MARX TO PHILIPPE COENEN *” 

London, 24 March 1870 
1 Modena Villas, Maitland Park, 
Haverstock Hill, London 

Citizen, 
Yesterday I received the proefblad‘ of Het Volk published at 
Rotterdam and a letter from its editor, Philipp von Roesgen von 
Floss, in which he asks, among other things, for a card as a 

a 23 March - © See this volume, p. 470. - © specimen number - 4 See this volume, 
pp. 462-63. 

member of the International. I know neither Mr Philipp von 
Roesgen von Floss nor the state of our affairs at Rotterdam. I 
suppose that you are better informed, and I am asking you to 
please write to me on these two points: (1) What is the state of 
affairs of the International at Rotterdam? (2) Can the General 
Council establish relations with Mr Philipp von Roesgen von 
Floss? 

Greetings and fraternity. 

Karl Marx