ENGELS TO JULIUS MOTTELER>” 

[London,] 23 February 1895 
41 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. 

Dear Julius, 

One Theodor Barlen,’ the bearer of a card from the Dortmund club, has 
called on me seeking assistance. He is a deserter, having decamped from 
Spandau, and alleges that he was previously a very active party member in 
Horde, Dortmund, etc. I referred him to the Society. © He came back today to 
say that the Society refused to recommend him to me, since they did not 
know whether the papers he produced were his own. As I should like to have 
some information on the man so as to know whether I ought not to send him 
packing once and for all, I would ask you to tell me whether this accords 
with the facts and, once his case has been investigated, what view they take 
of him at the Society. *'° 

Many regards to your wife and yourself from 

* Hermann Barlen in the ms. 

Yours, 
F. Engels