London, 29 January 1893 
Dear Liebknecht, 

Herewith a small token of my ‘serious loss of strength’ on the evidence of 
which you will, I trust, ‘hourly await my demise’.” Where did this nonsense 
originate? I should like to discover who the scoundrel is! 

I have so arranged the article as to enable you to publish it either in three 
numbers‘ or in a supplement; the latter might perhaps be best. I haven’t 
signed it, for otherwise I should inevitably put the chaps in Rome onto the 
track of my Italian source. ° The man has been insufficiently cautious in his 
conduct of the correspondence which has evidently been 

* Emma Engels - ° See this volume, p. 107 -° F. Engels, ‘Vom italienischen Panama - “ of the 
Vorwarts — ° Antonio Labriola 

subject to rigorous surveillance. Moreover I still don’t know whether the 
relevant documents are in a safe place abroad and so it is essential to avoid 
doing anything that might deliver them up into the hands of the Italian 
government. 

I have mentioned names only where the facts relating to them have already 
appeared in the Italian press and could therefore be produced as supporting 
evidence. The only exceptions are the two names Arbib and Martini on p. 3; I 
could provide no supporting evidence for these, so if you have misgivings 
delete them. 

The bearer of the revered name is Menotti Garibaldi, a lad who has 
already been hard at work for years past founding all sorts of things. '** 

Not long ago the Vorwdrts alluded to Bonghi the Republican“—the man is 
an arch-reactionary and an ex-minister of the Right. All in all, the Vorwdrts 
has been notable for such mistakes regarding foreign countries, not least 
England! 

Give my regards to your wife and children. 

Your F.E.