4, Maitland Park, Haverstock Hill, N.W. 

Sir— 

The note of the Journal officiel? in contradiction to The Times 
article on the postponement of the Versailles trials” being much 
commented upon by the Continental Press, the enclosed may 

perhaps prove of interest for your readers.° The letter quoted is 
from a barrister engaged in the defence of some of the prisoners. 

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 

Karl Marx 
Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XIII, script 
Part II, 1940 
@ “Dans son numéro du 29 juillet...”, Journal officiel (Versailles), No. 215, 

August 3, 1871.— Ed.