After the minutes of the preceding general meeting had been read 
and approved at the request of acting President Marx, Herr 
Wolff read out the protest to the German National Assembly against 
the partition of Poland,? which was joyfully greeted and adopted 
with acclamation. 

Herr Rittinghausen gave many reasons vindicating Herr Marx’s 
right to citizenship recently contested by the Prussian Government. 
He considered that the best thing would be, by means of a 
deputation tomorrow, to make the Government reverse this illegal 
and altogether ridiculous action, and if the Government is unwilling 
to do that, to send a protest at such behaviour directly to the 
Minister. The protest was read and adopted, and in the event of the 
refusal of citizenship for Marx not being withdrawn people will be 
invited to sign the protest this evening. 

Herr Marx dwelt in more detail on the grounds proving the 
injustice of the measures adopted against him, and the applause of 
the whole meeting testified to the force of his arguments. The 
circumstance on account of which the Government refused him the 
right of citizenship really lies in the fact that previously attempts had 
been made in vain to win him over to the side of the Government. 

Herr Engels reported a new vexatious police measure against 
Schapper by which the latter is threatened with deportation.© He 
described the intervention of the police and especially stressed that 
in any case Schapper as a citizen of Nassau has the right to be 

regarded as a German and as such, by the decision of the Frankfurt 
National Assembly, is entitled to reside in any of the 38 German 
states. 

Rittinghausen, Schneider and Burgers were elected as delegates to 
put the case of Marx and Schapper before the Regierungsprasident 
and the Police Superintendent and try to effect a reversal of the 
decisions in question. 

Deputy Gladbach, whose appearance was greeted with stormy 
applause, explained at length that salvation should not be expected 
to come either from the Berlin Assembly or from the Frankfurt 
Assembly. 

Herr Engels stressed that it was Gladbach who had always 
distinguished himself by his liberal outlook and audacity and 
especially by his vigorous protest against the way the Schleswig- 
Holsteiners were dealt with in Spandau.? Thereupon three cheers 
were given for Herr Gladbach.