London, 11 August, 1868. Dear Leßner, Because of the spelling mistakes, I have copied out the whole appeal below; you must now copy it in your own handwriting. Salut. Your K. M. / Appeal to the German Workers in London.

Workers! On the 7th of September of this year the third International Workers’ Congress will assemble in Brussels. At this Congress the best means of extending, strengthening and securing the common effectiveness of the International League of Workers are to be discussed, as also such questions as lie closest to the interest of the working class and press for solution. Finally, an understanding is to be reached on the means of propaganda. The questions laid before the Congress by the General Council are the following: 1) Shortening and regulation of the working day; 2) The influence of machinery in the hands of the capitalists; 3) The nature of landed property; 4) The education of the working class; 5) Establishment of credit institutions for the furtherance of the social emancipation of the working class; 6) The best means of founding co-operative production associations. In order to co-operate in carrying through the undertaking commanded by time and circumstances, we call upon you to do what lies in your power, as associations or also as individuals. What is required is to raise by voluntary contributions sufficient means to enable the German workers in London to be represented by one or more delegates. It would be disgraceful if, in these times of such commotion, among the thousands of German workers in London, there were insufficient public spirit for their own class interest to secure their representation at the Brussels Congress. Therefore, to work today! It is high time that the workers of all countries united and grasped that, for the successful struggle against the ruling power of the capitalists, a mighty league of all members of the working class is necessary. Let us not forget that in the United States of North America the eight-hour working day has already been proclaimed as law for all government workshops. Let us also recall those historic, pregnant words which Karl Marx wrote down in 1867 in the preface to his work: “Capital, Critique of Political Economy”: “As the American War of Independence of the 18th century sounded the tocsin for the European middle class, so the American Civil War of the 19th century for the European working class.” Contributions will be received at the German Workers’ Educational Association on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays evenings from 9 o’clock onwards by the Secretary and Treasurer, Windsor Castle, 27, Long Acre, W. C. In the name of the German Workers’ Educational Association, German branch of the International Working Men’s Association.