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part in some peasants' revolt. Today, we must take advantage of the strained political situation created by the government’s offensive against the zemstvos. Tomorrow, we have to support the population in their protest against the outbreak of some Czarist Bashi-Bazak and help, by boycott, agitation, demonstrations, etc., to teach him such a lesson that he will be forced to beat an open retreat. This stage of military preparedness can be achieved only by means of the constant activity of a regular army. If we unite our forces for the conduct of a common paper, that work will prepare and bring forward not only the most courageous propagandists, but also the most skilled organizers and the most talented political Party leaders, who will know the right moment to issue the call to battle and will be capable of conducting that battle . . . .

If we could manage to bring it about that all, or the great majority of the local committees, groups and circles shall take up the common task, we could in the very near future establish a weekly newspaper which would be regularly distributed in tens of thousands of copies, all over Russia. This newspaper would become a part of an enormous pair of bellows, blowing every spark of the class struggle and of popular discontent into a general conflagration. Around this, what is in itself a very innocent and inconsiderable but regular and common task in