London, 5 April 1852 
28 Dean Street, Soho 

Dear Frederic, 

Enclosed a further consignment from Cluss’” which I must 

have back by Wednesday (the day of the League’ meeting). 

The other day, just after you returned his first letter, Dronke 
wrote to Freiligrath from prison; I had forgotten to tell you. 
Freiligrath at once sent the letter to Lassalle for the latter to send 
some money to Paris for him, which could doubtless be done with 
all the more dispatch since Lassalle could use the letter to touch all 
the liberal bourgeois of Dusseldorf. Unfortunately, according to 
the Patrie, compromising letters were found on Dronke. Can he 
have been stupid enough to carry around testimonia of his fatuous 
Lyonnais* and other connections? 

As I foresaw, Louis Blanc is trying to exploit the joint statement 
against Mazzini to create a new ‘réseau d’action’! and to thrust 

a A reference to the material for Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany, 
XIII -> former deputies to the Frankfurt National Assembly of  1848- 
49 -° B. Bauer, Der Untergang des Frankfurter Parlaments.-4 the Communist 
League - © Guillermain -‘ action network 

himself to the fore as head of the revolutionary party. He has 
even sought to draw me into his fusion of all ‘French’ socialists 
and sent me an invitation to meet him. I did not, of course, even 
deign to answer and instead conveyed to his intermédiaire my 
amazement at such importunity. Since Proudhon is coming here, 
an alliance with me just now would have been very convenient for 
the little man. 

Dana has written at last and paid £9 according to the number of 
articles published.” As the presidential elections will for the present 
be taking up every column in the paper, he asks me at the same 
time to condense the remainder into 5-6 articles and, more 
especially, to discuss in the last one the Prospects OF REVOLUTIONARY 
Germany. This will provide a splendid chance to castigate the émigrés 
and in a later letter I shall write to you at length about my views on 
the matter. 

Szemere is sending me, in 3-4 batches, his (German) manuscript 
on ‘Kossuth, Goérgey and Louis Batthyany’. Weydemeyer is to 
publish it in America,” which means excellent business for him, 
the more so since he will, in addition, probably receive 500 dollars 
for his paper? from that quarter. 

But before the thing goes off to America in German, it must be 
translated into English here so that, after it has appeared in 
German in America, it can be brought out as a pamphlet for 
readers over here. You will hardly have the time for this task, 
even if you neglect Dana for a while. In which case I shall have to 
give it to Jones. The payment for translation is £1 per sheet. 

Here I have made the acquaintance of Colonel Szerelmey, who 
is a very cultivated man. In Hungary he took part in 17 battles. 
Since he is also a first-rate painter, he is now bringing out a 
magnificent work, with battle reports in the text, and battle 
illustrations. He himself did the sketches, which were finished off 
by leading French painters. He has promised me a copy. Each will 
cost £10. So you will receive an addition to your military library. 

Your 
K. M. 

As you see, Kinkel has been a good deal more arbitrary than 
Louis Bonaparte. First he nominates the members of his chamber 
of deputies, the Guarantors’ Congress.“ Next he takes fright at his 

@ Engels’ series of articles, Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany. - > Die 
Revolution - © See this volume, p. 73. 

own creation, keeps neither to the appointed day nor place, but 
convenes the assembly at a time and place at which only 7 people 
can attend. Six of those 7 give him a vote of confidence. With 
these he drafts his constitution. By these he gets himself 
nominated representative of America, and he makes the commit- 
tee he has created responsible to them.