The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-01-22
COMMUNISTS BOLT
ITALIAN SOCIALISTS
Form New Party Advocating
Principle of Revolution
by Violence.
BEATEN IN CONVENTION
Socialists Retain Treasury,
Newspaper and Cooperative
Enterprises.
BIZ M Associated Press.

LEGHoRN, Italy, Jan. 21.-The Com
munist faction of the Italian Socialist
party, badly defeated in it's attempt to
secure Endorsement by the party of the
Third Internationale Of Moscow, bolted
the Socialist convention here this morn
ing
The Communists on quitting the con-
vention formed the Italian Communist
party. which advocates violence if neces-
sary to attain its ends.
The vote on the question of joining
the Moscow Internationale and giving
adhesion to the principle OF revolution
by violence, the figures representing the
number of party members for whom the
delegates cast their votes, was as fol-
lows:
Socialists against adherence). 49,
241.
Communists (for adherence), $500.
After the announcement had been
made Amadeo Bordiga. leader of the
Communists. said: 1.-THE Communists
are not going to check up the votes, but
they know there were irregularities in
the voting We who are in the minority
are not going to accept this vote We
further declare that the attitude of the
majority places them outside the Third
Internationale. We prefer to adhere to
the Third Internatonale and TO remain
and fight the battle of the proletariat.
Therefore we announce that the Com
munists viii leave this hall and a new
Italian Communist party will be
formed"
The Communists heartily applauded
the remarks of Signor Bordiga and then
rose and sang loudly the "Internationale"
and then filed out OF the hall The So
calists, who remained quiet, then set to
work to wind UP the business of their
congress. The Socialist organization will
retain its newspaper, the treasury and
cooperative enterprises
The leaders of the new Communist
party will be Sig7lor Bordiga and Depu-
ties Bombacci and Graziadei. Graziadei
is professor, Bordiga is a young engi-
neer and Bombacci a school teacher
The Communists later elected an ex-
ecutive committee, which included Sig
nori Bombacci, Bordiga. Terracini and
Graziadei. After listening to greetings
from Communists of Bulgaria. England,
Norway and Switzerland, the Com
munists adjourned to meet in Milan,
which will be their headquarters within
three months.
The Socialists continued their session
and elected an executive committee. con-
ssting of Signori Turati, Serrat Bara-
tono. Bacci and Passigli. They then set
about to complete the details of their
organization.
Splits in the Socialist party, the rad
icals becoming affiliated with the Third
(Moscow) Internationale, have occurred
in France, Switzerland and Norway. An
other division of the party is expected
In Spain soon. In England the Labor
party defeated by substantial vote a.
proposal to subscribe to the twenty-one
demands by Moscow.
BERLIN, Jan. 21.-Communist MEN,
bers Of the Berlin City Council staged n
noisy demonstration when IL was an
nounced that DR.. Gustav Boess had been
elected Lord Mayor of the greater city.
They accused the Majority Socialists Of
"betraying Socialism," DR.. Boess re-
ceived ia votes against 95 cast for
Dr. Weyl. Independent Socialist. receiy-
ing the solid support of the Majority
Socialists in all the bourgeois factions
except members of the National Peoples
party. who Joined the Independent So
cialists and the Communists in support
ing DR.. Weyl