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Letter to the Editor of the Gaulois, August 24, 1871
| Author(s) | Karl Marx |
|---|---|
| Written | 24 August 1871 |
First published in Le Gaulois, No. 1145, August 27, 1871
Printed according to the news paper
This letter was written by Marx in connection with the reprint by Le Gaulois of extracts from the report of a conversation Marx had with a New York Herald correspondent on July 20, 1871, since the report, published in The New York Herald on August 3, deliberately falsified the conversation (see also Marx’s letter to Friedrich Bolte of August 25, 1871, present edition, Vol. 44). The New York Herald did not publish Marx’s statement.
Brighton, August 24, 1871
Sir,
Since you have published extracts from the report of a conversation I had with one of the correspondents of The New York Herald,[1] I hope that you will also publish the following statement, which I have sent to The New York Herald. I am sending you this statement in its original form, that is, in English.[2] Yours faithfully,
Karl Marx
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD
London, 17 August 1871
Sir,
In the Herald of August 3rd, I find a report of a conversation I had with one of your correspondents.[3] I beg to say that I must decline all and every responsibility for the statements attributed to me in that report, whether such statements refer to individuals connected with the late events in France, or to any political or economical opinions. Of what I am reported to have said, one part I said differently, and another I never said at all.
Yours obediently,
Karl Marx