TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAULOIS** 

Brighton, August 24, 1871 
Sir, 

Since you have published extracts from the report of a 
conversation I had with one of the correspondents of The New 
York Herald“ I hope that you will also publish the following 
statement, which I have sent to The New York Herald. I am sending 
you this statement in its original form, that is, in English.° 

Yours faithfully, 
Karl Marx 

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD 

London, 17 August 1871 
Sir, 

In the Herald of August 3rd, I find a report of a conversation I 
had with one of your correspondents.° I beg to say that I must 
decline all and every responsibility for the statements attributed to 
me in that report, whether such statements refer to individuals 
connected with the late events in France, or to any political or 
economical opinions. Of what I am reported to have said, one part 
I said differently, and another I never said at all. 

Yours obediently, 
Karl Marx