Cantor had hoped to meet with Russell who had just published the Principia Mathematica. However ill health and the news that his son had taken ill made Cantor return to Germany without seeing Russell .
Kantor had inaasam upang matugunan sa Russell na-publish lamang ang Principia Mathematica. Subalit masama sa kalusugan at ang mga balita na ang kanyang anak na lalaki ay kinuha masamang ginawa kantor bumalik sa Alemanya nang walang nakikita Russell.