The slogan of the socialist workers in their struggle for the immediate establishment of peace is the overthrow of the ruling classes in every country. Since the present war is deeply rooted in the totality of relations of the imperialist era (competition for world domination, financial capital, monopolies, division of the world, etc.), well-meaning phrases about a lasting peace, a democratic peace, and so on, about a peace that is supposedly possible with the current governments, with the preservation of power by the ruling class of the bourgeoisie, such phrases deceive the masses, hiding from them the real, actual foundations of imperialist policy, instilling false trust in the bourgeoisie, and turn into reformism*.

OUTLINE OF SPEECH FOR THE COMMISSION MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST BUREAU
[En deux mots je répondrai à Martoff. Il m'accuse de tirer sur le dos de la majorité de Zimmerwald, quand je dis qu'elle voulait se concilier avec Vandervelde. Mais la majorité de Zimmerwald ne devait pas dire et n'avait...]**
En deux mots je répondrai à Martoff. En me reprochant ma critique de la majorité de Zimmerwald, il ne répond pas à ce que j'ai déjà indiqué une fois: que dans le bulletin — non pas N 2 comme Grimm a dit, mais dans le N 1 — on a dit que notre I. S. K. va se démettre (sich auflösen) si le Bureau ancien remplit son devoir. On n'a pas voté ça à Zimmerwald.
Je veux répondre surtout à Modigliani. Il veut être pratique. Il n'est point du tout pratique. Il...***

TRANSLATION
[В двух словах я отвечу Мартову. Он обвиняет меня в том, что я наношу циммервальдскому большинству удар в спину, когда говорю, что оно хотело примириться с Вандервельде. Но циммервальдское большинство не должно было говорить и не...]**
В двух словах я отвечу Мартову. Упрекая меня за критику циммервальдского большинства, он не отвечает на то, на что * Этот абзац В. И. Лениным написан на обороте первого листа тезисов.
** Текст В. И. Лениным перечеркнут.
*** На этом рукопись обрывается.

1905 — MAY 1917

I have already pointed out: that in the bulletin—not in the second number, as Grimm said, but in the first—it was stated that our ISK would relinquish its powers (declare itself dissolved) if the old Bureau fulfilled its purpose. This was not voted on in Zimmerwald.
I want to respond mainly to Modigliani. He wants to be practical. He is not at all practical. He...

1 The Kiental Conference, or the Second International Socialist Conference, took place in the town of Kiental (Switzerland) from April 24 to 30, 1916. The following issues were discussed: 1) the struggle to end the war, 2) the proletariat's attitude toward the question of peace, 3) agitation and propaganda, 4) parliamentary activity, 5) mass struggle, 6) convening the International Socialist Bureau. The conference adopted a manifesto—appeal "To the Peoples Being Ruined and Annihilated" and resolutions criticizing pacifism and the International Socialist Bureau.
2 Pierre Brizon—French socialist, publicist. From 1910 to 1919, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies. During the imperialist world war, he took centrist-pacifist positions. He was one of the leaders of the French right-wing Zimmerwaldists.
3 The published draft theses were submitted by the chairman of the Kiental Conference, R. Grimm. After discussion and revision, they were adopted by the conference participants as a resolution and published on July 10, 1916, in No. 5 of the "Bulletin Internationale Sozialistische Kommission zu Bern" ("Bulletin of the International Socialist Commission in Bern").
4 L. Martov (J. O. Cederbaum)—one of the leaders of Menshevism. During the period of the imperialist world war, he took a centrist position.
5 Emile Vandervelde—leader of the Belgian Workers' Party, chairman of the International Socialist Bureau of the Second International, held extremely opportunist positions. During the imperialist world war, he was a social chauvinist.
6 In No. 1 of the "Bulletin Internationale Sozialistische Kommission zu Bern" on September 21, 1915, the manifesto of the International Socialist Conference in Zimmerwald (Switzerland) and the official report of the conference were published. The report stated: "This secretariat should in no way replace the existing International Bureau, but should be dissolved as soon as the latter can fully fulfill its purpose." In the copy stored in the Central Party Archive of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism under the CPSU Central Committee, V. I. Lenin underlined this passage and wrote in the margin: "Kein Beschluss darüber" ("no resolution on this"). See also V. I. Lenin. Collected Works, Vol. 54, pp. 376-377.
International Socialist Commission (I. S. K.) in Bern—the executive body of the Zimmerwald Union, created at the Zimmerwald Conference on September 5-8, 1915. The Commission included centrists: R. Grimm, O. Morgari, W. Nän, and as a translator—A. Balabanova.
"Buletin Internationale Sozialistische Kommission zu Bern"—the organ * The manuscript ends here.
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of the Zimmerwald Union. The "Bulletin" was published from September 1915 to January 1917 in English, French, and German. A total of 6 issues were published.
7 Vittorio Emanuele Modigliani—one of the oldest members of the Italian Socialist Party, a reformist, and a lawyer by profession. During the imperialist world war, he was a centrist. A participant in the Zimmerwald and Kiental conferences, he spoke out against the Zimmerwald left.

LETTER TO I. F. ARMAND *
[June 30, 1916]
Dear friend! I just checked at the local German consulate. The relevant official was not at home. For now, I found the exact address in Munich: "Stellvertretendes Generalkommando in München" **. Then, they say, you should contact the Reichsdeutsches Generalkonsulat in Zurich. Zurich. Kaspar Escherhaus ***. I advise you to write a registered letter here (not from Bern, but from Hertenstein, for example, or from another place) and enclose a prepaid envelope for the reply, asking whether you should apply to Munich for permission to travel through Germany to Copenhagen and back in 2-3 months. (Motives: (1) heart disease; (2) emigrant, no proper Russian documents; (3) purpose—to meet with children). I think you can write in French (to Zurich) and from Bern as well. They will reply. Salutations amicales! **** Your Lenin

LETTER TO I. F. ARMAND
July 2, 1916

Dear friend! You seem to be very depressed and nervous due to the failure. But there is no need to lose heart. The unpleasantness in the
* On the postcard, V. I. Lenin wrote: "M-me Armand. 23. Drosselweg. 23. Bern".
** — "Deputy General Command in Munich".
*** — Consulate General of the German Empire in Zurich. Zurich. Kaspar Escherhaus.
**** — Friendly greetings!