To the Cologne Congress of the Social-Democratic Party of Germany

Author(s)	Frederick Engels
Written	24 October 1893

First published in the pamphlet: Protokoll über die Verhandlungen des Parteitages der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands. Abgehalten zu Köln a. Rh. vom 22. bis 28. Oktober 1893, Berlin, 1893
Printed according to the pamphlet
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 27

Engels sent this telegram to the presidium of the Cologne congress of the Social-Democratic Party of Germany in response to the greeting sent to him, at August Bebel's suggestion, on the opening day of the congress, October 22, 1893. The greeting read: "The representatives of the German Social Democrats attending the party congress at the birthplace of German socialism send their sincere greetings and grateful acknowledgements to the co-founder of socialism and their indefatigable champion."

[Telegram]

[London, October 24, 1893]

Heartfelt thanks and best wishes for the success of the Party Congress!

Engels