The sun., 1902-10-19
ITALY'S SOCIALIST CONGRESS.
yODEk4TyON CARRIES THE DAP
At TIE INDIA MEETING.
Ihsnges Ea,e Come Over italian Social.
ism In Ten Nears-An (1issrs Now IN the
party - Strong Organization - Tirati
leads the OprOrtuni1>, Fcrrt and
costa ire intransi rts--W orkmrr Less
Violent Than University Professors.

costa ire intransig & gerts--W N Orkmrr Less
Violent Than University Professors.
ROME oct. s-The organization Of the
}.alitu socialist party. which has again
.iyeu ri-o TO discussion al the recent con-
,rcss a, lmola, dates from the congress al
,saeyd in 1892. and more particularly
fr,r' the congress of Keggio in Emilia
IN 1873 II was at Reggie that the party
then called -Of Italian Workmen" was
divided up into regions and the regions
into sections, each region having a Com
,ni'tee Of Direction consisting Of six
mo uoers. The Central Committee Is in
Iaa. The treasury is supplied by the
assessments OF the affiliated societies and
by contributions collected every MAY day
Livery society is obliged to turn into the
CENTRAL treasury FIVE francs yearly for its
first hundred members and three francs
for every additional hundred.
The great question discussed at the
Reggie congress in 1898 was whether the
Socialists should. II occasion arose ally
themselves with the Anarchists or with
the radical Republicans. Any alliance
with the Anarchists was rejected As for
the Republicans, it was seen that. in GER
tain special cases, alliance with them might
be useful. Each group was, accordingly.
allowed 10 Join the Re7ubicans IL any
res III that would help along the Socialist
cause could be obtained, on condit ion Of
notifying the Central Committee.
Since then tho party mas advanced.
there is no longer any question Of n
tusng il with the Anarchists, and it has
longer any need OF the Republicans. At
formerly advocated abstention from mu-
riciplI aai plrlia nentary elections; il
iap hv ,,ft he
peop.e Now its arm is the ballot Its
programme is, in brief: To conquer political
power. first the municipalities, then the
House of Representatives.
Its organization is perfect, its discipline
strict Il counts III its ranks men belong
ing 70 every class Of society. There is
ronseo ueutly less talk of class hatred and
The old vocabulary has been abandoned
W par. The party has become in a way
more intellectual, less savage.
A. Reggie in 1898 there were $50 delegates
representing 2so societies. At the recent
congress Of I'm N, about / 900 delegates
represen'ei ,33o sections. The number
Of enrolled members Is i,4l5. The Socialist
group had them in the Chamber of Deputies
five members, now it has twenty-ninc
Among the kilograms sent to Imoa that
pf NJ Jaure made a sensation. In IL he
said, The Triple Alliance is necessary
oouuterpoise for French chauvinism, which
Is 70 hostile to social democracy.
The congress mt in the town theatre
The speakers stood on the stage, which
"a, drapcd with red cloth inscribed with
Marks ph:as": "Proletarate of the whole
world, unite" But the proleta ariate was
In the minority. On tho other hand there
we're many lawyers. clerks, literary men.
doctors and several professors. The
middle class l,ment dominated, but it
vas not always that element that carried
trough the success Of moderate ideas.
\ young workingman, Signor Pierotti.
vas heard opposing arguments for calm
ness and peace against the exciting elo-
iurnce OF Signor Ferri. Professor Of Law
10 the university OF Rome.
The leaders of the Socialist party in
Italy, "a is vel! known, are divided into
two groups, The R-formers or X volutionists
led by Turati. who are the more
numerous. and the Revolutionary led
by Ferri and Andrea Costa. Turati
IN tho hamber of Deputies. In his
own town Of Milan and throughout
north Italy has been the standard bearer
and the spokesman OF opportunist socialism.
A. the tins Il the last strikes. the case of
the Milan street cars and the demands of
the railroad employees, he urged concilia-
tory solutions and held the lrreconc abies
10 check In the Chamber of Deputies he
and his colleagues have been valuable
assistants to the Zanardclli-Giolitti min
etry.
Inc TWO tendencies have existed in the
party for long time. Each side has its
newspapers some, violent and personal,
turn 10 ths easy procedure of insults and
apTeals 10 hatred; others like the Ardn'i,
more serious, take the trouble OF studying
Y est!ons and discussing them with argu-
'nents other than insults and windy trades
10 the K volutionaries the bourgeois is an
'uemy that must be fought, TO the X { mers
ne Is an opponent that must be overcome.
In Tis ment, the former. the friends
i Tern, know nothing but their party;
very plan is lad that is not eyt lved by
heir circle according 10 tbs tho tactics
Of their group should be obstruction ard
rows. The otkers, Turatis followers, &C.
cept every reform that tends to relieve the
'ss fortunate classes. At Imola. ia the dis
p'slcn on what should be the future atti-
'lde Of the party, Signor Turati won the
"lctoIy, the congress voted for his resolu-
ton From political standpoint this is an
Idvantago for the present Ministry. which
Nll continue to Le able 70 count upon the
> c'aHst group 70 u certain degree
NIgnor Iurati's success has brought him
N,1 prominent notice. lie has been inter-
Ie"ed on what he thinks Of the Republic
cans and what he has to say of the mon
arcny Siguor Turati's opinions must be
nos Of the great ma ajority OF his party.
iAe Republicans, he said. are no longer
u any account, they belong 10 the past.
lEey have preserved the spirit and even
the Jargon Of lsis. They are wasting their
inc IN declaring against the monarchy
ana the Socialists. They are angry with Ls
Tor going our own way without burdening
ourselves with Republican doctrnairism.
and yet they initiate It's; they try TO get up
leagues and syudcates, but do not succeed.
Lhraged at their impotence, talking i'll Of
oN"ry one. theN arc tho old women of