London, 22 April 1850 
6 Macclesfield Street, Soho 

Dear Weydemeyer, 

Could you insert the statement overleaf? in the Neue Deutsche 
Zeitung. The attempts of the ‘great men’ here to regain a position 
for themselves at the expense of the refugees, and their attempted 
manoeuvrings to that end in the press at large, are discouraging 
people from sending money here.** We have now received and 
distributed some £120-130 for the refugees, and the others have 
raised summa summarum” £2.15 s., and now they are trying to 
make themselves out to be the champions of the ‘helpless’ 
refugees. Unless we get some money now, our 50-60 refugees will, 
within a week, be out on the street and without a penny. This 

« K. Marx and F. Engels, ‘Statement. 20 April 1850’. - © all in all 

evening the bigwigs intend to hold a refugee meeting to see what 
they can devise. We'll leave them to it. Naturally there will again 
be big words and vast schemes, but no money for the refugees. 
Anyway, they’re likely to fail, even though none of us will be 
going. 

Marx is waiting anxiously for your reply to his last letter, which 
went off to you about a fortnight ago.* 

Best regards to your wife’ and to Liining’s also from 

Your 
F. Engels 
Bd. 2, Berlin, 1930 A ; ° . 

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