AT LE PERREUX 

London, 27 October 1891 

Mein liebes* Lohr, 

Das ist ja ein ganz famoses Resultat,? Paul heading the Poll— pretty 
Poll-— you see enthusiasm makes me half mad and drives me into 
Pantomime puns, but when I came to ‘pretty Poll’ and remembered 
your name was Kakadou, that brought me to a dead stop, I might be 
accused of blasphemy and what not! Au, au, sagt der Jud’ in Berlin, 
wenn der christliche Germane auch einmal versucht einen Witz zu machen. 

Well, if I only knew de nombre des électeurs inscrits, I should make 
a shrewd guess. The Défense de Lille bragged with 6,000 monarchist 
and clerical votes, that I doubt very much, and so think Paul almost 
safe. We drank success to him last Sunday in 1868 Port, and I.am sure 
at least the 5 votes over the 5,000 are due to our efforts. Never mind, 
next Sunday week we'll try another and more successful sort and that 
is sure to smash up all his opponents. What a fine country France is to 
be locked up! You attack the government, the government makes you 
M.P. (Pelagie) but Pélagie makes you M.P. (Parliament).**° In 
Germany it’s the other way about. You get elected into Parliament 
and then you may well write behind you name M. P. because that 
means Member of Plétzensee— the new monster prison near Berlin. 

* My dear-? The result is absolutely splendid. -* Oh, oh, says the Jew in Berlin, if the 
German Christian ventures as much as once to make a joke.-“ the number of regis- 
tered electors 

But éréve de bétises*! I am very glad indeed you and Paul like my ar- 
ticle.3!3 But will the Kuddelmuddel” people of the Almanac‘ be of 
the same mind? Never mind (another Pantomime effort, I shall soon 
be M. P. (Pantomime)), it can then go in the Soczaltste. 

Old Sorge who does not want to have the Soczaliste without paying 
for it asks me to send 10s. for his subscription. I send a postal order, 
they sell readily in Vienna, as Louise tells me, so no doubt they will be 
legal tender in Paris. 

Post mark: 
I. 
525, 490, 10/- Regent’s Park Road 
38 24 September 91 

Things in Erfurt went very well.°! The execution of the insolent 
young student and commis-voyageur lot was very necessary. They will 
soon disappear now, and the next lot of the same sort will be less 
cheeky. 

But now it’s post-time and dinner-time too. Give Paul a hearty 
cheer in our name when you come into Pélagie, and take a hearty 
embrace yourself from Louise and 

Your old incorrigible 
General