[London,] 26 September 1866 
Dear Fred, 

Receipt enclosed for Moore (I only got the receipt from Dell 
yesterday).°” 

Mr Sawyer, the landlord, has also written me letter that the 3 
quarters (£46) are due on 2 October. I have not received a 
farthing from Holland yet and so cannot count on that. 

4 Laura’s jocular nickname - b Eleanor Marx - © Jenny, Marx’s daughter 

By way of demonstration against the French monsieurs—who 
wanted to exclude everyone except ‘travailleurs manuels’,* in the 
first instance from membership of the International Association, OF 
at least from eligibility for election as delegate to the congress— 
the English yesterday proposed me as President of the Crnreat 
Councn. I declared that under no circumstances could I accept 
such a thing, and proposed Odger in my turn, who was then in 
fact re-elected, although some people voted for me despite my 
declaration. Dupont, incidentally, has given me the key to the 
Tolain and Fribourg operation. They want to stand as workers’ 
candidates for the Corps législatif* in 1869, on the ‘principle’ that 
only workers can represent the workers. That is why it was 
exceedingly important for these gentlemen to get this principle 
proclaimed through the Congress.” 

At yesterday’s meeting of the Cenrra, Councu there were all 
manner of dramatic scenes. E.g., Mr Cremer fell to earth with a 
bump when Fox was appointed General Secretary in his stead. He 
controlled his fury only with great difficulty. Another scene when 
Mr Le Lubez had to be officially informed of his expulsion from 
the Centrat. Councn. par décret of the congress. He gave vent to the 
turmoil in his breast in an hour-long speech, in which he spat fire 
and brimstone at the Parisians, represented himself in terms of 
astonishing self-esteem and mumbled all manner of dubious things 
about intrigues whereby the nationalities who were well-disposed 
towards him (Belgium and Italy) were prevented from attending 
the congress. Finally, he demanded a vote of confidence from the 
Central Council **'—and this will be discussed next Tuesday. 

Salut. 

Your 
K. M.