Enclosed 2 Marseillaises (1 J. Williams inside) and “Het Volk”, more on which in the course of this letter. The fellows here should watch out about letter-opening. The days of the worthy Graham are over. As soon as I had any completely striking, certain proof, I would write directly to the Postmaster General. Il ne faut pas se gêner. I thought I was completely on my legs again, have been working briskly again for the last 2 weeks, but then came d’abord a swine’s cough as a result of the March east wind – I am still suffering from it – and since the day before yesterday a disagreeable new appearance on the right loin, which for two days has made walking and sitting difficult. À tous les diables! Enclosed letter from the Russian colony in Geneva. We have admitted them, I have accepted your mandate to be your representative on the General Council and have also sent them a short reply (official, alongside a private letter) with permission to publish it in their paper. Drôle de position for me, to function as the representative of jeune Russie! A man never knows what he may come to and what strange fellowship he has to undergo. In the official reply I praise Flerowski and stress that the main task of the Russian branch is to work for Poland (i.e., to liberate Europe from its own neighbourhood). About Bakunin I thought it safer not to say a word, neither in the public nor in the confidential letter. What I will never forgive the fellows, however, is that they make me the “Vénérable”. They obviously believe I am between 80 and 100 years old. The letter from the publisher of “Volk” – enclosed – was addressed to me with no detailed address on the envelope, instead: “den Herrn Karl Marx Algemeen Correspondent voor Nederland der Internationale Arbeiders Vereeniging. London”. This office of an “Algemeen Correspondent voor Nederland” was completely unknown to me up to now. Before I get involved in any way with Mr. “Phillipp von Roesgen von Floss”, however, I thought it safer to write d’abord to our Flemish branch in Antwerp and ask for information about this long name. Best greetings to Mrs. Lizzy D Mohr. A propos. Old Becker has finally written to Jung (also a few lines to me, which I will answer tomorrow). All the asininities he has committed he presents as profound, self-conscious Machiavellianism. Le bon homme! On top of that, the interesting information that Bakunin, who, as Becker says, had hitherto raved mortally against Herzen, immediately after his death blew the trumpet of praise. By doing so he achieved what he aimed at, namely that the propaganda funds, about 25,000 fcs a year, which the rich Herzen had paid to himself from Russia (his party there), have now been transferred to Bakunin. This sort of “inheritance” seems to suit B., despite his antipathie contre l’héritage. The Napoleon race is nicely brought down, when it seeks to prove à tort et à travers that it is treated to slaps in the face.