Manchester, 17 April 1868 

Dear Moor, 

Horn? ‘awaits receipt’, as commercial style puts it. 

It is certain that there is theoretically nothing of interest and 
nothing new to be said about agiotage. It all comes down to fraud 
under false pretences and nothing can change here except the 
manner. The secret material about the history of the Crédit 
mobilier ? can, by the way, and probably will, reach the light of 
day by itself on the fall of the Empire, even if there is no 
intervention by the courts. 

I had already seen about the glorious victory in Geneva" in the 
newspapers on Saturday” morning. The business is all the better 
since the stupid philistines had made out the International 
Association to be the real motive force of the affair, and it now 
receives all the glory. You will have seen that the intermediaries in 
the business were Police Prefect Camperio and the noble and 
serious Amand Goegg. This will have instilled new respect for our 
power in Mr Amand. Incidentally, I should like to know how 
long—following this business—they will leave the International 
Association unmolested in Germany. 

By rue sy, the workers’ affairs are proceeding famously. First 
Belgium, then Geneva, now Bologna**—-J am only surprised that 
the International has not yet been blamed for this—it keeps going 
everywhere. 

You will have received the Schweitzer.’ 

Tomorrow I shall send you—I have forgotten it at the 
office— 1. a new copy of Wilhelmchen’s rag,° 2. Eichhoff’s further 
jeremiad,””? 3. a section of an editorial declaration from the 
Zukunft about the curious article ad vocem* Vogt, from which you 
will see what shits they are. 

Making extracts from your book is, with my limited time, giving 
me more work than I expected, car enfin‘ if this job is to be done, 
it must be done properly and not just for this special purpose.” 

a J. E. Horn, Frankreichs Finanzlage. See this volume, p. 7. - > II April - 
© Demokratisches Wochenblatt - 4 concerning - € because after all 

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Next week I expect to have more time, there is a pause in 
business, and if I can get away between 4 and 5 in the evening, 
this gives the whole evening a different character for working. 

Kugelmann returned enclosed.*’ I was very interested in his 
uterine polyp removed by splitting and compressed sponge; he 
will have to tell me about it personally in more detail in good time. 
But the attempt to turn Virchow into a communist with the aid of 
this polyp looks very much like an extra-uterine pregnancy. Even 
if Virchow had knowledge and theoretical interest in politics or 
political economy, this upright citizen is after all much too deeply 
engaged.” 

Incidentally, you will come here before you leave for the 
continent, cela est entendu,* and bring Tussy with you as promised. 

Your arm must surely have settled down by now? The fact that 
Kugelmann recommends arsenic will certainly have allayed some of 
your anxieties. Schorlemmer took a lot of it in his time, and never 
noted the slightest ill effects. 

Heartiest greetings to the ladies. 

Your 
F. E.