[London,] 3 April 1880 
122 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. 

Mr H. Meyer, 

Your favour of 25 March !! did not come into my hands until late 
at night on Saturday, 27 March, and hence, if only for that reason, 
Y could not accept your invitation. 

In view of the rifts and differences of opinion that have recently oc- 
curred among German Social-Democrats here and elsewhere, I am 
unable for the time being to declare myself in favour either of one 
party or of the other, especially as I cannot but reprobate, not only 
the policy of the Zurich Sozialdemokrat, but also and no less that of the 
London Fretheit. 

* See present edition, Vol. 45, p. 349.-” See this volume, p. 7. 

I would request you to be good enough to convey this to the execu- 
tive, and meanwhile remain 

Yours very truly, 

F. Engels