the form of ebbs and flows. Such was the case in Russia. Such will also be the case in Europe. We are on the eve of new revolutionary events.
Question 8.—Is the Opposition of the Russian Party strong and on what circles does it rest?
Answer.—I think that it is very weak. Moreover, its strength is rather insignificant in our Party. I have before me to-day's newspaper. It contains a survey of the last few days' discussions. The figures show that over 135,000 members of the Party voted for the Central Committee and its theses, and only 1,200 voted for the Opposition. This is even less than 1 per cent. I think that the future votes will be even more disastrous for the Opposition. Our discussion will last up to the Congress. We will try to question the whole Party during that period if possible. I do not know how discussions are conducted in your Social-Democratic Parties. I do not know whether discussions are carried on at all in the Social-Democratic Parties. But we regard a discussion as a serious matter. We will test the whole Party and you will see that the relative strength of the Opposition in our Party will even be more insignificant than the figures I have just given. It is quite possible that at our Sixteenth Party Congress the Opposition will not have a single representative, a single delegate. Let us take, for instance, such huge works as the "Treugolnik" or "Putilov" in Leningrad. The number of workers employed in "Treugolnik" is about 15,000. The number of Party members is 2,122. The Opposition received thirty-nine votes. The number of workers in the "Putilov" is about 11,000. The number of Party members is 1,718. The Opposition received twenty-nine votes.
On what circles does the Opposition rest? I think that the Opposition is supported primarily by non-proltareian circles. If you ask the non-proletarian sections of the population, those which are discontented with the proletarian Dictatorship, with whom they side, they will unhesitatingly reply that they sympathise with
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