Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-25
COMMUNE
PLAN LEAVES OUT
POLICE AND JAIS'
Anarchist Believes in Liberal
Social Life and No
Government.

0Y AGNES MaCkENZlEs ..E
~ Cable to The Star and New York
Tribune, Copyright. 1920.
ROME. July 24.-The italian COM
mune. 40 outlined by tho anarchist
Malatesta at the congress Of anar-
chists at Bologna, recently, and by
which he desires to replace tho mon
archy. would be q sorry place to live
In for law-abiding citizens, although
| z paradise for roughs and cutthroats.
BY tho Malatenta scheme all private
landowners must give up their land
factory owners. tho raw material;
skilled workmen. all their tools, which
will then become the property Of the
communists. everything. Government
tai buildings, palaces. with all their
fittings and objects. also would be
turned over to the communists. There
| would be no monarchy. no republic.
neither would there be any army. a
parliament. police force. law courts
or jails.
Social Life Liberal.
The organization Of social life would
be liberal one, a federation OF pro-
ducers and consumers. planned ana
modified according to the will OF those
competent to guide scientifically. free
9Scessity. There would be no war. no
| religion, no untruths. even though
| cloaked in the mantle of science.
Scientific educstion would be free
to all. from the lower to the highest
class Of society. Frontiers would be
abolished and determination would
| be encouraged between peoples OF diff
ferent countries. Family life would be
| reconstructed. Free love would be alt
| lowed, tied down by no obstacle.
either of economic, physical or re-
ligious ties.
At
passed King Victor will be asked
to give up another royal prerogatfve.
that Of appointing the senator's who
form the senate. If the bin proposed
by the deputy Casertano is passed the
| senator's in future will no longer
be appointed by royal decree. This
pew REORGANIZATION scheme Of the
1 senate would consist Of 800 members,
fifty, Of whom would be nominated by
| the house Of deputies and the senate
in general assembly, and the other
$50 nominated by the electoral col
leges. . - 80
| Eligible for ApDointment.
The following. men would be. eligi-
BILE for appointment: Senators and
ex-senators. deputies and ex-soldiers.
| provincial councillors and ex-provin-
\ cial councillors, mayors and ex-may-
ors, delegates of communal council in
the proportion of one delegate II the
communal has fifteen councillors. two
II there are Awenty, >three If forty;
four If ffty, Ave if sixty and six il
eighty. -
This law would be radically differ.
ent from the present one. as the sen.
ate is now composed Of men of all
professions.
Much criticism has been directed
| Of deputies. who listened silently
| without protest or a cry Of Viva II
Re-" when the socialist deputy, Fran
cesco Ciccotti. made his speech, in
which he, said:
''Thete Is a monarch who for the
good or rs people would give up his
kingdom Stmeaning Victor Emanuel.
who has already declared to his
friends he will remain king only SO
long. as his people want hfm). and for
this praise him. Would It not be
better Tor him il he renowned, his
is asked to leaveT
Ne Protest Made.
No one Of all the 500 members raised
an objection or protested against this
remark.
The situation in the agricultural
districts is serious, especially in Fer
rara, the greatest grain district. in
all Italy: where the peasants have,
harvest The government had decided
to remain neutral for the present.
Absolutely no farm work is being
done by the members of the, farm
hands federation. and this means
that the harvest, which should have
been the best in years viii be- a
failure, as the crops have been cut
and IL rain comes now all win . be |
ruined. It is calculated that 100000
quintels Of grain will be ruined.
When one realizes that each quintet
is zoo pounds the. loss is enormous.
The trouble is laid to socialistio
propagandists, who invaded the fields
and forced the peasants to ask for
higher wages.
The wage question was believed to
have been settled in March. when the
propfietors agreed to give the workers
800 pounds Of grain per acre to Be
divided among all those engaged in
reaping sand harvesting. Never had
such terms been. granted befores Just
after the grain had been cut the social
lists convinced the workers that >thay
were being cheated and ordered them
not to continue work until each one
had been granted IL pounds Of grain an
hour. The Agragian league 'objecteC