V. I.

Lenin

Here is the evidence :

The evening edition of Russkaya Volya [1] (Russian Freedom indeed!) for May 4 has this to report
about the feeling prevailing among the delegates to the Peasant
Congress, which is now in session:

“ The delegates’ main grievance, voiced on behalf of the
peasants, is that while all classes are already reaping the
fruits of the revolution the peasants alone are still waiting
for their share The peasants alone are told to wait until the
Constituent Assembly meets and settles the land question.

“‘ We don’t agree,’ they say. ‘We’re not going to wait, just as
others have not waited. We want the land now, at once.’”

There is no doubt that the reporter of Russkaya Volya ,
a paper that serves the worst of the capitalists, is not
slandering the peasants in this case (there is no sense in
lying), but is telling the truth, is warning the capitalists. All the news coming from the Congress
confirms this truth.

Compare this truth with Section 5 of the “new” government’s
draft declaration:

“ While leaving it to the Constituent Assembly to settle the
question of transferring the land to the working people, the
Provisional Government will take ... measures,” etc. (the “old”
Provisional Government also kept on “taking measures”...).

The “new” government is already lagging hopelessly behind even
the Peasant Congress !

This is a fact, surprising though it may be to many.

And facts are stubborn things, as the English say.

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Notes:
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— Lenin