New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Prepared to Take Over Gov
ernnlent in Name of Pro-
letar:at and Institute So
Wet Regime, Says Report
200, ,O0O in Organization
Political and Economic Com
ditions Dec ared TO Make
Revolt imperative e
From Special Correspondent.


During the war, the report states,
the Socialists were pacihsts. The
party, which numbered $4,000 members
in 1913, increased to 100000 in six
years. Signor Serrati points out that
this enormous movement toward So
ciaism constitutes in itself real danger
for the party, owing to the fact that this
mass Of workers now added Is not suffi-
GENTLY disciplined or of benefit to the
party, owing to lack Of political train
ing.
The report admits the victory Of the
MaXlmalists, at Bologna. where they
obtained $4,000 votes against the CEN
ter and reformist wings, who only sue
ceeded in capturing $4,000. 1t IS as
serted that in the elections of Novem-
Der, 1919, the Socialists obtained g.
100000 votes out Of 100000. which
gave the party 1853 seats in the House
OF Deputies. leaving only $50 for mem
bers of all other parties.
Deputies of Various "Colors"
In regard to the Socialist DEPUTIES.
Slgnor Serrati admits that they are Of
various "colors." The leaders of the
party left the task of choosing the
candidates for Parliament last wear to
the Collegian Federation, which Sc
lectcd those who during the Congress
at Bologna were in sympathy with ex-
treme Communist ideas, relegating to
the reformist wing small minority.
! At present the Socialist party is
divided into five different elements.
The first are the Reformists, who are
partisans Of collaborating with the
governing classes seeking a coalition
in the government of the country, with
the Borghese. During the war they
always voted against loans. In all their
political acts the Rcformists have
/ bowed to the discipline of the party
and have day by day tended more to-
ward the Right Wing This faction
numbers only sixteen Deputies in
/ Parliament.
Faction Deals With labor
The second faction is the Labor ele-
ment The members Of this wing be-
long to organizations and many Of
them are peasants. They represent a
transitory form between Reformist and
Social Intrsnsigeants. They deal prin-
cipally with economic questions.
In practice they are intfans sigeants
in matters between capital and labor.
Thsy have thirty-eight Deputies IN Par
lament.
The third faction is the Revolution
ary Communstic This repreSents the
strongest wing in the party. They have
cighty-hve Deputies and have accepted
the program of the meeting at Bologna.
They wish to use Parliament as place
for propsgaada- principally of an eco
nomic and social nature.
The fourth faction is branch Of the
revolutionary one, but differs in its
point OF view toward revolution and
its desire to link itself with syndical-
!st and anarchist elements.
The fifth group ia composed Of few
who, while inspired by the principles
of revolutionary emancipation of the
proletarint, have remained faithful to
the Old traditions Of action in ques-
tons between classes. They never re-
sort to violence, no matter what the
provocation may be.
Factions Submit to Party
One must not forget, the Socialist
report says, that these various distinc-
in the Parliamantarian group are
artificial and do not really amount to
q line of demarkation, nor to formal
organization Of factions. All the mem
bcrs of the various groups submit both
at voting time and in their attitude.
to tia program Of the party.
One part of the report says:
Tive crisis Of the Italian capitalistic
middle class state has entered into an
acute phase. The rich prohteers of
the war have exported all their money
abroad, and the finances of the state
are so low that one cannot imagine
how the government can meet its debts
THE Italian middle class is ncapa-
Bile Of making anv s%criace TO n-.v~nt
the government from becoming bank
rurt. At the same time a strange
frenzy for luxury and crazy enjoyment
has broken out in all classes. They
work less and eat more. They produce
little and save nothing. In the mean
time all the political parties of tha
'borshese' are passing through a grave
crisis. Their program no longer fits
the situation.
"They were forced to have recourse
to the only man who remains to them
This man, now nearly eighty years old
i, the most cynical representative Q!
the middle class, and it is owing to hi2
cyncism that he was able 10 form the
lHst government Of the Italian mon
archy, in which, side by side with
ancient clerical partisans OF the
Papacy. as NADIA, there are leaders OF
revolutionary syRtEi cs I'sss Ike hrhro 4
the pro-French like Bonami and pro
Germans like Benedctto Croce. THIS
is the concentration Of the reactionary
middle class. The revolutionary move.
mcnt can conquer this concentration.
Party Consrols 400 Towns
One msy realize the strength Of the
party, the repsrt points out, by it,
daily paper, The Avsnti, published ir
Milan. Rome and Turin. The circu
lation is 100000 a day. The party also
controls 400 municipalities, including
Mfan and other important towns.
The finances Of the party are -four
ishlng, the report says. The Socialists
have opened u communist loan fo,
propaganda Of revolutionary charac
ter The National Cooperative League
recently has declared itself in favor O.
the Socialist party. The league con
sists of 800 cooperative societies. q
According to the writer Of the rd
port, Sisnor Scrrati, the political ant
economic conditions Of the country ART
ssch that a revolt is absolutely neces
sarv.
"The strength Of our party" the re
port says, permits us to say that W.
are nearly ready to take over the rul
ing of the country in the namc Of thu