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Reformists, and Turatti-ists from the Party, but it may be useful even to remove Communists, who waver and reveal inclinations towards 'unity' with the Reformists, from all responsible posts . . . . On the eve of revolution and in the midst of severe fighting for its victory, the slightest wavering within the Party may lead to the loss of all, to the defeat of the revolution and to power being torn out of the hands of the proletariat; for this power has not yet been consolidated, and the pressure of the enemy upon it is still too strong. If wavering leaders retire at such a moment it will not weaken, but on the contrary, it will strengthen the Party, the labor movement and the revolution."

Unfortunately, this was not done in time in Italy and we saw the deplorable consequences of this lack of determination.

In order to illustrate the views of V. I. Lenin on the question of organization in the period of the fight against the Liquidators, we reproduce the resolution of the Conference of Dec., 1908, extracts from an article written by Lenin, entitled "On the Road,"—a review of the resolution of the December Conference,—extracts from another article entitled "Liquidation of the Liquidators"—resolution of the Bolshevik Conference of January, 1912, on the question of organization and the Liquidators, at which the Bolsheviks expelled the Liquidators from the Party and finally repudiated them.

The Bolshevik Party grew up in the course of an