War? ****
3. National
4.
5. Civil
* These materials consist of isolated drafts and outlines for the articles “On the Slogan ‘Disarmament’” and “The Military Program of the Proletarian Revolution” (see Works, Vol. XIX, pp. 314 and 323). Ed.
** In the manuscript: “troops.” Ed.
*** Disarmament instead of arming the people. Ed.
**** Against all war? Ed.
An unfamiliar (German) word remains untranslated. Ed.
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MATERIALS FOR THE ARTICLES

6. Socialist War
7. The Oppressed Class?
8. A Concession to Opportunism?
9. Not Here Are Opportunism and Kautskyism
10. Militarization of the People
11. The Commune
12. First: The Struggle Against Opportunism—and Kautskyism
13. Second: A Concrete Program
14. Third: Practical “Demands” *?
15. Two Lines in Switzerland
On the Question “Milits or Disarmament?” **
I. Disarmament, or Demilitarization, or something along those lines? (instead of milits) ***
II. Did the oppressed class ever strive to learn and master military affairs? (Engels, in Anti-Dühring, on the path to the demise of militarism.)
III. A Concession to Opportunism—or the Easy Slip into Opportunism?
Not here, not in this.
All kinds of democratic reforms tend to foster this tendency. (The Republic. Separation of Church and State cUO----
With exceptions (America)...
A general, across-the-board struggle against opportunism—both overt and covert (Kautskyism).
To pursue the enemy everywhere, at their very heels—this is precisely how revolutionary imperialism was circumvented in Switzerland (Nakhimson)
(Regarding opportunism) A modification of demands. Not—for the Swiss police (especially after 1907).
IV. Practice. Formulas or Revolutionary Practice? Now, at this moment—should we advocate for disarmament or demilitarization? Nonsense! Instead, let us aid the revolutionary struggle in neighboring countries, helping to transform imperialist war into civil war. 20,000 × 2 francs **** = 20,000 francs ***** per year. Three newspapers, with delivery included.
* “demands.” Ed.
** On the question “milits or disarmament?” Ed.
*** Reduction of armaments, or disarmament, or something similar? (instead of milits). Ed.
**** pfennigs. Ed.
***** francs. Ed.

[VALDEKER’S ARTICLE IN CONRAD’S JAHRBÜCHER ON A. H. ZAK’S BOOK “GERMANS AND GERMAN CAPITAL IN RUSSIAN INDUSTRY”]
42 Jahrbücher (Conrad’s) for National Economics, etc.
III. F. Vol. 49 (1915.1), p. 351.
Zak
A short article (in Miszellen **) by Waldecker on the Russian book by A. N. Zak: “Germans and German Capital in Russian Industry” (St. Petersburg, 1914)—(Zak = Director of the Central Bank of Mutual Credit Societies).
The total sum of share capital in Russia:
Russian Foreign
1903 — 41.7 million rubles + 16.8 = 58.5
1904 — 92.6 26.7 119.3
/Reduced-\ 1905 ---------
\Shrinking ) 1910 ---------
1912 ---------
190.5 33.7 224.2
371. 30.8 401.8
the number of Russian and foreign societies...
1,237 societies—capital totaling 410.3 (operating in Russia)
The principal boards of these societies are located in
Germany -------------- 24 societies
Sweden

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England ------------- 33
The Netherlands . . .

Belgium . . 

France . . 

Switzerland . . 6
Italy . .

Austria . . .  

Turkey . . 

The United States *** . . 6
* In the manuscript: “Täbghis.” Ed.
** In “Miscellanea”—that was the name given to the section in Conrad’s yearbooks where various brief notes were published. Ed.
*** And in the manuscript: “United States.” Ed.

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[VALDEKER’S ARTICLE IN CONRAD’S JAHRBÜCHER ON A. H. ZAK’S BOOK “GERMANS AND GERMAN CAPITAL IN RUSSIAN INDUSTRY”]
“Jahrbücher (Conrad’s) for National Economics, etc.” 42, Series III, Vol. 49 (1915.1), p. 351.
A short article (in Miszellen **) by Waldecker on the Russian book by L. N. Zak: “Germans and German Capital in Russian Industry” (St. Petersburg, 1914)—(Zak = Director of the Central Bank of Mutual Credit Societies).
The total sum of share capital in Russia:
Russian Foreign Total
1903 — 41.7 million rubles + 16.8 = 58.5
1904 — 92.5 26.7 119.2
/Reduced-\ 1905
\Shrinking ) 1910 ------------ 190.5 33.7 224.2
371. 30.8 401.8
the number of Russian societies... 1,237 societies—capital totaling 410.3 (operating in Russia)
The principal boards of these societies are located in
Germany 24 societies Switzerland . . 6
Sweden

»
Italy . .

England  

Austria . . .  

The Netherlands . . . .  

Turkey . . 

Belgium . . 

The United States’ ** 6
France . . .

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Industries:
millions of rubles
1) Metallurgy................20 (1912) 5.6
2) Machine building . . . 11.5
3) Mechanical engineering........................33.6
4) Soda production..................................... 1/2 of all capital
5) Electrical industry.................................50
6) Electrical engineering.............57
7) Illuminating gas.................................. 12.5 = 71.8% of all capital;
+ 12.0% French
+ 7.4% Belgian
+ 8.2% Russian
8) Kerosene (Deutsche Bank) . . 20
9) Textiles............................(34–50% in Moscow Province and the Baltic provinces).
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ON A. N. ZAK’S BOOK “GERMANS AND GERMAN CAPITAL IN RUSSIAN INDUSTRY”
Industries:
His profit—capital—millions of rubles
1) Metallurgy................20 (1912) 5.5
2) Machine building . . . 11.5
3) Mechanical engineering........................33.5
4) Soda production..................................... 1/2 of all capital
5) Electrical industry.................................50
6) Electrical engineering

7) Illuminating gas ......................12.5 = 71.8% of all capital;
+ 12.0% French
+ 7.4% Belgian
+
8.2% Russian
8) Kerosene (German Bank) . 20
9) Textiles..........................(34–50% in Moscow Province and the Baltic provinces).
The author has no figures