Chapter XVII Meetings (II)

"Mr. Bebel, what do you think of the current situation?" When Zetkin returned to his resting place, he asked Bebel, who had returned with him, and Plekhanov on the other side looked at Bebel in the hope of hearing a satisfactory answer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Bebel was silent for a while and then said: "Although the present situation is an internal problem in Russia, it has to be said that if it is not handled properly, it will bring a lot of harm to the social democratic movement of the whole of Europe, and it is very likely that there will be a repeat of the dissolution of the First International. ”

"No, we will never allow that to happen." After hearing this, Plekhanov said, "After the failure of the Paris Commune, it took us more than 20 years to re-establish Marxism in Europe and expand to the Americas. We can no longer tolerate such a thing, and it would be a major setback for the workers' movement throughout the world. ”

After hearing this, Zetkin said: "There are also many contradictions within the 'International Socialist Congress', and there are already cracks within the German Social Democratic Labor Party. The adoption of the term 'communist' by the Russian socialists also aroused some resentment within the German party, and some people believed that the fact that Russia did not adopt the term 'social democratic party' or 'social democratic labor party' had deviated from the essence of the 'socialist International' and intended to break away from the world proletariat and start anew. Once what happened in Shanghai was transmitted back to Europe, it would inevitably cause a great discussion and a great split within the socialists. ”

"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth!" Lenin, who walked into the room at this time, said, "As Vasya said in his book 'The Revolution and Construction of Socialism' -- 'All theories without practice remain in books, and only practice, and only practice can test what is true.'" So I think that since this is the case, it is necessary to let the discussion within the 'Socialist International' take place, practice it, and ultimately test whose Marxist path is the most successful." ”

Plekhanov listened: "Ilyich, you have not experienced the pain of the whole revolution falling into a low ebb after the defeat of the 'First International', it was an extremely gray time, it was a great retrogression, and we cannot allow such a thing to happen again. ”

"No, I think Ilyich has a point, there is an old Chinese saying that 'break and then stand'. After the dissolution of the First International, we have reunited like-minded people to form the 'International Socialist Congress', so that the proletarian movement in the whole world can flourish even more. Bebel suddenly stood up and said excitedly.

Zetkin also continued: "Yes, we are for the ideal, our comrades should have firm beliefs and ideas, and now there are differences, and we have been trying to eliminate them before, but this has led to the continuous expansion of the gaps, so we will use this great discussion to unify everyone's thinking and eliminate the irresolute elements in the ranks." ”

After Zetkin's words fell, Witte also walked into the room, and Plekhanov looked at Witte and said: "Vasya, shall we suspend the meeting and let me talk to the Polish and Finnish comrades?" ”

Witte rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Sir, I know what you think, as I said just now, we have invited you to come here to discuss together, so I agree to go and have a detailed discussion with the representatives of Poland and Finland, but you can't go sir. ”

"Why?" Plekhanov asked anxiously.

Witte replied: "Since you are as Russian as I am, I would like to have Mr. Bebel and Ms. Zetkin speak to them separately, and that may have some effect." ”

"Well, I think what Vasya said makes sense, then Zetkin and I will talk to them first, find out what they really think, and seek common ground while reserving differences." Mr. Bebel said.

After Bebel and Zetkin left, Lenin said to Werther: "Vasya, what do you do about the current situation?" ”

"What can I do?" "Actually," said Witte, "when I was in Russia, I feared that the comrades of the Social Democrats of Poland and Finland would be a great obstacle to joining our Russian Communist Party, and now all we can do is wait for news from Mr. Bebel and Ms. Zetkin." ”

Bebel walked to the room where the Polish delegates were resting, only to hear Dudeka say: "Comrade Luxembourg, you must know that joining this League Party will inevitably lose the autonomy that we have now, and we will become vassals of this League Party, and this League Party is a bunch of Russians who call the shots, not you, nor us Poles!" ”

When Bebel heard this, he already knew that this was not a problem within the party, but had risen to a national point of view, and that the Polish-Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party was probably not willing to become a member of the coalition party under any circumstances, and just as Bebel was about to enter, Luxembourg said: "In this case, I withdraw from the Polish-Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party, resign from all positions in the party, and I will join the Communist Party of the Russian Union in an independent capacity." ”

"I agree with Comrade Luxembourg that I have also decided to withdraw from the Polish-Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party and resign from all positions in the party." Dzerzhinsky continued.

Dudeka looked at the two of them with a red face and couldn't say a word, Bebel listened to the two of them and walked into the house from the door and said with a smile: "Don't get excited, let's sit down and talk about something calmly." ”

Bebel sat down on the chair next to Dudeka as he spoke, and continued: "I just heard it outside, Comrade Luxemburg and Dzerzhinsky, don't get excited. At present, the international socialist movement is in full swing, and the emergence of the Communist Party of the Russian Union this time will certainly give strong support to the development of the socialist movement in various countries. We have differences to discuss, but we can't let some personal feelings affect the overall situation. ”

After hearing this, Dudeka soothed his emotions and said: "Mr. Bebel, this is a decision made at the latest meeting of our party, and I cannot change it alone. And I still have some questions about this coalition party. ”

"What's the problem?" Bebel asked.

"My question is, who is in control of this coalition party? I don't think there's anything else to talk about until this problem is solved. ”

After Dudeka finished speaking, Luxemburg said: "Our goal is to liberate all the proletarians and overthrow the evil tsarist rule, and whoever is capable of leading our whole organization forward can become the head of this party." For the time being, Mr. Plekhanov is prestigious enough to become the leader of this coalition party. ”

Glancing at Luxemburg, Dudeka continued to ask Bebel: "Monsieur Bebel, I would like to know what is now the opinion of the German Social Democratic Labour Party on this coalition party. ”

"In my own opinion, I am fully in favor of the unity of all Marxists in Russia for the success of Russian socialism, although there are some other views of this coalition party in the German party at present." Bebel said truthfully.