London, 19 September 1868 

Dear Frep, 

Enclosed a letter from Schweitzer, ditto one from Essen and 
also 6 numbers of the Social-Demokrat. I must have all this stuff 
back by Tuesday." What answer should I give the cunning 
Schweitzer? You will see from the debates of the General 
Association of German Workers congress'* (in the Social-Demokrat) 
that the ‘true-blue’ Lassalleans smelt that their president was 
leaving Lassalle’s course in proposing a congress for the establish- 
ment of rrapes unions and settlement of strikes.'*' He only received 
permission to launch this agitation independently of the Associa- 
tion of German Workers by threatening to resign. His purpose, of 
course, is to get in ahead of Liebknecht, etc. He was also aware 
that, with the development of a real workers’ organisation in 
Germany based on rrapes unions, his artificial sectarian Association 
WOULD SOON BE NOWHERE. What he now describes in a Leaver (No. 104)? 
as the summa of Lassalle’s discoveries: ‘state credit for the 
foundation of productive associations’, is literally copied from the 
programme of French Catholic socialism, duce‘ Buchez, in the 
Atelier at the time of Louis Philippe.’ I must answer diplomati- 
cally and would like to know your view. 

a 22 September - > ‘Der allgemeine deutsche Arbeiter-Congress. II’, Der Social- 
Demokrat, No. 104, 6 September 1868. - © led by 

Vogt is no longer available here.* But yesterday I wrote to 
Liebknecht and categorically requested information about the 
copies (perhaps 150) sent to him.’ 

Next Tuesday” at the first session of the Generar Counc there 
will be stormy weather. Dupont is also furious about Eccarius 
because he took as good as no part in the congress. I shall try to 
protect Eccarius against ‘positive’ measures, but this time I shall 
not be able to take sides for him so strongly as I did last year 
against Fox, Carter, etc.’ 

A Bordelais,’ merchant, friend of Lafargue, English-speaking, 
passed through here after a journey through Sweden and 
Denmark. He told Lafargue that in higher circles there they speak 
much about my book,° which does not sound very likely to me. 

Laurachen is somewhat better. Her surrerincs are connected with 
certain natural processes of development. They want to leave at 
the beginning of October, and this is awkward because the linen 
part of the trousseau is still incomplete. 

Lillustre Gaudissart' returned today. 

The loan was like this: You borrow money For A certain TERM. If 
you die before maturity, the sum need not be paid back. On the 
other hand, in the contrary case repayment must be made on the 
date of maturity with the stipulated interest. The transaction is 
then at an end. It is thus no life insurance. You do not receive a 
policy, but the money, for which you make out a sony. This was 
naturally returned to me. It is the peculiar form that makes the 
whole business so expensive —certainly the worst and the dearest 
way to borrow money. 

The sole circumstance which would, in my opinion, favour 
Bonaparte in a belated campaign is that Russia would then be 
more paralysed, at least for military action. One thing is certain. 
The whole of France believes that war is IMMINENT. 

As for the advertisement, I shall d’abord see what Meissner 
answers. I have asked him about it." 

How did things go with fat Vogt? 

Salut. Rincie. 

K. M. 

The report on the Brussels Congress in the Opinion nationale 
states, inter alia: 

a Marx means his book Herr Vogt. - > 22 September - © See this volume, pp. 101- 
02. - 4 man from Bordeaux - € the first volume of Capital - £ Sigismund Borkheim - 
8 first - See this volume, p. 102. - i Ibid., p. 100. 

‘Je dois mentionner ici le rapport général de l’Association, rédigé par le conseil 
de Londres. Mentionner, c'est bien le seul mot que je puisse employer, car, je ne 
suis point assez fort légiste pour trier et élaguer les phrases incriminables par les 
lois de France, et i] s’en pourrait trouver quelques-unes de ce genre.’ 

Speaks then of the passaces dealing with ‘le gouvernement fran- 
ais’. 

‘La critique y est verte parfois, et souvent ironique. Je le répéte, je ne puis m’en 
faire juge; mais je dois avouer que le public a été moins timide que votre 
correspondant; il a couvert d’applaudissements frénétiques tous les passages que je 
m’abstiens de citer.’ 

There were 12 reporters from France there. 

The Emancipation’ and the Journal de Bruxelles‘ attacked the 
congress in exactly the same way as they attacked us 20 years ago. 

One Russian was there as a journalist. He said he would send 
the General Council the Russian papers that wrote about the 
congress.