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404 NOTES109110111112113capitalism in agriculture and differentiation of the peasantry, andaggravated the class struggle in the rural areas. p. 266Reference is to a speech by F. Turati in the Italian Parliament onDecember 17, 1916, in which he sought to justify the imperialist war.The speech appeared on the next day in Avanti! (No. 345), and commentin the socialist press of various countries was summarised inVolksrecht (December 23, No. 301) under the heading “Eine RedeTuratis über das Friedensangebot” (“Turati Speech on Peace Proposals”).Lenin quotes and criticises the speech in his article “BourgeoisPacifism and Socialist Pacifism” (see pp. 175-94 of this volume). p. 268Statistics and Sociology was meant for publication, legally, as aseparate pamphlet under the pen-name P. Piryuchov. The articlewas never finished. p. 271This article was written in reply to one by Robert Grimm, “Mehrheitund Minderheit in der Militärfrage” (“Majority and Minorityon the War Issue”), in the Berner Tagwacht of January 23-27, 1917(Nos. 19-23) and the magazine Neues Leben (New Life) No. 1 for1917. p. 278Die Glocke (The Bell)—a fortnightly magazine published in Munichand later in Berlin in 1915-25 by Parvus (Alexander Gelfand), asocial-chauvinist member of the German Social-Democratic Party.p. 278These amendments were proposed by the Swiss Lefts at the Zurichcantonal party congress in Töss, February 11-12, 1917.The congress had before it two draft resolutions: (1) a social-chauvinistdraft submitted by minority members of the commission onthe war issue, and (2) a Centrist draft from the commission majority.The latter was adopted with the amendments formulated by Leninby 93 votes to 65. The Lefts voted for the resolution in order toprevent adoption of the social-chauvinist draft. The typewrittencopy of the amendments has this note by Lenin on the results ofthe voting:“For the Right-wing Klöti and Co. resolution — 65 — 82¥ 32 & 32 for this” ” Grimm Centrist resolution — 93 ¥ & resolution61 out of 158Total 158”The amendments were published in No. 1 of the leaflet “Gegendie Lüge der Vaterlandsverteidigung” (“Against the Fatherland DefenceLie”) issued by the Swiss Left in February 1917 in close cooperationwith Lenin.Lenin discusses the struggle within the Swiss Social-DemocraticParty in his article “The Story of One Short Period in the Lifeof One Socialist Party” (see pp. 283-86 of this volume). p. 282