{London,] 18 June 1871 

Dear Kugelmann, 

You must forgive my silence; even now I have only time to‘write 
a few lines. 

You know that throughout the period of the last Paris 
revolution I was denounced continuously as the ‘grand chef de 
UInternationale’* by the Versailles papers (Stieber collaborating) 
and par répercussion by the press here. 

4 ‘ringleader of the International’. See this volume, p. 124. - > following them 

And now the Address,? which you will have received. It is making 
the devil of a noise and I have the honour to be aT THIS MOMENT THE 
BEST CALUMNIATED AND THE MOST MENACED MAN OF Lonpon. That really does 
one good after a tedious twenty years’ idyll in the backwoods. The 
government paper— The Observer—threatens me with legal pro- 
secution, Qu’ils osent! Je me moque bien de ces canailles-la! 1 am 
enclosing a cutting from The Eastern Post, because it has our 
answer to Jules Favre’s circular.” Our answer appeared originally in 
The Times of 13 June. That honourable paper received a severe 
reprimand from Mr Bob Lowe (CuanceLtor or THE ExcHequrr and 
member of the Supervisory Committee of The Times) for this 
indiscretion. 

My best thanks for the Reuters‘ and my Best compliments TO Madame 
la Comtesse et ma chére Franzchen.* 

Your 
K. M.