Letter from Petersburg (pp. 1–6*)

From the editorial board. The conclusion reached by the Petersburg comrade fully agrees with our conclusion in the article: "It's Time to End" (No. 1 of "Forward")**. The Mensheviks have fully demonstrated their complete unwillingness to work together, submitting to the majority, and now, after the disorganization of the institutions created by the Second Congress, they have wrecked the Third Congress; the party has no other means of struggle except a break. The sooner and more completely this break with the disorganizers occurs, the better***.

From the editorial board. The conclusions of the Petersburg comrade fully confirm the correctness of our conclusion ("Forward" No. 1, "It's Time to End")**. We advise all committees and organizations of the majority to remove the disorganizers more quickly and decisively, so that we can get down to business rather than squabbling.

Written later than December 22, 1904 (January 4, 1905)

First published in 1934 in Lenin Miscellany XXVI

Printed from the manuscript

* "pp. 1–6" — pages of the letter. Ed.

** See Collected Works, 5th ed., vol. 9, pp. 144–148. Ed.

*** The manuscript breaks off here. The text was crossed out by V. I. Lenin. Ed.