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In 1919 he was traveling on the railroads in Italy, carrying a square of oilcloth from the headquarters of the party written in indelible pencil and saying here was a comrade who had suffered very much under the Whites in Budapest and requesting comrades to aid him in any way. (1)

The story's opening sentence immediately clues us into the comrade's group of belonging: He's a communist-in-need. Do you think the comrades would help him if he weren't identified as belonging to their international community?

He had no money, and they fed him behind the counter in railway eating houses. (1)

Apparently the "ticket" works: The commies have a heart for their fellow commie, and our protagonist survives his travels thanks to their good graces.

"But how is the movement going in Italy?" he asked. (4)

The comrade is very eager to learn the status of the Communist Party's activity in Italy. Even as he just passes through the country, he feels a pull toward his comrades.

In spite of Hungary, he believed altogether in the world revolution. (3)

The comrade isn't just a member of the Communist Party—he's a full-blown believer in its potential. Sweet, right?

I wrote out for him where to eat in Milano and the addresses of comrades. (8)

When they part, the narrator offers the comrade information so that he can continue to make use of the network of comrades. The narrator, then, is just one of many whom the young man will lean on along his way.