12 September 1912  13 Princes St  Cavendish Sq  London

Dear Professor Freud,

«IP4,0»It is of course a great disappointment to us both that you are not coming to London, but our feeling in this direction is quite submerged by our solicitude about the cause and I wish it were in my power to do or say something that would have a beneficial effect with you.  Feeling as you do you are wise not to travel so far to such new and tiring impressions, but you must regard it as only a postponement to a more favourable occasion, perhaps next year when we shall have a private home in which to receive you and make you comfortable.  The effect of the over strong Carlsbad «MDUL»Kur«MDNM» [spa] will surely work off before long, and then all will be again well.  But is there not more than this, a psychical moment?  Perhaps your solicitude about your daughter, who means so much to you, may have got identified, and strengthened, by your solicitude about your «MDUL»other child«MDNM» ‑‑ the mental one?  They are both necessarily exposed to the vicissitudes of life, over which you have not always full power and cannot always direct their steps, but in both cases there are protecting forces present that are much stronger and more tenderly careful than most such children have the privilege of.

Your daughter is I trust by now quite better, and you will next concern yourself about the other child, |×/ .. I spent several hours discussing Jung's views with Riklin, Maeder, etc., and understand them, though not fully, at least better than by reading the article, where they are not at all clearly expressed.  I suspect that some of them are of purely personal origin, especially the rejection of the reality of incest‑attraction and the replacement of sexual by excremental.  But much of the work is in striking agreement with the logical development of the Sexualtheorie that you yourself have gone through in the last years; especially the phylogenetic aspects, the inheritance of repression and perhaps already desexualised (sublimated) tendencies.  I will not say more till I hear from you, which I am most anxious to do, but my hope is that the cleft will prove to be not deep.  Maeder, Binswanger, Seif and I held a private consultation about the personal question, and we think it should not be impossible to restore better relations if a good will is there.  There have been misunderstandings, (perhaps on both sides?), and Jung has been over‑sensitive about some things.  But no more of this at present.  I want greatly to talk with you, and in Vienna we must have our previously arranged consultation with Ferenczi, Rank and Sachs.

The congress was of course not interesting, but there was no strong opposition to us.  Bleuler was tedious and stupid in his Vortrag and as President.  Adler was calm.  He invited the congress to meet next year in Vienna, and in spite of our opposition to this it was arranged.  Young Maier made the amusing Versprechen of referring to Bleuler's Schizophrenie Monographie as B's Biographie, which was not very flattering to his chief.  Forel was active, but fortunately could not speak much on account of the effect of his apoplexy.«FN1.××For reports of the meeting of the International Society for Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, see «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM» 1(1913):95‑99, and «MDUL»Zentralblatt«MDNM» 3(1913):119‑120.

»  The chief thing was naturally the private talks which were very valuable.

Seif is with me here, and stays another week.  My wife is pretty well and happy, though much concerned about you.

My dearest wish is that you may rapidly benefit from the change and rest.  I am most eager to hear from you, but pray do not write if you feel tired or wish to give your mind to the scenery, sunshine, and immediate environment.

Yours affectionately  Jones.