Final Issue Neue Rheinische Zeitung May 1849

To the Workers of Cologne

by The Editorial Board

Neue Rheinische Zeitung No. 301
Translated by the Marx-Engels Institute
1994

Finally we warn you against any putsch in Cologne. In the military
situation obtaining in Cologne you would be irretrievably lost. You have
seen in Elberfeld that the bourgeoisie sends the workers into the fire
and betrays them afterwards in the most infamous way. A state of siege
in Cologne would demoralize the entire Rhine Province, and a state of siege
would be the inevitable consequence of any rising on your part at this
moment. The Prussians will be frustrated by your calmness.

In bidding you farewell the editors of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung
thank you for the sympathy you have shown them. Their last word everywhere
and always will be: emancipation of the working class!

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