Cologne, May 7. The elements now in ferment in Germany are 
daily becoming more distinct; the situation is becoming more 
firmly defined. 

While one of the centres of the German counter-revolution, 
Austria, has its hands more than full in dealing with Hungary, the 
other centre, Prussia, is sending its armed hordes in all directions 
against the revolutionary uprising of the people. 

In Dresden, that patient town of art and luxury, the people are 
taking up arms and replying with barricades and musket-fire to the 
traitorous proclamations of the royal Government.*'? The greater 
part of the troops are coming over to the side of the people; the 
struggle is as good as decided; but suddenly Prussian battalions 
appear and side with the royal traitor* against the people. 

In the Palatinate, too, the people are taking up arms against the 
daily more insolent Bavarian counter-revolution; here, too, Prussian 
battalions stand ready in order to invade at a suitable moment and put 
an end both to the Frankfurt Assembly and to the uprising in the 
Palatinate. 

In whatever direction one looks in North and South-West 
Germany, everywhere there are Prussian battalions ready to carry 
through the counter-revolution by force of arms. 

And so that there should be no lack of Prussian battalions, whether 
in our country or in neighbouring states, recruiting into the army 
reserve is taking place everywhere? in accordance with our glorious 
military organisation. 
> See this volume, pp. 195-96.— Ed. 

Thus the centres of the counter-revolution are in one place the 
Austrian army, in another the Prussian army. Day by day the new 
revolution opposes an increasingly vigorous and universal resistance 
to the counter-revolution. 

The Dresden Provisional Government is still in existence and 
rallies the forces of the people in the whole country. 

The Palatinate Defence Council is still in existence and every 
day more and more people of the Palatinate gather around the 
banner of the revolution. 

Finally, in Rhenish Prussia, the army reserve is refusing to march. 
Even in Elberfeld, in black-and-white? Wuppertal, the army 
reserve is refusing to move beyond its place of assembly. 

And lastly, in Austria the most important occurrence is the 
Hungarian revolution which is irresistibly advancing. The post from 
Vienna has not arrived — perhaps because the Magyars have torn up 
the Moravian railway line. That they have broken into Moravia is 
definitely established. Reports in writing from Ratibor inform us that 
already eight days ago bombardments from whole batteries were 
heard in Golkowitz on the Austrian frontier, and on May 3 in Loslau, 
and likewise in Prussian Upper Silesia. At all events, the battles must 
have taken place on this side of the Jablunka. 

Incidentally, the victory of the Hungarians is more certain than ever 
before. It is quite definite that the Russians will not come. A few more 
days, therefore, and the Hungarians will be in Vienna, the 
Hungarian revolution will have been accomplished and the second 
German revolution will be ushered in in the most magnificent way.