{London,] 25 October 1851 

Dear Engels, 

Did you get my letter of last Monday? You’re so meticulous 
about writing that your silence disturbs me. 

I have heard nothing from Pieper up to the present. If nothing 
has happened to him, he is being unpardonably irresponsible. 
Dronke has not yet arrived. Have heard nothing from Cologne. 

Enclosed a letter from Fischer who writes like a true democratic 
philistine. For the time being, il faut le laisser faire, since nothing 
further can be done about it. If only he doesn’t do anything silly 
where Kinkel is concerned. His letter rather gives the impression 
that he might. 

Well, as we now learn, Kinkel had arranged matters as follows. 
Part of the £160 sterling was used to send Schurz on a secret 
mission to Belgium, France and Switzerland. He induced all the 

* had already consoled itself for the demise of universal suffrage - > he must be given 
his head 

great men there, including the Parliamentarians* (and not 
excluding the Late Raveaux), to confer plenary powers on Kinkel 
and, at the same time, to guarantee the debt to be contracted in 
respect of the future German republic.**” Hence the vast majority 
are now united and E. Meyen was able to promulgate in the 
New-Yorker Staatszeitung the great secret that the meaning of the 
future movement in Germany had now been discovered, namely, 
the principle of nationhood. Even at the time of his finest 
flowering, this individual never wrote as foolishly as he does now. 
Intellectually, these fellows are completely bankrupt. 
Addio! 

Your 
K. M. 

I have for the time being postponed the Géhringer business. 
Unfortunately the jackass is leaving for Spain on 1 November, 
having sold his public house here. Meanwhile, I need not fear any 
further hostile moves from him.