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extent enlightened section of the population, the passion for political denunciation. We must not allow ourselves to be discouraged by the fact that the voice of political denunciation is still feeble, rare and timid. This is not because of a general submission to political despotism, but because those who are able and ready to denounce have no tribune from which to speak, because there is no audience to listen passionately to and approve of what the orators say, and because the latter can nowhere perceive among the people forces to whom it would be worth, while to direct their complaint against the "omnipotent" Russian government. But a change is now taking place, and a very rapid one. Such a force now exists—the revolutionary proletariat. It has demonstrated its readiness not merely to listen to and to support an appeal for a political struggle, but also to fight boldly in that struggle. We are now in a position to create a tribune for the national denunciation of the Czarist government and it is our duty to do so. The tribune must be a Social Democratic paper. The Russian working class, in contrast to other classes and sections of Russian society, betray a permanent desire for political knowledge and, not only during periods of unusual unrest, but constantly, demand illegal literature. Given that demand, given the training of experienced revolutionary leaders, which has already begun, and given great concentration of the working class, which makes it the real master in the working class quarters of large towns, in factory