A report dated Paris, February 25 in No. 51 of the Kolnische 
Zeitung includes the following item a propos of the so-called 
Franco-German conspiracy '*: 


“Several of the accused, who have fled, among them a certain A. Majer, who is 
described as an agent of Marx and his confederates...” 


The falsehood of this assertion, which generously accords me 
not only “confederates” but an “agent” as well, is proved by the 
following facts: A. Majer, one of the most intimate friends of Herr 
K. Schapper and the former Prussian lieutenant Willich, acted as 
book-keeper to the Refugee Committee headed by them.’” I 
learned of the departure from London of this personage, who is a 
complete stranger to me, from a letter written by a friend* in 
Geneva in which he reported that a certain A. Majer was 
purveying the most absurd gossip about me. Finally I read in French 
newspapers that this A. Majer is a “politician”. 


London, March 3, 1852 
Karl Marx