To the Editorial Board of the *Frankfurter Journal*

Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels

To the Editorial Board of the *Frankfurter Journal*

The worthy Editorial Board of the *Frankfurter Journal* is requested to print the following declaration in large type and in a prominent place in its paper, and should this be possible only against insertion fees, to charge such fees to Mr. J. Weydemeyer, editor of the *Neue Deutsche Zeitung*.

Bingen, May 31

Dr. Karl Marx

Declaration

The Editorial Board of the *Neue Rheinische Zeitung* owes it to its correspondents and to the public to declare that it disclaims any association with the little paper appearing in Cologne under the name *Westdeutsche Zeitung*. As to when and where the *Neue Rheinische Zeitung* will appear again, the undersigned editorial board reserves the right of further communication in the matter.

The Editorial Board of the *Neue Rheinische Zeitung*

Karl Marx – Ernst Dronke – Friedrich Engels – F. Freiligrath

Georg Weerth – F. Wolff – W. Wolff

After the manuscript.