Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

406V. I. LENINTo this we will add that the above-mentioned peasantsdemanded additional allotments with right of ownership(see, for example, p. 1811). In the First Duma, too, the Polishand Western peasants, in demanding land, spoke infavour of private ownership. “I am a peasant with littleland from Lublin Gubernia,” said Nakonieczny on June1, 1906. “Compulsory alienation is needed in Poland as well.One dessiatin forever is better than five dessiatins for anindefinite period” (881-82). The same was said by Poniatowski(Volhynia Gubernia) in the name of the WesternRegion (May 19, p. 501), and by Trasun from Vitebsk Gubernia(418, May 16, 1906). Girnius (Suvalki Gubernia)opposed the idea of an imperial stock of distributable landand demanded local distributable lands (June 1, 1906,p. 879). During the same debate, Count Tysczkiewiez statedthat he regarded the idea of forming a national stock ofdistributable land as “impracticable and risky” (874).Stecki also spoke (May 24, 1906, pp. 613-14) in favour ofprivate ownership as against renting.A speaker from the Baltic Region in the Second Dumawas Juraszewski (Courland Gubernia), who demanded theabolition of the feudal privileges of the big landowners(May 16, 1907, p. 670) and the alienation of all landlords’land over and above a definite norm. “While admittingthat present-day agriculture in the Baltic Region developedon the principle of private ownership, or hereditary lease,that was practised there, one must come to the conclusion,however, that for the future regulation of agriculturalrelations it is necessary immediately to introduce inthe Baltic Region local self-government on broad democraticlines which could correctly solve this problem”(672).The representative of Estland Gubernia, the ProgressistJurine, introduced a separate Bill for this gubernia (47thsession, May 26, 1907, p. 1210). He spoke in favour of a“compromise” (1213), in favour of “hereditary or perpetualleasing” (1214). “The one who cultivates the land, whomakes the best use of it, shall have possession of the land”(ibid.). While demanding compulsory alienation for thispurpose, he rejects confiscation of the land (1215). In theFirst Duma, Cakste (Courland Gubernia) demanded the