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 the same author advocates, as a matter of course, coalition and co-operation with the bourgeoisie.

During the election campaign, Turati himself addressed an appeal to the workers of the chemical industry, which was published in the French paper "La Vie Ouvrier," and reads as follows:—"Do not despair, brethren, do not let yourselves be beaten down or deceived. I swear to you that violence will not bring any gain to those who practice it. When the last roar of the storm will have passed, you will again be the strongest. … Do not listen to incitements, do not furnish any pretext for the same. Do not reply to abuses; be good, be patient, be saints. You have been all that for a thousand years; be it a little longer. Be tolerant; be compassionate; be forgiving. The less you meditate. vengeance, the more will you be avenged; and those who will let loose on you the infamy of Terror, will tremble before the work of their own hands. The war is still going on to-day, and will not die. It continues to fulfil its repugnant destiny and writhes in its agony. You, peasants of Italy, represent peace and labour, therforetherefore [sic] you have enemies; but you shall certainly attain victory. You are the future."

In regard to the above, Comrade Frossard who quotes this manifesto, makes the modest remark: "One sees that they are reformists of the purist type."See Sale, Mills.

One could hardly express the situation in a more moderate way. It was by means of such. election manifestoes that the elections were won, and such was the evolution of Serati's Party in 1921. I believe, comrades, that in view of the situation, it will be quite easy for us to pass a unanimous resolution on this question. Serati's Party is beginning to show signs of dissolution. Baratono has come forth with the demand that at least those people should be expelled who violated the discipline more than others. Serati was right there to oppose it. Baratono tried to publish an article on the subject, Serati did not