New-York tribune., 1920-10-22
Reds May Force
Italian Premier
To Quit Office
Ciolitti's Crusade Against
Anarchists May Bring Res
ignation Before Nov. Is:
Sonnino Favored for Post
Plot to Bomb Milan
Ranks and Cafes Marked
for Destruction; Leaders
Are Seized in Raids
ssec.al Cable TO The Tribune

.~o-vrirht 1920. New York Tribune Inc)
MILAN, Italy, Oct. 21.-The nation
vide police campaign against the an
,,ehists continues despite the fact that
!, has raised rumors of an impending
ministerial crisis.
According to reports in parliament
tsrv circles in Rome, Giolitti's position
;s shaken and he will resign before
Parliament meets November Is. Men
suocested to succeed him as Premier
are Bonomi, Nitti and Sonnino. The
latter seems to be the favorite among
outsiders.
These rumors have grown out of
ciolittis orders for the arrest of GER
,a;n nationalsts and arditi along with
.be anarchists. Whenever the national
;sts are touched they clamor for a
crisis and not infrequently succeed in
Getting It. The Premier is returning
TO Rome Thursday and will probably
take measures to avert a crash, al
though personally he is Indifferent to
holding power.
The police raids on the anarchists
have not been any less thorough be-
cause Of the rumors of the Premier's
dovnfall. In Naples in the last few
days thew have invaded the foreign dis
,rict and arrested q group of Hun
carian and Russian anarchists and
Fommunists who were the nucleus of
on agitation organization. After being
Tecistered at the police station they
were recommended to the government
for deportation.
Raid Rooms of Anarchists
The Neapolitan police also raided the
rooms of about thirty native anarchists
and oonfscated much subversive lit
erature, principally anarchist pam
phlets in English, French, German and
Russian. Giro, the leader of the anar-
ehists. and Adele Bennoti, a woman
anarchist. were arrested. Adele Ben
mott was in possession of a huge
Similar raids have been carried out
in Florence The police visited every
part of the city. confscating arms.
Among the persons arrested was Del
Bono the noted Tuscan leader. He,
TOO had dagger.
The Milan newspaper, Perseverance,,
publishes the details OF az anarchist
bio, for bombing the principal banks,
cafes and restaurants in Milan. The
plot was discovered by the police in
peculiar manner. An anarchist, who
had been arrested. had concealed in his
shirt a letter from an unidentified
mother imploring her twenty-yearold
son not to carry out the fatal anarchist
mandate Asked by the police to ex
plain the letter. the anarchist said it
had been written by mother to her
son who was interested in an anarchist
bombing plot. The mother already had
the letter implored her second son not
to yield to temptation. Not having
seen her son for several days the
mother had written the letter and
asked the anarchist to convey it to
him
Find Boy With Bombs
The police found the boy, who al
ready was in possession of the bombs
he was to use to blow up bank. The
police have refused to give out any
more information about the plot.
Some comedy in the situation is sup
Piled by gang Of anarchists from the
outskirts OF Florence, who went to
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church tower with ladders and started
ringing the bells. They flung open
the church doors and declared the
edifice to be converted into dane
ing hall, theater and popular meet
ing room. They rang the bells for
hours, but the peasants who gathered
merely looked on curiously without
venturlng to enter the dcsecrated
building.
On the next day the anarchists col
iiected some red Socialists, who with a
brass band entered the church. playing
anarchist music. The Paris priest ap-
pealed to the Prefect Of Grossety, who
sent detachment of cal binieri to the
enurch. The anarchists decamped rap
loiy carrying with them the black flag
which they had hoisted over the church
tower
NAPLES, Oct. 21.-Among the pam
phlets seized by the police were some
intended for transmission to the United
states. Some of the pamphlets were
entitled "Spartacus." What the An
archlsts Want" The Russian Revolu-
.. .on" and "Bolshevism and Prole-
nrat Dictatorship