The Holly chieftain., 1922-11-09

IL SNN the strike against their will. for no
1 tc..N..:)J other object than to assist a po-
litical maneuver which the social
list deputies in the chamber endeav0red, without
success to effect suffering for their In
discretion In the dismissal and suspension from
employment of thousands of their members
Distrustfu of the leadership which prov oked
this calamity they are withdrawing from the Ital-
Ian Labor alliance and passing into new syn
dicaiist combinations which the socialist party for
the purpose of future proetarat action, will find
diff cult to control The situation points clearly
TO dissolution of the Italian socialist structure
and movement toward new foundations.
Even more important than the actual fact of
fhe socialist rout is the manner In which 1t was
brought about resort to armed force by the
bourseosie produced the debacle; not the armed
force Of the government but the force which the
bourgeosie created Of itself and for itself in the
Fascfss In short, EARNED bourgeOise," phe-
HorGenon novel to modern democracy is 1talys
most recent and special contribution to the sci
ence Of class war. 1t Is method of action which
cannot fail to stop strikes and crush any move
OF the proletariat toward bosheyism
An srmed bourgeosle takes MARKHAM socialism
at its word. accepts class a. reality and
at every opportune moment actually takes the
offensive. 1t rlshes in where the hestant angels
Of democracy fear to tread, and by swift organ
fzed strokes drives the enemy to cover-or into
the hospitals-and thus restores order, discipline
and industry.
An armed bourgeoisie presupposes, of course,
complete neutrality and nonnterference the
part of the government, that is to say, unlimited
freedom of action during the period of the crisis.
In fact IT, temporarily supplants government In
Italy the government, conveniently took
eion until the classes in opposition had settled
their dispute
For disinterested Observers the Italian expert
nnent of August l to August could not fail to
produce the conviction that, given an army of Its
own, independent of government authority, such
Qa no M
veloped In the Fascist, the bourgeoise of any
country need never fear the success of general
strikes Bolshevst agitatims. BY reason of
superior intelligence superior leadership, superior
freedom of action and resources, an armed bour-
geoisie can always win.
Consider, to begin with, the Fascistist move
ment: Fasclstlst leader thus defined 1t to the
writer: 'Jhs Fascistist movement is the awaken
Ing Of Italy to full sense of its own greatness
and destiny nation. Its appeal Is essentially
and always 10 the patriotism of the italian people
an ltalian people and it proposes at any cost,
at the cost of democratic conventions to
crush any tendency that may threaten to drag the
Italian people into the n,orass of socialism, boil
shevisn and internatiOnalism"
Except for the fact that 1t specifically names
socialism in its indictment, this program is old
Italy itself. One naturally marvels that old
idea could have aroused great reclame In
people recently emerged from the sophisti-
eating flames of European
The answer is to be found in the genera
ton oc italian youth; the youth that had Just
missed the and yet had shifted the fumes;
the youth that found itself upon the declaration
of peace hunting for organizing, ami
mating ideal, such as wars revolutions produce;
such as youth always hungers for; something for
which to shout, fight and die If necessary.
But the Of proetariat revolution In Italy
had not then and has not yet developed spOkes-
sufficiently eloquent and dramatic to capture
the ina ginntion of the Italian youth. Upon its
vision ct Fiume four years ago there did burst
skyrocket OF great brancy, but II pointed
I'm another direction: Gabrielle DAnnunziol Dan
nuuZiO had new ideal to Offer He had old
Edeal-Viva Italia which he made seem
through the force of his Imagination. fervor
and magnetism. And the youth of Italy respond
ed. This fresh outburst of patriotism found
objective In bolshevsm. and from the contact of
the Two hostile forces bourgeois nationalism and
pruietariat internationalism, Fascsmo was born
Eascisrio in every stage of its development natu
raIIy encountered the bitter opposition of the
socialists This opposition reached critical
stage in July last when the liberal democratic ele-
ments joined forces with the socialists in demand
ing suppressive measures against FascsIno, the
ground that Fascisno however patriotic in its in
tentions. had adopted a program of action openly
defiant of law. productive of Internal disorder,
and in direct contradiction to all the principles
and ideals OF democratic government.