(London,] 13 April 1871 

Dear Liebknecht, 

You may make use of the 80 thalers either for your family, or 
for the Volksstaat? Both are ‘victims’ of the recent war. 

I do not have the Freiligrath poem; it came out in 1852 and 
appeared also in Cotta’s Morgenblatt which you can perhaps 
unearth in Leipzig. 

I do not think it would be useful to reprint items from the 
Revue der Rheinischen Zeitung without introductions, additions, etc., 
and this is hardly the time for that. 

Engels asks me to tell you that his essay in the Deutsch- 
Franzésische Jahrbiicher” is now only of historical interest and so no 
longer has any value as practical propaganda. On the other hand, 
you could print more extensive excerpts from Capital, e.g. extracts 
from the chapter on ‘Primitive Accumulation’) etc. 

Miquel was in the League‘ and threw his weight about in the 
Kingdom of Hanover as the League’s District Adviser Extraordi- 
nary. You can print that, but leave my name out of it, since I have 
to keep the ‘secret’ unless directly forced by Miquel [to reveal it]. 

‘Bid me not speak, bid me be silent 
To keep the secret I am bound.’4 

The Communist Manifesto cannot of course appear without a 
new preface. Engels and I will see what can be done about it.’ 
My kind regards to your dear wife.* 

Your 
K. M.