[London,] 7 May 1860 

Dear Frederick, 

Herewith: 

1. Letter from Fischel.'°? Gumpert’s belief that he sent me a letter 
written to you from Berlin is a delusion. The letter to you which he 
sent contained Liebknecht’s letter to me.* 

2. Letter from Szemere. 1 haven’t written to him for a long time 
because I disliked intensely the way he flattered Badinguet '* and 
Pam in his pamphlet.? However, I shall now give him a piece of 
my mind. 

3. Letter from Emmermann and Beust to Schily.!°* What do you 
think of these worthies? Beust, buckling on his sword and accusing 
me of prevarication just because he got scared and decamped 
from Cologne! You needn’t return the letters to me, but had 
better file them. 

As regards Fischel’s suggestion, I must first know more about 
the kind of newspaper he envisages, the line it will take, ete. 

I’m very glad that it was Schimmelpfennig who was Techow’s 
addressee *’ for that will enable me to present the one in terms of 
the other. It’s also a good thing that Willich prevented a reply to 
Schapper. I shall treat him with mild irony. 

Have met Freiligrath. The philistine clearly wishes to remain on 
good terms with us. Beyond this, doesn’t want to be drawn into 
the ‘scandal’. His views have become mediocre in the extreme. 

I hope to hear from you soon. 

Your 
K. M.