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...barely escaped the island where he had abetted the riots. Sicily was put under martial law, and the old Garibaldino Mauro, frenzied by the impertinence of upstart socialists, fared forth with his medals and pistols of 1860 to assist the state troopers. These unimaginative souls mistook him for a rioter, and shot him in a street fight...
Once, communists invaded the U. S. Consulate-General at Genoa and ordered the flag half-masted in deference to the funeral of a Red rioter. The Consul wired for instructions. The Ambassador replied in four words: "Keep the Flag flying." To a sophisticated generation this might seem melodramatic, affected. For Mr. Johnson it was the simple expression of a most passionate and unashamed patriotism. In the end it was the sneering young attaches and the hypercerebrated Latins who were stultified...