Karl Marx, First Address on the Franco-Prussian WarThis is an excerpt from First Address of the General Council of the International Working Men's Association on the Franco-Prussian War written by Karl Marx (see note 1) between 19 July and 23 July 1870. Approved by the GC on July 26, it was published 2 days later in The Pall-Mall Gazette. The text was published in German, French and Russian during the month of August. The full version is in GC, IV: 323–9.