DOCS.
117,
118
SEPTEMBER
1915 127
117. To
Elsa Einstein
Zurich, Monday
[13
September
1915]
Dear
Else,
I
just
received
your express
postcard
from
Heilbronn,
late
unfortunately,
be-
cause
I
was
at
Maja’s
in Lucerne until
this
morning.
Edith
was
also
there.[1]
Yesterday
we
drove
up
the
Stanserhorn.[2]
It
was
breathtakingly
beautiful
(sea
of
mist).
In
a
few
days
I’m
also
going
home.
Why
didn’t
you
have
me come
for
the
homeward
journey?
I
was so
much
looking
forward to it.
But
even so
I
am
looking
forward to
our
reunion
more
than
I
can say.
I
saw
the
children
only twice;
she[3] appears
to have become distrustful.
Zangger
will
kindly
try
to smooth
over
the
affair
with the
children
(for
the
future).[4]
I’m keen to
know whether
your
coup
has
succeeded;
I
hope so!
Don’t scold
me
for
having
written
so
little.
You
know
me! I
ought
to
go
to
Geneva for
the
sci[entists]
meeting,[5]
to
Vevey
to visit Romain
Rolland,[6]
and to
see
Uncle
Caesar[7]
in Geneva.
But
I
am
dispensing
with all
of
this
in order to
be back in Berlin
soon.
Heartfelt
greetings, yours,
Albert.
118. To Romain Rolland
Zurich, 15
September
[1915][1]
Highly
esteemed
Sir,
Your
hearty
invitation
to
visit
you
in
Vevey
has
strengthened
my
inclination
to drive
there
to make
the
acquaintance
of
one
of
the
rare conciliatory
Europeans.
Well,
my
various
obligations
do not
leave
enough
time for
this
trip;[2] so
I
am
going
to
use
my
time
in Switzerland
to
send
you an
uncensored letter
at least.
The
“New
Fatherland” association
is
going
through
quite
difficult
times;
it
is
being
harassed
by
the
inspection
authorities
and
being
condemned
(on
the
whole) by
the
press.[3]
It
looks
as
if
the
pro-military party
and
the
pan-Germans
have
gained
influence
on
the
government
through
the
successes
in
Russia.[4]
But
on
the other
hand,
those
among my acquaintances
who
are
most
discerning
on
economic matters do
not have
particularly great
confidence;
this
seems
to be connected to
a
shortage
in
certain
raw
materials.[5]
Strangely enough,
in
Germany
one
finds,
besides
a
curious
self-conceit,
a
love
for France and its
population,
whereas
great
animosity
against
England
is
quite
universal.[6]
Among
the uncritical
masses
there
is
a quite