"Though you would not know me, I would like to take the liberty of asking you, whether you could give me any more detailed information on a certain Mr. Lebius, formerly a resident of Dresden. The above mentioned gentleman, a former social democrat, has filed a private suit for gross insult against me, in my capacity as the former editor in charge of the `Vorwärts' [a]. In court, I will have to demonstrate what a `honourable gentleman' Mr. Lebius is. On account of an advice by an colleague from Dresden, I am now turning to you with every confidence, that you might perhaps be able to give me any kind of information about this gentleman. If this should be the case, I am looking forward to your kind response, which would very much oblige me. "Most sincerely Carl Wermuth, Editor of the `Vorwärts'." [a] "Vorwärts" <Go forward!>: The newspaper of the social democratic party. I repeat that I was travelling and was therefore unable to grant this wish, even if I had wanted to. On April the 5th, 1908, this was _a_full_half_year_later,_ I received another letter from the editor's office of the "Vorwärts": _"We_regret_that_you_have_not_spoken_out_yet_ regarding the accusations against you by Lebius, or respectively that you have _not_supplied_us_with_the_necessary_evidence_ on the slanderous acts of Lebius in respect to you. As I have been told by my colleague Wermuth, your wife has informed us that you were currently travelling and that you were _unable_to_supply_us_with_ _the_desired_material_against_Lebius._ I am hoping that you have returned from your journey in the meantime und that you will now . . . ." I guess, this sufficiently proves _that_it_is_not_me_who_is_ _pursuing_Mr._Lebius,_but_that_he_is_pursuing_me._ Mr. Lebius pretends that I had approached him at that time on the anniversary of the battle of Sedan [a] to be able to assist the "Vorwärts". Hereby, I am proving that I did not know anything about this complaint for gross insult at this time yet, but rather that the "Vorwärts" only informed me about it one month later and _did_not_ _even_receive_an_answer_ to this after another six months had passed! Thus, I had spared Mr. Lebius for a full six month, though it had been made so convenient and easy for me by the social democratic party to get my revenge against him. _That_I_do_ _not_pursue_him,_but_am,_again_and_again,_being_forced_by_him_to_ _act_in_self_defence,_ is, by the way, also proven by the fact that I have avoided up to this day to testify as a witness against him. The situation concerning this testimony in favour of the editor of the "Vorwärts" had been like this: [a] September the 2nd.