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Letter to Eduard Fischel, June 1, 1860
| Author(s) | Karl Marx |
|---|---|
| Written | 1 June 1860 |
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 41
MARX TO EDUARD FISCHEL[1]
IN BERLIN
[London,] 1 June 1860
Sir,
For the past three weeks I have been suffering from a liver complaint, which has made it quite impossible for me to write or work and from which I have not yet wholly recovered. As a result, I have got into such arrears with my work that the next few weeks are spoken for, and hence I shall under no circumstances be able to start contributing immediately to the new newspaper. Could you send me one or two numbers of the same for my perusal? And likewise give me some advice about the PRINCIPAL MANAGERS of the new undertaking? Black, red and gold is a couleur which can now be used to some effect vis-à-vis other countries.[2]
I recommend to you Mr Georg Lommel, 85 rue du Nord, Café Court, Genève, for the post of Geneva correspondent of the paper.
Geneva is now a major seat of Bonapartist intrigue, and Lommel is well informed. I am convinced that he would agree to act as your correspondent on very reasonable terms.
Ad vocem[3] Abel: Many thanks for this discovery. Who is Abel? You would greatly oblige me by sending a few more details; indeed I should like to have this information as soon as possible.
I have doubtless already told you that the Chief Public Prosecutor has upheld the Public Prosecutor's1 dismissal of my libel action on the grounds that no 'public interest' would be served thereby. So the civil action will now be going ahead.
You will have seen in the papers that Reuter, the Jewish confidence trickster who owns the London telegraphic bureau, was presented to the Queen.1 Quite simply the facts are as follows: Reuter's factotum—he himself being barely able to write grammatically—is the Viennese refugee Sigmund Engländer. This Engländer was previously in Paris, where he contributed to a lithographic news bulletin run under the auspices of the then minister of police; at the same time, he was a French mouchard. When the Oriental war broke out, he was expelled from Paris because it had been discovered that he was a Russian spy. He then came to London where he eventually entered the service of Reuter, with whom he had already had connections earlier on. Now, since the entire European press is controlled by Reuter via his telegraphic bureau, and the telegraphic bureau by the Russian embassy via Engländer, you will understand why Pam presented Reuter to the Queen. So far as I know, the presentation had something to do with Russia's entry into the Austro-Prussian Telegraphic Union. I have informed Collet of the FACTS. Perhaps you for your own part may be able to make use of them.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant, K. Marx
- ↑ This letter is reproduced from the copy Marx made in his notebook.
- ↑ In reply to Marx's question about the programme of the Deutsche Zeitung, Fischel wrote on 30 May 1860 that one of its slogans was 'Black, red and gold' (i.e., the unification of Germany, black, red and gold being its national colours).
- ↑ Re