248. To CAMILLE HUYSMANS

Written in October, prior to 23rd, 1912 · First published in 1963 in French in Cahiers du Monde Russe et Soviétique No. 1–2. First published in Russian in 1964 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 48. Sent from Cracow to Brussels. Printed from the original. Translated from the French. · page 302

Dear Comrade Huysmans,

I am enclosing the German translation of the manifesto of the Central Committee of our Party (Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party) against war.^[1] Be so kind as to convey the text of this manifesto to the secretaries of the parties represented in the Bureau and to the socialist press.

Accept, dear comrade, my fraternal greetings.

N. Lenin

Notes

[1] Appeal of the C.C., R.S.D.L.P. “To All the Citizens of Russia” (see Collected Works, Fifth [Russian] Ed., Vol. 22, pp. 135–39). The German translation of this document has not been found.—Ed.