Lenin CW-Vol. 23.pdf - From Marx to Mao

278IMAGINARY OR REAL MARSH? 111In his article on the majority and minority (Berner Tagwachtand Neues Leben) Comrade R. Grimm maintains that“we too invented” “the marsh, an imaginary Centrist trendin the party”.We shall prove that the stand taken by Grimm in thisarticle is a typically Centrist one.In his polemic with the majority, Grimm writes:“No party that subscribes to Zimmerwald and Kienthalhas advocated refusal to serve in the army and simultaneouslyobligated its members to put that slogan into effect.Liebknecht himself donned military uniform and enteredthe army. The Italian party has confined itself to rejectingwar credits and civil peace. The French minority has donelikewise.”We rub our eyes in sheer astonishment. We reread thisimportant passage in Grimm’s article and advise the readerto ponder on it.Incredible but true! To prove that we invented the Centristtrend, a representative of this very Centre, Grimm,lumps together the Left internationalists (Liebknecht) andthe Zimmerwald Right or Centre!!!Does Grimm really think that he can deceive the Swissworkers and convince them that Liebknecht and the Italianparty belong to one and the same trend? That they are notseparated by the very difference that distinguishes the Leftfrom the Centre?Let us set out our arguments:First, let us hear a witness who does not belong eitherto the Centre or to the Left. The German social-imperialistErnst Heilmann wrote in Die Glocke 112 of August 12, 1916,