Marx was travelling to Karlsbad to take a water health cure but aware that the police in Germany had interest and felt a British passport would be a safeguard
METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICE
| Detective Officer’s Special Report | Scotland Yard |
17th August 1874
Carl Marx.—Naturalisation.
With reference to the above I beg to report that he is the notorious German agitator, the head of the International Society, and an advocate of Communistic principles. This man has not been loyal to his own King and Country.
The referees Messrs Seton, Mathesen, Manning, and Adcock are all British born subjects, and respectable householders. The statements made by them with reference to the time they have known the applicant are correct.
W. Reimers—Sergeant
J. Williams—Sergeant
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