MARX TO JENNY MARX””’ 

{London,] 23 September 1871 

Dear Jenny, 

The conference is at last coming to an end today.? It was Harp 
work. Morning and evening sessions, commission sessions in 
between, HEARING OF WITNESSES, REPORTS TO BE DRAWN UP AND SO FORTH. But 
more was done than at all the previous Congresses put together, 
because there was no audience in front of which to stage rhetorical 
comedies. Germany was not represented and from Switzerland only 
Perret and Outine were there. 

Last week the revolutionary party in Rome held a banquet for 
Ricciotti Garibaldi, and a report on it in the Rome paper La 
Capitale has been sent to me. One speaker (il signore Luciani) 
proposed an enthusiastically received toast to the working class 
and ‘a Carlo Marx che (qui) sé ne (en) é fatto (a fait) Vinstancabile 
instrumento (l’instrument infatigable)’* This is a bitter pill for 
Mazzini! 

The news or my peat” led to a MEETING of the ‘cosmopolitan SOCIETY’ 
in New York whose resolutions in the World I am sending to 
you." 

Tussy has also received an anxious letter from our friends in St 
Petersburg.”” 

We had a hard time here with Robin and Bastelica, Bakunin’s 
friends and fellow-intriguers. The revelations about Robin’s 
activities in Geneva and Paris were, indeed, srrance.>! Jennychen’s 
article was sent off to America today.*"* 

Your 

Karl