LENIN ON ORGANIZATION
irreconcilable struggle against all deviations from
the revolutionary Marxian policy. Lenin never
glossed over differences of opinion, never tried to
conceal them by a screen of outward well being,
peace and harmony. On the contrary, with revolutionary
 passion he fought to the end against all
retreats and deviations and did not hesitate even
before splits and expulsions, not only of Mensheviks
and Liquidators, but also of revolutionary phrasemongers
 like the Otzovists, Ultimatists, and “god
creators.” However, he was not in favor of splits
at all costs. He first of all explored all possibilities
of directing the erring comrades on the path of
revolutionary Marxism, and only when all his efforts
produced no favorable results did he decide to break
with them. After the first split, when, in 1905, the
Mensheviks, as a result of the pressure of the masses,
moved to the Left and in the practical revolutionary
himself advocated unity. Subsequently, in the Spring
of 1905, the Fourth Congress of the R. S. D. L. P.,
known as the Unity Congress, was held. At this
Congress the Mensheviks obtained a majority, but
Lenin did not leave the Party. He continued the
fight within its ranks in order to win it from within.
By the time the Fifth Congress of the R. 8. D. LL.B.
was held in 1907, the Bolsheviks had managed to
secure a majority. The leadership of the Party
passed into the hands of the Bolsheviks. The Mensheviks
 had a definitely formed fraction in the
Party. In 1908 they came forward openly as the
liquidators of the revolutionary Party.

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