Letter to Eduard Bernstein, August 20, 1886

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 20 August 1886


First published, in Russian, in Marx-Engels Archives, Book I, Moscow, 1924
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 47


ENGELS TO EDUARD BERNSTEIN

IN ZURICH

[Eastbourne,] 20 August 1886

Dear Ede,

I hope you have received a note from me via Mrs Schack[1] . The Russians have eaten humble pie but are quietly going on with their intrigues, mainly directed against Britain in Asia — Turkestan and China. That eliminates the risk of war this year. It is now improbable that the Daily News correspondent's 240,000 men will march[2] ... This for your information. The aspect of things has changed so rapidly that people like us are mostly too late with our news. The poor Baron's[3] in despair at not having heard from you.

Your

F.E.

  1. ↑ Gertrud Guillaume-Schack; see this volume, pp. 455, 466-67.
  2. ↑ See this volume, p. 467.
  3. ↑ Karl Kautsky