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labour, as the party in power, has made laws unjust 

 to capital. In many countries lack of access to 

 the land results in widespread unemployment and 

 suffering. All over the world the barriers to 

 commerce prevent a rational development of 

 resources and the employment of labour in those 

 activities in which it would be most productive. 

 Rapid increase of population should increase the 

 demand for commodities, and labour-saving in- 

 ventions go hand in hand with new needs. The 

 pathological situation of inadequate demand for 

 labour is always a direct product of injustice. 



Since, then, happiness can only be attained by 

 universal justice, and universal justice means the 

 organization of all mankind, such organization 

 must be the most immediate and most imperative 

 need of our age. But most men act on precisely 

 the contrary principle. Even politicians and 

 statesmen consider perpetual anarchy the supreme 

 good and cry, "My country right or wrong." 

 Is it not true that the highest patriotism demands 

 justice? That the interest of vStates is not to 

 preserve their "sovereignty," nor to prolong the 

 reign of anarchy, but to advance the federation of 

 the world? It is not an impracticable vision. 

 All that is needed for its realization is an apprecia- 

 tion of its actual advantages. The eight great 

 Powers dominate the world. If they once lead the 

 way, the others will follow. If they once resolve 

 no longer to tolerate military aggression as they 

 no longer tolerate piracy, the rest of the world 



