New-York tribune., 1883-03-17
OBITUARY.
KARL MARX.

I LONDON, March 16.-A dispatch to Reuter-
Telegram Company dated Paris, $50 o'clock ths morn
ing says Karl Marx the founder OF the internsuoha
worngmens Association. died yesterday az Arsenteui.
DIR. FREDERICK Engel, an Intimate ifiehu oi
Karl Marx, says that Herr Marx died IN Lohuon'
near Regents Park. Dr. Engei was pio,on0 nn
| at the time Of bis death, which was caused
by bronchitis abscess OF the lungs and internal
bleeding. lie died without pain. In respect 10 the
wishes of Herr Marx who always avoided denonsrb
tion his family have decided that the funeral snail Do
private About eighteen persons viii he pfese4t res t M
nent The place OF interment has not been 9nnouhcSu
Dr. Engel will probably speak at the grave lnero WI"
Herr MARKS fnaI illness due to the cold bad c,
weather IN England acting on constitution alo'uI u"
feebled by repeated attacks OF peurisy; - =, ,,o.
PARIS, March 16.-Ld Justice OF whch n' @ LonS To,
Herr Marx spent part summer at Argehteul puI
| returned TO London III OCTOBER
Karl Marx was born at Treves in 1913 and was educa
ted for the bar at Bonn Berlin. Paying moro atten
ton to politics. however than to law. he became Mt the
age OF twenty-four chief editor Of the Rhenehe Zeung
in Cologne Under him that paper became leading e1
pOnent radical ideas and opened the way Tor the great
liberal movement that eliminated In lS4S' "ltnlh
year the Zehn0 suppressed by the Prussian CEN
sors and Marx fed to Paris where he became associated
with Arnold Ruge and Frederick Enges and began pub
fishing q monthly magazine directed against Bruno
Bauer kindred writers. This and his miscellaneous
newspaper writings gave offence to Prussia ana LOUIS
Philippe was persuaded TO expel Marx from France
That was In 1646. Marx and Enges at once went 10
Brussels and in 1s49 issued manifesto embodyng the
ideas OF the International Congress OF WorKmen helo a
London year before. This caused their expulsion from
Belgium Then came the revolution OF 1S4S and Marx
quickly returned Paris aud thence TO Cologne, where
founded the Neue Rheinsohe Zeng and init advocated
the most advanced radical ideas In
with being connected with the Baden insurgents ana
expelled from Germany. Thereupon he went to PARIS
and from there London which city he ever after made
his home. There he Issued few numbers OF the Aehe
Rheinische Zel,ng as a monthly. printed at Hamburg
In 1851 he discontinued that work end became corre-
spondent OF THE TRIBUNE. enrichng its columns Win
letters articles the various phases OF European
politics and society.
During his resdence in London Dr. Marx kept himself
in close communication with other liberal and reyou-
tiouary leaders throughout Europe. and particularly
with his fellow refugees In England The outcome OF
their consultations the international Worklngmens
ASSOCIATION eommnn' oaeG css cnn.tinton md
laws, and was s governing spirit, Delng supporter
D! couhSl OF , % IrVGir,ationae ~ as
established at the Geneva Congress oi 1866, was
league Tor the overthrow OF mOunrchca governments
and the elevation Of labor" by abolition of all com
bnstions Of capitalists Ieaguing aei win al Ievou-
tonary bodies in Europe the Iuternaonale soon made
Itself iet and feared throughout Europe and especially
against il for years It formed an important element IN
the Paris Commune, ana after tue fall OF that BODY Dr.
Marx published elaborate aud stnkng defence o. tue
principles OF the Intcrnatonae" distinguished from
The uract Of the Commune. soon aftcrward there
was a serious split ia the IuteuatIOnale al one Ot us
conventions Dr. Marx withdrew from 10. and the organ
izatIon bas since shown few symptoms OF vitality.
Prince KTapOtkne. however. is charged win being
member Of /; and with promuleane lis doctrines
Dr. Marks wife DIED two ye4rs ago, since which time
no had steadily failed IN health. His principal pub.
lshed worzs are as follows; Aisefe de IA fIiosopne
"Re.ponse Ia Philosophe d. la Mscro de PrOudhpn,
brussels, ls47l; "ZIr kritik der Poltischen dko-
nOe," tBcru 500; "Das kapita: kriilk der Poll
tischen GkOnOmie $500, and Herr Nost " ILohdon'