Аннотация: The Tale of non-resistance to evil by violence
The Tale of non-resistance to evil by violence
The assistant walked into the office-room and laid on the table the book "The Fatal Years" by Nikitine, B.V.
Choosing a free moment, Winston Churchill quickly looked through of the book. About many things written in this book, he knew, getting information through a secret channels of information.
But some questions remained unclear.
Nikitine asked himself a question: what could be declared from the balcony of the house of Kschessinska infinitely - almost around the clock? Why a people with military uniform and with weapons in their hands were hearing these declarations?
"Usually, returning home at about 3 am, I drove past the headquarters of the Bolsheviks. Bolsheviks occupied the house of Kschessinska. I always saw the square with a crowd of soldiers. As a rule, it was a little thinned during the day a crowd, but still a large. Sometimes, having got off the car, I made my way towards the balcony, from which the next speaker spoke... I was just wondering: what can they talk every day, from morning to so the late time of day, to have such a large audience?'
Churchill has dialed a phone number of the military attache of Great Britain in Russia in 1911 - 1918.
Major General advised Winston Churchill to talk to Leo Tolstoy.
After a pause Churchill dialed a Leo Tolstoy's phone number.
Greetings ... Words of politeness ...
At last, Winston Churchill asked his question. "What was the sense of almost round the clock propaganda from the balcony of the house Kschessinska?"
Leo Tolstoy expressed his opinion::
- "The Kingdom of God Is Within You"! "Passive resistance - a question of the greatest importance not only for India, but also for all mankind". "Here that wrote Gandhi about events in 1905 in Russia: "The movement in Russia is the major lesson for us. The Russian workers and all other workers have called a general strike and have stopped their work. And the tsar can do nothing with them because it is impossible to force the people to work by violence, by bayonets ... We also can use the Russian means against tyranny ... And we can show the same force what was shown by the Russian people ..."".
- Perhaps, in the very fact of adoption of the October Manifesto (Manifesto of October 17, 1905) were implemented, in particular, ideas about nonresistance to the evil by violence, - Leo Tolstoy continued to ponder. - It is possible to call both a general strike, and the edition of the Manifesto a form (let and imperfect) of public consent? Maybe, this consent was based on the aspiration to avoid (excessive) violence? Besides, in the book by Boris Nikitine the author's impressions about events in Petrograd at the beginning of July, 1917 are characterized. "An avalanche in several tens of thousands of people surrounded us as a tight belt". "To my surprise, however, I see not a villains as they can be represented when they rush to kill, but versa very rumpled physiognomies. The movements are indecisive. Shift from foot to foot... And they look as individuals, which are terrified... They listen having numbed, as if they are glad that none are not scolded them." The force was on the side of armed demonstrators. At that time, however, they did not seize a power. Perhaps they were not ready to cross the inner barrier that was within them? But the events went on. And many external circumstances, and revolutionary propaganda pushed armed people to violence.
Leo Tolstoy has expressed his position:
- Almost round-the-clock propaganda and declarations from a balcony of the house of Kschessinska - it is, possible, an attempt to alter the (collective) "Tolstoyan" (supporter of the doctrine of Leo Tolstoy) into the (collective) armed "revolutionary" who is trying to obtain achievement of the purposes by violence?
Churchill has thanked Leo Tolstoy for the expressed opinion. Participants of telephone conversation have pronounced the words of politeness and have said goodbye.
Churchill has taken a clean sheet of paper and has written: 'Gandhi'. Then he have added a question mark: "?".
On other continent a typist finished printing of the document which was called: "Project of The Atlantic Charter" ...
Deep in thought, Winston Churchill glanced at book shelves. There, among other books, several volumes of his historical work "Marlboro: his life and time" were standing. Nearby his work the biography of the Russian Emperor Alexander I and prepared with assistance of the Russian Emperor "History of the Russian State' were. On one of shelves a free off books space was...
- What books will we put here? - Churchill has involuntarily asked himself a question. He has once again looked at a sheet of paper with a surname of Gandhi and has continued his work.
July 26, 2018 06:28
Translation from Russian into English: July 26, 2018 08:06.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Рассказ о непротивлении злу насилием'.