e collective property
of the people, and if a little baby should be born that baby would be as
much an owner of the earth as any other of the children of men. Then the
war, the commercial struggles, the clashes between groups of conflicting
interests, will be a night-mare of the past. In the place of capitalism
with its one class working and its other class enjoying, in the place of
the wages system with its strife and strikes, lockouts and grinding
poverty, we will have a co-operative system where the interests of one
will be to promote the interests of all--that will be Industrial
Democracy."

Thompson explained the meaning of the sarcastic song, "Christians at
War," to the evident amusement of the jury and spectators. The witness
was then asked about Herve's work on anti-patriotism in this question by
attorney Moore:

"What is the attitude of your organization relative to internationalism
and national patriotism?"

"We object to that as incompetent and immaterial," cried Veitch of the
prosecution.

"What did you put this book in for then?" said Judge Ronald in a testy
manner as he motioned the witness to proceed with his answer.

"In the broader sense," answered Thompson, "there is no such thing as a
foreigner. We are all native born members of this planet, and for the
members of it to be divided into groups or units and to be taught that
each nation is better than the other leads to clashes and the world war.
We ought to have in the place of national patriotism--the idea that one
people is better than another,--a broader conception, that of
international solidarity. The idea that we are better than others is
contrary to the Declaration of Independence which declares that all men
are born free and equal. The I. W. W. believes that in order to do away
with wars we should remove the cause of wars; we should establish
industrial democracy and the co-operative system instead of
commercialism and capitalism and the struggles that come from them. We
are trying to make America a better land, a land without child slaves, a
land without poverty, and so also with the world, a world without a
master and without a slave."

When the lengthy direct examination of Thompson had been finished, the
prosecution questioned him but five minutes and united in a sigh of
relief as he left the stand.

The next witness called was Ernest Nordstrom, companion of Oscar Carlson
who was severely wounded on the Verona. Nordstrom testified