From Roggenbach I received the inclosed letter, which I beg that I may
have back after a few days. I send it because it contains so much that
is important, and what it contains is so useful for the formation and
the programme of the new society, that it is well for you and the
comrades to read it. The point is—this grows clearer and
clearer—neither to deny nor to affirm the _status quo_; simply to
leave it unmentioned. Only in this way can Frenchmen and Germans work
in common for our end.