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4.x.18
Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
Dear Frau Andreas
I am in no way to blame for the congress having been transferred from Breslau to Budapest. I was staying in the Tatra at the time and virtually cut off from any possibility of influencing the course of events by the inadequacies of the post and the breakdown of the telegraph service. It was in fact a great success and a real compensation for the congress in Munich. Official reception by the burgomaster, first class banquet, with the head of the public health department of Budapest, an Austrian general and two official representatives of the German War Ministry in attendance, the loan of the conference hall of the Academy of Science—in short, all the normal appurtenances of a congress, which have however been lacking in ours hitherto.
The general tone was high, though naturally not so intimate as, for instance, at the congress in Weimar. Dr. Simmel, whose work is no doubt responsible for the signs of partial revolution of attitude in Germany, was also present and made an excellent impression on me. He has penetrated much further than is evident in his published work, and is even favourably disposed to the ‘red rag’ of the sexual factor.
All would have been fine, but I had hoped to see you again, and—