New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-03
ltaly's SLenine'
lis Driven From
Pillar to Post
Misiano, Member of Parlia-
ment, Not Daring to En-
ter Chamber, Is Chased
From Town to Town
Expulsion Is Demanded
Letter Admitting He Is Rus
sian Citizen Disqualifies
Him, Says Roman Press
rrom a Special Correspondent

lures of Deputy Misiano, who veal
ago. after the amnesty to deserter:
accorded BY the Nitti government, cam,
to Italy with the idea of heading tn
italian Bolshevik revolution. Their
looked upon as imminent and certain
and becoming the Italian Lenine. wa
becoming a byword in the Italian
press.
Deputy Misiaao no longer dares Sc,
foot inside the Italian Chamber TO,
fear of being hooted down bv his col
leagues; he cannot comfortably sit a,
q table IN cafe in Rome. Turin O,
Genoa without being insulted; if he
is seen in a theatcr he is immediately
pulled out of his seat and hustlec
away; If caught in the street in an,
strange town and recognized by fas
c'sti he is instantly escorted to tn,
railway station, packed into q third.
class compartment of any train and
told to 60. and can be glad if he is al
lowed te~~escape without a black eye
or. swollen cheeks
Aisiano was on the Bolshevik list
OF candidates for the elections eight
cen months ago in the Genoa district
but st that time he did not live in
Genoa He resided abroad in Ger
many, or Switzerland: was always
found in the company of Bolsheviki
or 'Spartacists, and took orders from
tennc' and Trotzky as a martyr and
missionary of the Bolshevik faith.
During the war ne had not been keen
on answering his country's call to
aims and that is why he is designated
on the army list as a "deserter." AS
such he stood as candidate in Genoa,
and to the surprise of many, and per-
~
with others OF the Socialist and Boil
shevik parties.
Granted Amnesty, Finally
Enters Rome Triumphantly
Misiano's next difficulty was how to
enter Italy without being immediately
arrested and courtmartialed by the
military authorities. But 'paternal
hint from the Nitt government gave
him to understand that nc would not
be ARRESTED. He actually proceeded to
Genoa with a safe-conduct in due form,
and. far from being molested, he was
received with ovations in the BolshevilS
meeting rooms with a guard OF cara
hfHieri at the door. Soon after a bill
Of general amnesty for all .deserters
was passed by the Nitt government,
and Misiano, now entitled to be recog-
nized as fuli-fledged Deputy in the
Italian Parliament, made an almost
triunfphal entry into Rome.
Since then Misiano has been a leading
figure in many a Bolskeyik meeting
He. was present at numerous riots, made
violent speeches in and out of Parlia-
-ment, helped to hoist the red fae
over many a Bolshevik meeting place
and town hall and was consumed wit!
burning desire to see the Russian
RO1S hoEjk rarOlr1tjrc I'D 10,
newspaper in Naples, the Mattino
started q fierce campaign against him
revealing innumerable alleged misdeeds
when abroad, which excited Misiano's
indignation. A law suit followed an!
the case was heard the very week the
steamer Ancona, with Bolshevik box
of gold aboard. arrived at Naples
{. The surprise as to the Bolshevik gold
about which every tongue began wag-
ging. was overshadowed the day after
by the revelations in the Misiano case
"A letter was read in the court which
caused even Misiano himself to i'm
med'ately flee from Naples. 1t is real
history, not operetta. Misiano, while
in prison in Berlin about eighteen
months before, after he had taken part
In Spartacist riot, wrote to a friend
to whom he poured out the Utmost
feelings of his Bo,shevik soul.
You know" he wrote to his friend
that l have always two strings to nv
bow, and one of them in the presen mt
case is that | have been naturalized
Russian subject for the last two years.
! want to make use of that when occa-
sion requires. and if it can help to get
me out Of prison one of these days we
must think of it."
Driven From Genoa and
Turin by Fascist Mobs
The Mattino, OF course, printed the
letter in full, which, besides, had beer
submitted to Misiano in court and ad-
mitted by him to be authentic Misci-
ano was at once nicknamed the Rus
sian Deputy" and his name thereafte,
was printed with Russian termina.
tipn.
IS Misianoff" became his nickname, and
he was greeted by it in every paper he
opened to read. He fled from Naples
but in Rome his colleagues advised him
to avoid appearing in the Chamber.
). He took train for Genoa, but the
morning he arrived his tribulations as
character worthy of public attention
began. He was hustled out of q cafe
driven out of his hotel, expelled from q
theater, and when he tried to escape
by train he was chased from compart-
ment4 to compartment, till the carabi-
-nieri finally took pity on him and gave
him protection by sitting alongside
him. Misiano or, as he is now dubbed
."Misianoff," who had for years abused
and -uespised the police and carabinieri
feels Safe to-day only when he can
travel in their company
= He was in hiding for several days,
then turned up in Turin and appeared
at Socialist meeting in the local
Labor Exchange. At midnight he was
accompanied to his hotel by detach-
ment of royal constables, carabinieri
and about 100 Red Guards. 1t formed O
regular parade, which was bound to at
tract attention, and at the hotel door
DC WAS recognized by a company of
fascist, who immediately demanded his
surrender. There was lively scuffle,
the Red Guards fed and the royal con-
stables alone held their ground to pro-
tect the Deputy. Msiano barricaded
hsIfsef in the hotel and finally was
allowed to pass the night there, with
ar occasional serenade from the IA
iscistis who kept watch till morning.
. AT 8 O'Clock he wished to go to the
Labor Exchange and telephoned to the
Police Headquarters for an escort of
police, royal constables and carabi-
pieri. The chief of police himself came
with train of trucks containing cara
bineri, armed constables and detectives
and q car with machine guns. With
this paraphernalia Of war the Deputy
proceeded to the Labor Exchange.
= The fascist followed, and before long