{Resumé of a letter] 

[London, 7 June 1872] 

[...] In Milan, Ferrara, Naples, everywhere there are friends of 
Bakunin.” As for the Workers’ Union of Bologna, it has never 
written us a word. The Jura party, abandoned on all sides, seems 
to want to make Italy its great fortress. This party has formed, in 

a The beginning of the letter is missing. - > This sentence, the one opening the next 
paragraph, and the two parentheses are in German in the original, the rest of the text 
is in Italian. 

the midst of the International, a secret society 10 which seeks to 
control it; we have proof of this as regards Spain, and the 
situation in Italy must be the same. These men, who always have 
the words autonomy and free federation on their lips, treat the 
workers like a flock of sheep, only good for being steered by the 
leaders of this secret society, using it for purposes of which the 
mass is unaware. You had a good example in Terzaghi (an 
investigation is being demanded into the handing over of the 
letter). Having rebelled against the whole organisation of the 
International, and knowing that it will have great difficulty in 
justifying itself at the Congress next September,*° the Jura 
Committee is now looking for letters and mandates from the 
General Council in order to fabricate false accusations against us. 
I, like all of us, willingly consent to all letters being read to the 
Congress, but we do not find it agreeable to learn that the same 
letters, written for this or that section, have been put at the 
disposal of these gentlemen. 

The circular* makes things known. We urge you meanwhile to 
suspend all decisions and you will subsequently act as the interest 
of the International dictates. I hope you will find that it is not the 
General Council, but these men of the Jura, acting solely to 
further the personal ambitions of Bakunin, head of the secret 
society, who have sown discord. 

(Ask for immediate reply about the letter.)