abstention from politics; they themselves turn politics into the most 
important factor! 

Please convey my kind salutations to Laura, and give little 
Schnaps* a kiss from me. 

Yours ever, 

F. E. 
original (French), in Annali, an. 1, Milan, 
1958 Translated from the French 
170 

MARX TO JULIUSZ BALASZEWICZ-POTOCKI°*” 

London, 25 November 1871 
1 Maitland Park Road, 
Haverstock Hill, N.W. 

Dear Sir, 

I send you together with these lines 4 copies of the Statutes and 
Regulations” and some copies of the Resolutions of the London 
Conference. 

As to the Statutes etc. the French edition will be published in a 
few days. Please write me how many copies of that edition you 
want? 

For all other communications relative to the International, please 
address them to General W. Wroblewski (22 Vincent Terrace, 
Islington), who is the Secretary for Poland of the General Council. 

Yours faithfully, 
Karl Marx