TheFebruaryRevolutionbrokeout。TheLondonCentralCommitteefunctioninghithertoimmediatelytransferreditspowerstotheBrusselsleadingcircle。ButthisdecisioncameatatimewhenanactualstateofsiegealreadyexistedinBrussels,andtheGermansinparticularcouldnolongerassembleanywhere。WewereallofusjustonthepointofgoingtoParis,andsothenewCentralCommitteedecidedlikewisetodissolve,tohandoverallitspowerstoMarxandtoempowerhimimmediatelytoconstituteanewCentralCommitteeinParis。Hardlyhadthefivepersonswhoadoptedthisdecision(March3,1848)separated,beforepoliceforcedtheirwayintoMarx’shouse,arrestedhimandcompelledhimtoleaveforFrancethefollowingday,whichwasjustwherehewaswantingtogo。
InParisweallsooncametogetheragain。TherethefollowingdocumentwasdrawnupandsignedbyallthemembersofthenewCentralCommittee。ItwasdistributedthroughoutGermanyandmanyaonecanstilllearnsomethingfromiteventoday:
DEMANDSOFTHECOMMUNISTPARTYINGERMANY
1。ThewholeofGermanyshallbedeclaredasingleindivisiblerepublic。
3。RepresentativesofthepeopleshallbepaidsothatworkersalsocansitintheparliamentoftheGermanpeople。