London, 19 December 1885 

Dear Comrade, 

I have despatched per Parcels Continental Express a package ad- 
dressed to you containing the three Parliamentary Reports for which 
you asked. As you will see from the enclosed intimation, the first 
House of Lords report on prostitution is no longer to be had. 

You are perfectly right in refraining from any kind of violent rebel- 
lion over there. This would only entail unnecessary sacrifice and set 
the movement back by decades. Next year it will be a hundred years 
since the Prussians first plundered Holland, °°* and nothing would 
please Bismarck more than to celebrate the centenary by a repetition 
of that ‘epic deed’. The thirst for annexation, as yet no more than 
a harmless and impotent desire, might in that case assume more 
tangible form. 

I shall send you by post the second edition of my Anti-Dühring 
which has just come out. ?°° 

Always at you service in the common cause, I remain 

Yours very sincerely, 
F.E.