[London,] 2 December 1885 

Dear Kautsky, 

Ad vocem* Adler: 

1) Re the pistol business, don’t forget to point out that the NCOs 
were wearing their sabres. They complained of an affront to the NCO 
caste. #97 

2) Hess. It is not of course possible to confirm—for I never saw 
him again after May 1848, when he disappeared for good — whether 
or not he spent a few days in Baden or the Palatinate. But he didn’t 
‘take part’; he was neither orator, nor journalist, nor official, nor sol- 
dier, so it’s inconceivable that some government or other— Adler 
certainly ought to have said which one—should have condemned 
him to death. #9? 

Ad vocem Liebknecht. Before you post the letter, give me a chance to 
enclose a word or two of explanation; there was something I forgot to 
tell him yesterday. ° 

Your 
F.E.