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advanced: he takes from the mechanic the money paid him by the
capitalist for his labour, and generously gives him in exchange a
bill on a State that may possibly exist a thousand years hence.
What edifying stories are told about the vile corruption of socia-

5 list agitators, what a shameful abuse they make of the money con-
fided to them, and what mutual accusations they throw in each
other’s faces, are things we have abundantly learned by the con-
gresses and from the organs of the party. There is here a monstrous
volcano of filth, from whose eruptions nothing better could issue

oo than a Parisian Commune“‘,

In reply to the venal writers of the „Nationalzeitung“,
I consider it quite sufficient to declare that I have never asked
or received one single farthing from the working class of this or
any other country.

5 Save the General Secretary who receives a weekly salary of
10 sh., all the members of the „General Council of the Internatio-
nal“ do their work gratuitously. The financial account of the
General Council, annually laid before the General Congresses of
the „International“, have always been sanctioned unanimously

» without provoking any discussion whatever,

Yours obediently
K. M.

1417. Marx an Engels in London; Brighton 1871
August 21.

21. August 1871.
Dear Fred,
Zeit bis Mittwoch.
Jung seit Sonnabend hier, geht heut zurück.
Ich werde vermittelst eines Pfaffen (französischen) Namens
o Pascal einiges Geld für die refugees kriegen.
Salut.

Dein K. M.
Die Feder zu schlecht zum Schreiben.

1418. Engels an Marx in Brighton; London 1871
s August 23.

London, 23. August 1871.
Lieber Mohr,
In aller Eile. Inliegend B57 68868, London, 27. Juli 1871,
fünf Pfund, Bleib dort, solange Du kannst, es wird Dir mehr gut
1) Von Engels korr. in Association

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