a spectre is haunting europe... a ha... haaa... the spectre of communism... a haha... ha... all the... hahaha... powers of old europe... ahaaaaa ha haaaaa... have entered into a holy alliance... ahaha... to exorcise this... ha... hahaaaaa... spectre: pope... ha... haha... and tsar hahahaaa... metternich and guizot... ha... french radicals and... a haaaa haha... german police-spies.

where is the... haha... party in opposition... ahaha... that has not been decried... a haaaa ha... as communistic... haha... by its opponents in power? ahaha ha... where is the... ahaha... opposition that has not... haaaaaa ahahahaaaa... hurled back the... hahaaa... branding reproach... of communism... haha... against the more... ahaha... advanced... opposition parties, as well as... aha... haha... ahahaha... haha... ha... against its... ahaha... reactionary... adversaries?

two things... haha... result from this fact... ahaha:

• I. communism is... ahaha... already acknowledged... a ha ha... by all... european... ahaha... powers to... be itself... a ha... a... aha... power.


• II. it is high... time... ahaha... that communists should openly... a haaa... in the face... of the whole world... a haaaaaa... publish their views... their... ahaha... aims... their tendencies... and... ahaha... meet this nursery tale... a haaaaa haha haaaaa... of the spectre... of... ahaha... communism... with a manifesto... of the party itself... a hahahaa...