London, 4 July 1868 
1 Modena Villas, Maitland Park, 
Haverstock Hill 

Dear Friend, 

Your letter of 20 May arrived while 1 was away from London, a 
fairly long absence. Hence the delay in replying. 

Concerning Liebknecht’s connections with New York, I know 
nothing, but will write to him on the subject. 

For Sorge I enclose the following credentials.? Our direct 
connection is with Whaley, Sylvis anp Jessup. 

The Commonwealth has long ceased to exist. The weekly reports 
on the proceedings of the Cenrrat Counc. appear in The Bee-Hive. 
This far from means, however, that this paper, a narrow-minded 
TRADES-UNION-ORGAN, represents our views. 

In the German press, my book‘ has hitherto been reviewed — 
and mostly very favourably—in the Zukunft, the Stuttgart Beobach- 
ter,? the Wirttemberg Staatszeitung,° the Frankfurt Borsenzeitung,' 
ditto the Hamburger Borsenzeitung, the Hamburg Anzeiger, etc., in 
various papers in Hanover and Rhine Province-Westphalia, 
particularly extensively in a series of articles in Schweitzer’s 

a See this volume, p. 64.- See this volume, p. 59.-¢ the first volume of 
Capital-4 The reviews for the Zukunft and the Beobachter were written by 
Engels. - ¢ Marx means Engels’ review for the Staats-Anzeiger für Württemberg. - 
f Marx evidently means the Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt. The review has not 
been found. - & Die Bérsen-Halle. Hamburgische Abendzeitung, 14 February 1868. 

Credentials of the General Council of the International written in Friedrich Sorge’s 
name (in Marx’ hand) 

Social-Demokrat (Berlin) and the Elberfelder Zeitung The last 
two papers, although the latter is liberal bourgeois, are openly 
partisan. 

The big bourgeois and reactionary papers like the Kélnische, the 
Augsburger, the Neue Preussische, the Vossische, etc., are carefully 
keeping their mouths shut. 

From the ranks of the official economists, to date only in the 
Hildburghausen Ergdnzungsblatter at the beginning of this year the 
review by Dr Dühring (privatdozent at the University of Berlin, 
supporter of Carey) (this review was timid but, on the whole, 
appreciative)—and in the June issue of the economic magazine 
published by Faucher and Michaelis.“ Mr Faucher naturally 
provides nothing except such remarks as one might expect from 
the comedian and hired jester of the German Bastiatites. 

I would be grateful if you would send me a few newspapers 
from time to time. In particular, it would be of great value to me 
if you could dig up some anti-bourgeois material about land- 
ownership and agrarian relations in the United States. Since I shall 
be dealing with rent in my 2nd volume,*! material against 
H. Carey’s ‘harmonies’* would be especially welcome. 

Salut. 

Yours 
K. Marx 
(Appendix] 
London, 4 Juty 1868 

WE RECOMMEND Mr SorcGE TO ALL THE FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL Work- 
INGMEN’S ASSOCIATION, AND, AT THE SAME TIME, EMPOWER HIM TO ACT IN THE NAME, 
AND ON BEHALF, OF THAT ASSOCIATION. 

By orver OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE INTERN. W. Assoc. 

Kar] Marx, 

SECRETARY FOR GERMANY