The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-31

ganized tho FIRST international section in
Italy.
In 1875 he issued call to general fnsur
rection all over Italy and collected large
following. He was arrested by Government
troops at Benevento and after being tried
at Naples was sentenced to a long term of
Imprisonment. Following tho death Of King
Victor Emmanuel H.. two years later. he was
pardoned
The arch anarchist crossed to Spain. where
he had scarcely landed when a serious in
surrection broke out near Xeres and tho
Spanish Government issued warrant OF
death on sight of Malatesta. They ar
rested a man they thought was the an
archist leader and only discovered their mis-
take when they came to hang him.
Meanwhile Malatesta was safe across the
border in France. He appeared In Paris,
where with French and other italian an
archists he worked for the creation of an
Italian revolutionary party. There he pub
lished lie ReUoIte, an organ which soon Sc
cured his expulsion from France The same
treatment met him in Switzerland and Bel
GUM.
Returning to Florence in disguise he con-
tinued his propaganda, published several
works and established the journal The Social
Question. It was seized by tho authorities
and Malatesta and his associates were taken
tc Rome to be tried on a charge of sedition.
England.
Maatesta had long turned his eyes on
America and he chose 1t his next resi-
dence in a world so rapidly shrinking in
hospitality to his propaganda. He was In
Paterson, N. j., when King Humbert was
assassinated and was deported from the
United States as dangerous alien.
On hts arrival in Italy he was arrested
and tried for contumacy on account of GER
<,fy, ic1A 6a had xrrrtft md IiGh
applauding the murder of President Nc
Kinley. He was sentenced to five months
Imprisonment and served the term.
Again he appeared In London. but this
time for brief visit. His longing for Italy
called him back there. and he returned In
disguise to a little port on the Adriatic,
where he remained In seclusion for almost a
year. Sedtious articles were traced to him
and he was captured by the police and sem
fenced to four years deportation.
Captive on an Island.
One year of this captivity had passed away
on the little island Of Lampedusa- in the
Mediterranean, when one dark night he es-
capped and made his way in a small boat to
Malta. There he took passage on an English
vessel and landed in London.
He lived in obscurity in Soho for q time,
selling sherbet on the streets and escaping
They received shock when they started to
find who was publishing infia1nmatory litera-
.ture, and thereby learned that the most dan
gerous anarchist In the world was in Lon
don. But when they sought to put their
hands on him Malatesta had fed. He had
shaken the dust of Latin Europe of his
feet and started for a fresh trial in Latin
America.
For eight comparatively quiet years he
fa1u tn
and Asuncion, writing pamphlets and editing
an anarchist newspaper. Finally he was
expelled as an undesirable.
Then Malaresta went back to London.
openly processing anarchy but passing his
promise that no attempt should be made on
the lives of the British sovere,gns while he
was permitted to live in England. This was
in 1872 when the libel suit mentioned above
sent him to prison.
On regainng his freedom he made inquiries
and found that he would not be molested lin
Italy, therefore he returned there and estab-
lished himself at Ancona. He rented two
garnet rooms and devoted himself to his
writing, his only diversions being the culti-
walton of flowers and the breeding OF
naries.
Malatesta visited Rome occasionally and
at the outbreak OF the world war he assured
the authorities that so long as anarchistic
meetings were not forbidden there would be
no trouble. Soon afterward came the revo-
lutionary outbreak at Ancona Malatesta
organized plot to establish a republic, and
the first demonstration occurred at Ancona
on June Z, 1914 resulting In a general strike.
Flees to Switzerland.
When bluejackets from the naval division
commanded by Admiral Cagni reinforced the
Ancona garrison Malatesta, disguised as a
workman, fed to Switzerland, crossing the
boundary at Chiasso. He appeared month
later in his old .haunts In London. There
he admitted that the Ancona plot had been
one to overthrow the italian monarchy
These are the words as they have been re-
ported:
THE abortive revolution in italy fiared up
spontaneously, disappointing those of us
who wanted a real revolution and who are
engaged in agitation looking to future great
changes on a stable basis Our plans for
the time being were spoiled but the Italian
monarchistic system rests on quicksand and
cannot long escape engulfment"
In 1919 amnesty was proclaimed in Italy,
which included Malatesta's condemnation for
leading in the uprisings of 1914 when sew
eral cities In the Romagna region proclaimed
republics. He therefore returned and made
his home in Milan. Almost coincident with
this return to his native country troubles be-
gan for him again. The Communists of
Milan would not consent to his living among
them unmolested, but memorialized Premier
Giolitti last July to urge his arrest and that
Of the Socialist Deputy. Mlsano Unless tho
Premier complied the Communists threat
ened to take the law in their own hands
and kill both mon