Every newspaper blandly declined to print a word without approval of the “Law and Order Committee.” Several newspaper men working on the case came secretly to us to whisper that they knew the men were innocent, but “for God’s sake don’t mention us!” One detective working for the prosecution told a member of the International Workers’ Defense League that the men were to be convicted on fake evidence, now being cooked up, but “not to let on who told you.” Only by keeping the men from having any defense could they be convicted, so the prosecution had the indecency to try to prevent any prominent lawyer from taking the case. A judge forced upon the principal defendant, fighting for his life, a greenhorn lawyer of one year’s experience. By making it clear to a prominent criminal lawyer that the accused are not guilty, we have gotten him, through a sense of justice, to take the cases for a fee much lower than his usual charge. But we have not even that much money. Twenty-one Thousand Dollars blood money is in the sight of the horde of ex-Pinkertons and United Railways detectives, and they will not give up their prey without a tough fight. The prisoners are in the hands of men who consider labor unionism in itself a crime. They are now proving this by making peaceful picketing a prison offense. We have demonstrated to many unions the innocence of the men and gotten them to send delegates to the League. We are not defending bomb throwers, but innocent men. They will be executed practically without trial if we don’t get the money to defend them. Send money, and much of it, QUICK, to the International Workers’ Defense League, Robert Minor, treasurer, 210 Russ Building, 235 Montgomery street, San Francisco. The Vers Libre Contest The poems published in the Vers Libre Contest are now being considered by the judges. There were two hundred and two poems, thirty-two of which were returned because they were either Shakespearean sonnets or rhymed quatrains or couplets. Manuscripts will be returned as promptly as they are rejected, providing the contestants sent postage. We hope to announce the results in our October issue, and publish the prize poems. —The Contest Editor. IN BOOKS Anything that’s Radical MAY be found at McDevitt’s Book Omnorium 1346 Fillmore Street and 2079 Sutter Street San Francisco, California (He Sells The Little Review, Too) The Truth From All Sides “_To understand all is to forgive all._” In an honest endeavor to present the truth about the great world war now raging, THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY authorized its London agent to obtain for publication in America books by eminent and reliable authors in all the belligerent states.