ABSTRACT
After school was over the Lenins, late in August 1911 returned to Paris. Lenin's attempt to reach an understanding with the Mensheviks – on his own terms and with himself as decision-maker – had not been effective. The Habsburg bureaucracy and police were notoriously difficult to deal with, especially in politically agitated towns like Prague. The Czech Social Democrats were nationalistic and reformist – there existed no possible basis of understanding between Lenin and them. It was the Prague conference which, at long last, established the Bolsheviks as an independent organization. Some formal ties with the Mensheviks were maintained even after the Prague conference, but their existence merely indicated for a long time the Mensheviks' hesitation to oppose the Bolsheviks strongly. No money was offered; moreover, it is asserted that the debates were ended early because the Bolsheviks feared a police raid. Lenin proceeded to Berlin to negotiate with Kautsky and Bebel about trust money.
