I arrived yesterday evening just in time to attend the public 
meeting called to celebrate the anniversary of the Polish revolution 
of 1830. 

I have been present at many similar celebrations but I have never 
seen such general enthusiasm, such perfect and cordial agreement 
between men of all nations. 

The chairmanship was given to Mr. Arnott, an English workman. 

The first speech was by Mr. Ernest Jones, editor of The Northern 
Star, who, while speaking against the behaviour of the Polish 
aristocracy during the insurrection of 1830, gave much praise to the 
efforts made by Poland to escape from the yoke of her oppressors. 
His brilliant and powerful speech was loudly applauded. 

After him, M. Michelot gave a speech in French. 

Mr. Schapper from Germany followed him. He told the meeting 
that the Brussels Democratic Association had delegated to London 
Mr. Marx, German democrat and one of its vice-presidents, to 
establish relations of correspondence between the Brussels society 
and the London society of Fraternal Democrats,” and also to prepare 
for a democratic congress of the different European nations. 

Mr. Marx was received with prolonged applause, when he came 
forward to address the assembly. 

In a speech in German, translated by Mr. Schapper, Mr. Marx 
declared that England would give the signal for the deliverance of 
Poland. Poland, he said, would be free only when the civilised 
nations of Western Europe had won democracy. Now, of all the 
democracies of Europe, the strongest and most numerous was that of 
England, organised throughout the whole country. It was in England 
that the antagonism between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie was 
most developed, that the decisive struggle between these two classes 

became more and more inevitable. It was therefore in England that 
in all probability the fight would begin which would end with the 
universal triumph of democracy and which would also break the 
Polish yoke. The success of other European democrats depended on 
the victory of the English Chartists; therefore Poland would be saved 
by England. 

Mr. Harney, chief editor of The Northern Star, followed by 
thanking the democrats of Brussels for having immediately 
approached the democrats of London, taking no account of the 
advances made to them by the bourgeoisie of the London Inter- 
national League,!% a society founded by the free traders in order 
to exploit foreign democrats in the interests of free trade and to 
compete with the society of Fraternal Democrats which was almost 
exclusively composed of workers. 

Mr. Engels, from Paris, a German democrat, then declared that 
Germany had a special interest in the freedom of Poland because the 
German governments exercised their despotism over a part of 
Poland. German democracy ought to have at heart the ending of this 
tyranny which shamed Germany. 

Mr. Tedesco, from Liége, in a vigorous speech, thanked the Polish 
fighters of 1830 for having loudly proclaimed the principle of 
insurrection. His speech, translated by Mr. Schapper, was warmly 
applauded. 

After some remarks by Mr. Charles Keen, Colonel Oborski replied 
for Poland. 

Mr. Wilson, an English workman who by his vigorous opposition 
recently almost brought about the break-up of a meeting of the 
International League, was the last to address the assembly. 

On the proposal of Messrs Harney and Engels, three cheers were 
given for the three great European democratic newspapers: the 
Réforme, The Northern Star, and the Deutsche-Brisseler-Zeitung; on the 
proposal of Mr. Schapper, three groans were given for the three 
anti-democratic papers: the Journal des Débats, The Times and the 
Augsburg Zeitung. 

The meeting ended with the singing of the Marseillaise, in which 
everybody joined, standing and with hats off.