27 July 1914  69 Portland Court  London W

Dear Professor Freud,

The news, which may be false, comes here today that Austria has declared war, and on all sides there are rumours and preparations of a general Armageddon.  I naturally wonder how this may affect your sons, Rank, etc., and hope for the best.  In any emergency if there is need for your daughter to rejoin you, I could of course act as escort, and you would not hesitate to let me know (or anything else I can do).

I had already fully appreciated what you write about her.  She has a beautiful character and will surely be a remarkable woman later on, provided that her sexual repression does not injure her.  She is of course tremendously bound to you, and it is one of those rare cases where the actual father corresponds to the father‑imago.

I am glad to give you good reports of her, for her health is excellent and she seems to be having a happy time, reacting bravely to her new surroundings.  A party of us went on the river on Saturday, and she enjoyed it with the rest.  I hope to see some more of her, for I am having no regular holidays this year and it is pleasant to spend a few days with so interesting a companion.  Ferenczi will be here next week, and no doubt he will join us also.  The family in Arundel «FN1.××Anna Freud's stay in England is discussed in Young‑Bruehl (1988, pp. 65‑69).  The family in Arundel is not mentioned there.

» is an excellent one, and she could not be in better hands.

Today I hear from Abraham that the official «MDUL»Austritt«MDNM» [resignation] has arrived from Zurich, so your article has produced one of its desired effects. «FN1.××Refers to Freud (1914d) and the withdrawl of the Zurich Society from the International.

»  I have read Maeder's letter, also Bleuler's and Pfisters, all full of interest. Abraham says he will join you in the Tirol.

Ferenczi proposes I shall continue my analysis with him here, and, as there as [are] still some dark places that I cannot unravel alone (principally in dreams), I shall be very thankful for the opportunity.

Two more patients are coming to me next month from India, which will make nine hours a day.  I was not at Jung's lecture on Friday, and am not going to Aberdeen, but I am writing a rapport which Eder will read there (he is one of the secretaries).«FN1.××See Jung (1915); and Jones (1914i).

»  I had a long talk with Mrs. Eder last week, who has just had a month's analysis with Jung.  She discovered that ever since childhood she had been torn in conflict between her leanings to science and to philosophy, that the latter was the strongest part of her nature and must be repressed no longer.  You may be interested to learn the latest method of dealing with Übertragung.  The patient overcomes it by learning that she is not really in love with the analyst but that she is for the first time struggling to comprehend a Universal Idea (with capitals) in Plato's sense; after she has done this, then what seems to be Übertragung may remain.

I saw Loe yesterday.  She had been in bed for some days after pain induced by the vomiting of sea‑sickness, but she is now better.  On Wednesday she returns to Holland to fetch Trottie. «FN1.××Loe's dog.

»  She is trying hard to make mischief with Lina, whom she hates pretty strongly.  Why did you tell her my remark about the morphia, which was meant only to give you a hint?  Now she is cross with me over it, probably because it was the truth; I do not trust her word so completely as I used to, since I discovered what lies she has told about myself.  However I expect things will quiet down, and that one day we shall be good friends.  I was amused to hear about your talk with MacCurdy, who seems to have crept into the background ever since.

I was so happy to hear that you were benefitting from Karlsbad, and send you all good wishes and love.

Yours always  Jones.