ABSTRACT

The question of political power is merely a formal question. It will be sufficient to carry out effectively the resolutions of our party, and we will be able to extend the organization of the peasant associations, and then there will be no problem about the political power of the peasants. I have some views about the land question. In my opinion, there should be a set of principles regarding this question, to wit:

The significance of resolving the land question. When we are certain of this significance, we should propagate it energetically.

How shall we resolve the land question? That is to say, what should be the criteria for confiscating the land, and how should it be distributed? These points are the crux of the question.

The [relation] between the political power of the peasants and the land question, that is to say, what organ should be used to carry out confiscation and distribution.

Once the land has been confiscated and the tiller has his land, 2 should buying and selling be prohibited? Thus the problem of prohibiting buying and selling the land and of the nationalization of the land arises.

The problem of the land tax, or how to collect the land tax. This question is also extremely complicated.