Worthy Comrades,  
1122 Regents Park Road  
9 December 92

A hearty toast to the silver wedding of the Association. Long enough we had to fight for you to be able to celebrate this splendid festival with honour. And outside Austria, too, there are enough people who know how to appreciate your perseverance in these struggles. This, your past, is a pledge to us all for the future as well.

My heartfelt thanks for your kind invitation, which I am unfortunately unable to accept.

Once more, long live the festival of the proletariat, long live international Social Democracy.

Yours ever,  
F. Engels