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10 July 1910
Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
35F
Prof. Dr. Freud
Dear Dr. Binswanger,
No, I had no wish to reproach you, nor should I have been entitled to. All I wanted was to form a clearer picture of the events in Zurich, which we cannot make out here, and to call on you, as president of the group, to provide a remedy. By the next Congress everything must surely be settled, as non-members, even a Bleuler, are no use to so
intimate a society. Since that will probably not take place until the autumn of 1911 - because of the Americans - things could easily be put right before then. It remains an odd business, and you should make clear to those gentlemen that the situation is untenable. I assume the personal complexes cannot be directed against you.
At the end of this week I am off to The Hague (Hôtel Wittebrug) and on 1 August I go on to Noordwijk, near Leiden;1 I badly need the break but am otherwise in good sorts. Hoche's effort has amused me hugely and strikes me as considerable recognition.2 He obviously finds us a weird lot and that is all to the good. My literary output is making good progress. I have been told that you have declined to take any part in the Zentralblatt.3 I hope this was only because of the clumsy nature of the invitation, for I should not like you to suspect that this Viennese enterprise was a competitor to our Z[urich] one4 and would, moreover, personally set great store by your name.
With kind regards,
Yours, Freud
Please remember me to your wife and to Maeder.