His Successors

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 9 September 1848


Source: Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 7, p. 420;
First published: in Neue Rheinische Zeitung No. 99, September 10, 1848.
Collection(s): Neue Rheinische Zeitung

Cologne, September 9. So the prospect is held out of a Waldeck-Rodbertus Ministry. We do not believe it. The King [Frederick William IV] will hardly submit to these gentlemen's demands, especially since his journey to Cologne.[1] Consequently there is no other choice than Radowitz and Vincke, an open break with the Assembly, an open break with the revolution — and there is no need to say what will follow next.

  1. ↑ This refers to the visit of Frederick William I V to Cologne on August 13-15, 1848, in connection with the festivities to mark the sixth centenary of the laying of the cornerstone of St. Peter's Church