Letter to Eduard Bernstein, July 24, 1885

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 24 July 1885


First published, in Russian, in Marx-Engels Archives, Book I, Moscow, 1924
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 47


ENGELS TO EDUARD BERNSTEIN

IN ZURICH

[London, 24 July 1885]

Dear Ede,

Bebel has written to say he will be in Zurich on or about the 26th inst.— the enclosed lines are for him[1] ; if he doesn't turn up, you will know how to deal with it.

Schorlemmer sends his regards. The coming autumn elections in France and England[2] will be the beginning of the end, and I trust we shall also see the end of old William.[3] Now that the Russians seem to have come to a standstill, we shall doubtless have to make a start ourselves. And, if the three great Western nations begin to move, that will also do.

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ This probably refers to the previous letter.
  2. ↑ See this volume, pp. 320 and 330.
  3. ↑ William I