 His second attempt, in January 1904, was successful and he made it to Tiflis.There, he co-edited a Georgian Marxist newspaper, "Proletariatis Brdzola" ("Proletarian Struggle"), with Philip Makharadze.He called for the Georgian Marxist movement to split off from its Russian counterpart, resulting in several RSDLP members accusing him of holding views contrary to the ethos of Marxist internationalism and calling for his expulsion from the party; he soon recanted his opinions.