ENGELS TO MARX'” 

Manchester, 29 April 1852 

D. M., 

Herewith another letter from Weydemeyer. I have not received 
the newspapers; but the Atlantic was reported by telegraph this 
morning, and they will probably arrive tomorrow morning. 
Weydemeyer appears to have misunderstood one or two practical 
hints I gave him on how to pack and dispatch his things in such a 
way as not to pay unnecessarily high postal charges; however, I 
have already pointed out his mistake.’ 

So the Coblenz story about the piccolo” was a pure fabrication 
and, if the Kélner Zeitung is to be believed, Father Dronke must 
already be in London, his adventures have achieved a purpose. 
Tant mieux pour lui But this makes the business of Moses’? 
warrant even more inexplicable. Anyhow, it would seem to imply 
further vexations for the Cologne people. God knows what sort of 
scrawl the police have picked up this time. Pauvre Moses, fancy 
becoming so xcreciousty and post festum' a martyr in partibus 
infidelium! 

Next week I shall write several articles in succession for Dana,'" 
and make sure that I take the thing up to the end of the Imperial 
Constitutional campaign. In order that we may be able to conclude 
directly, it would be a good idea if you could provide me with a 
short memorandum for the final articles—THE REVOLUTIONARY PROS- 
pects OF Germany, and our party’s situation during and after the 
revolution. It is precisely these concluding pieces which are 
important, and moreover a memorandum of this kind would 
enable me to write these articles not only better but far more 
quickly. In this way I could, if I tried hard enough, finish all the 
5-6 outstanding articles within a fortnight and meanwhile you 
could get in touch with Dana about a new series on a subject of 
greater actualité, soit la France, soit l’Angleterre. Since Weydemeyer’s 
pamphlet will probably be coming out soon, it will no longer be 

@ See this volume, p. 79. - » the little one (Ernst Dronke) - © So much the better 
for him. - 4 Hess. See this volume, p. 89. - © Poor - after the event - & topicality, 
either France or England 

possible to sell Dana the 18th Brumaire, even in a different guise; 
for he will then be able to have it for nothing and translate it 
himself. But you could still ask Dana whether he would like to 
have a modified version in translation, one suitable for the 
Anglo-American public. In this case the events leading up to 
2 December °51 would for the most part be excised and the thing 
finally brought right up to date, so that successive weekly or 
fortnightly reports on France would follow straight on. 

Your 
F. E.