Let me point out that he addressed me as "doctor", though, during his visit, I had, and not just once, made clear to him that he should refrain from doing so. But he did not do so, for, after all, this title was serve him as a weapon against me!
At about this time, Max Dittrich wrote a booklet about me and my work. He was so imprudent to show the manuscript to Lebius. The latter came rushing to Radebeul right away, to ask me to use my influence on Dittrich that he should let him, Mr. Lebius, publish this work. It goes entirely without saying that he and his request were rejected, and I wrote to Mr. Max Dittrich that I would never want to see him again, if he would consider letting this man have the booklet.
This second visit of Mr. Lebius took at most ten minutes. After he was gone, I was missing a photograph, he had stolen from me. He was never allowed to return again. Nevertheless, he had repeatedly pretended to have been a guest at my house at numerous occasions and to have studied me very carefully.
The next day he wrote to me:
"Dresden-A., 7/12/04
34 Fürstenstraße.
| "Dresden-A., 7/12/04 34 Fürstenstraße. |
"Dear doctor!
"I would very much like to publish Dittrich's booklet and would also make the greatest efforts to put it in wide circulation. But on account of my resignation from the `Sachsenstimme' <Voice of Saxony> -- officially I will not be leaving my job until the first of October of this year -- I have become a bit short on capital.
"Would you perhaps grant me a loan for three years at 5 percent? Perhaps, I will pay the debt back to you as early as one year from now.
"To show my gratitude for this, I would promote the booklet in such a way that the whole world would talk about it. After all, I am particularly experienced in this area.