Manchester, 8 October 1868 

Dear Moor, 

I have been terribly plagued with commerce these days, so I can 
only return the letters today.> 

Schweitzer is a special case. The fellow is more cunning and 
more active than all his opponents together, although this time he 
has certainly been too cunning—according to the Kélnische Zeitung 
the real workers’ assemblies which are now appearing are 
everywhere repudiating the presidents imposed upon them by the 
‘Congress’, and these self-elected fellows, up to and including 
Schweitzer, will realise that, as soon as there is real susiness, these 
tricks and attempts to impose their sect upon the real movement 
as a leadership are no longer effective. 

As Secretary for Germany you will of course have to correspond 
with the unions that might be formed, as long as counter-unions are 
not formed within the individual trades, when a choice would have 
to be made between the two—or could they both affiliate? In this 
respect, you will have English precepents.'*' Of importance is only 

a Rules. In: Rules and Administrative Regulations of the International Working Men’s 
Association - > See this volume, p. 120. 

the point that Schweitzer and his people should always be 
reminded that they are corresponding with the Secretary for 
Germany, not with Karl Marx, and you will see to this. 

The Russian translation* is very gratifying; as soon as the matter 
has gone a little further, this should be got into the press. 

I have not yet been able to look at the manuscript by 
Dietzgen.'** 

Gaudissart becomes increasingly amusing. The 30 printed 
sheets are not dangerous for the time being; since they are 
supposed to appear simultaneously in 4 languages it will probably 
still take an eternity. As a Jew he simply cannot stop cheating, and 
it serves him right that he has burnt his fingers on Biscamp. 

Wilhelmchen ‘ is not bad either. Regarding the Swabians, it thus 
appears to be money matters that bind him and his people to the 
federalists. This should be investigated more closely, afterwards all 
this will fall on our shoulders. I had drawn his attention to the fact 
that at a moment when revolutionary action came nearer, it was 
absolutely against the interests of our Party that our people should 
be too closely committed to one party in the basically rotten 
antagonism between Greater Prussia and Austrian-Federalist 
Greater Germany. The unfortunate fool still cannot see that the 
entire antithesis with its two sides is a case of narrow-mindedness 
pure and simple. I thought the Spanish revolution would have 
made him see some light, but no co. 

I have seen no details yet about the course of the Schweitzer 
congress and its effects, since I only receive the Zukunft late. 

Best greetings. 

Your 
F. E.