Manchester, 13 October 1867 

Dear Moor, 

I have written Kugelmann two articles about the book from 
different points of view and sent them to him **; I think they are 
such as almost any newspaper can take, and he can do others from 
them. That should help him a bit. 

I shall be writing to Siebel tomorrow, I must first know where 
the fellow is and how his health is.** 

Borkheim written to.'*! 

Liebknecht is doing very well; he has retained sufficient from us 
to realise that the only correct policy consists in voting against 
everything without exception. This he has faithfully done so far. If 
you should be writing to him again these days, you can draw his 
attention to the following: the final article of the law on freedom 
of movement reads: this law shall not apply to the Aliens’ Police.* 
With the consequence that what one gains as a North German 
citizen, one loses again as an ‘alien’. It would have a great effect 
here if Liebknecht were to propose: the Aliens’ Police be abolished. 
Only on the Continent does such an absurdity exist; the 
proposition would have a great effect. In fact, it would in general 
strengthen his position to suggest he chaff the bourgeois members 
with the fact that he, the communist, is obliged to champion their 
own interests despite their opposition. Liebknecht’s speech was much 
better in the Kélnische Zeitung, by the way, than in the Zukunft. 

I was very pleased to read the things about Vogt.* For all his 
manoeuvres, your attack has put paid to him entirely, and only 
the liberal bourgeoisie still considers him the German Véron. 

All that Stumpf* is asking for is that you supply him with 
theoretical and factual material to explain how it comes about that 
the petty bourgeois gradually yields to the proletarian. And you 
know that as well as I do, but you just want to get out of the work. 
Of course, good old Stumpf thinks that one page of a letter would 
suffice—for him to learn how to handle the question. That, 
however, I would doubt. 

4 See this volume, p. 433. - > K. Marx, Herr Vogt -¢ See this volume, pp. 433- 
34, 

Dronke* Borkheim is just as much of a scandalmonger as the 
little fellow himself, and if the 2 of them say anything about each 
other, it will be stx oF ONE AND HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER. Dronke still has 
enough jus‘ in his little head to take care to avoid direct criminal 
PROSECUTION, Within the periods prescribed by present extradition 
treaties.°° You know, by the way, how in commerce even the most 
blatantly criminal affairs can be taken care of simply as civil law 
cases. But the little fellow has certainly been too clever by half and 
much too greedy. 

Strohn is the same curious old fellow as ever. Fancy him 
applying a remark to himself the moment that I make it, when he 
has made it countless times himself! ¢ 

I cannot wait to see Borkheim’s ‘ Pearl’.© In the matter of literary 
vanity, the fellow is pure ‘Yid’. 

Gumpert has a cousin staying here, ex-Electoral-Hessian, now 
Prussian lieutenant. The fellow enlisted with the Prussians, full of 
high expectations, but found the old pack-drill in full flower once 
again. Gymnastics, etc., performed by commands, parading, ramrod 
marching order, etc. Some of it may be exaggerated, but there is 
no doubt that the latest successes‘ have also lent a certain sanction 
to military display. The exaggeration derives from the disagree- 
able impression, which the newly recruited officers have already 
received, that 9 out of every 10 of them will never reach the rank 
of staff-officer. And the fellow is just looking for an opportunity 
to extricate himself. 

Kindest regards to your wife, the girls and Lafargue. 

Your 
F. E.