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EDITORIAL The KIERV fROSS is published every Frhlay 'by The Fiery Cross Publishing Company, Indianapolis, and will maintain a Policy of staunch, Protestant Americanism without fear or favor. Kdited, not to make up peoples minds hut to shake up people's minds; to help mold active public opinion which will make America u proper place to live in. .News of truth kills more false news and shrivels up more ' bunk" than all the earnest arguments in the world. Truth helps to clarify opinions on suriou.j questions by SiTiUUM people. The FIKKY CROSS will strive to Rive the American viewpoint on published articles and separate the dross fscun the pure Kol,l in the current news of the day. The Fiery ro.M 1'ul llslili: t Co., inc., Publisher. Kntered as tremtd-rl:i?s nutter, July 2 1322, at the posu.f.i.-c at Indianapolis, Indiana, under the Act of Mar-ck 1. l s 7

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posinv,. program ,,f the Knights of the Ku Klux 1 Ian is: To li"..,,r the one Flag. To (ri.m..te the Public -Vhool. Vo M-ive tin- Protestant Cinirch. To liKiit for tiie sanctity of the Home. To promote respect for Law.

C?Mvovr VV rr( Cin -"rr las j ;n j:ccni nolitical camps." - Dr. Hiram W. Eans.

Th Xpw York FvAne "RMlWln. rf1 T 'onr - n Vi,- or nv-r fi Q

"VT.- T,,..ir f'w,. filing "--i-. fnrfVrip-t- T r, 1 nr-Vj cimb n f t 1 (- ' " t,,V, ft ,"q -? r-'M OT"1V,o th K'l rrnt eon-v nttarUpfl this nfTrn-n.Thnrfl, po-ralloti f nf rt 'inil ItV !-n -( ronvinM Th n t O -f-1v tf iVi'l

Brisbane Reasoning (?)

A RTHTTR BRISBANE, noted vrriter for Hearst, nrho Is blttei-lv onooprl fn A erlrilsm as V"f'rnrj'iflf' hv

! tn n!e-hts of tbp Ku TClni TClan. has aenln usfd hia ! column to n,orr)otp thewroyhinl nehool and- to declare that the T,nwr nravsr should he kent out of h puWic I school. Mr. "Wnr's artrtiment is rather feeWe. but I It pems that hl, otiPR nrp to nromotp. vhenovfr. ptwstMo. fh fptprcf, nf thP mrof.1l!r,1 Bhool. It ortl'V-nnt'J'-nt I that in nronvitf-i' th rtis of th mmr-Wal Bchool that ho east soTYiB rpftottop tioon th nnWie school. Thf TTa'-t -n-fiter rlfvlar"" that t" T.orrl's rrava part of i-oli?tnii nnl thm-efore p'oould not ho taticht or reneat" ir the rvhl!o c-hooipi. True ihp I,ord's riravp'is a nnrt of reli-ion all rhr!?tian relis-ion Bt least arirl for that reaon raTi rot ho counted sectarian. .Tnt v-hv Ame-lrnti rohool child-en phonld not renont the T.-rd"s nraver in school -oomn is not ouite clear. P.risJ.nne savs fba fh i, . fnx.)tigrn or thf,f favor. itfsm should rot he enn-'-n in pnhlic schools. TVhe.n n n-ritor stptes that fa-o-ttii-n is heinp shown when the T,ord's nraver is-repe-.ted. his reaEoninfr becomes more or Tost nharure. On the oor hind. ?.f f-tchann declares that naronts

shr,,,i ho to send their children to schools othr j than the p,.Mt, schools to fhcnls -whore rel'eion Is I tareht. It nit he np'-ed of atp p.-ichane why it is nec- ! r""v fo" narent. tn he frank. TJoman Catholics, ! altboue-h Tr. n-linr did pot sav those were the ones ' to whona ho vefc.T-rr.rt tn sonr their children to schools ; n-he-e thev re-"'v.-. reb'crious in"(ri:ctions? Tn other words. : If it is t!AT" for th" children of Roman Catholics to j receive roiir;ns instruction aside from that, received in thefr ohttreh. is it not necessary for th children of other' ! rrw, to reeoi--o rei.ious instructions from sources other' than that of the church? ; I Whether or not the Protestant ehilld needs relieious instruction other than, that received at home and at the ' Troestant church -,n,i Rpariv school it becomes evident : that iorricalH- follov-ine 1he cause Mr. Brisbane would hiv in fo'iov.-. tb--re would he no mtblic schools because all Parents would have their children in private schools eet- : finer a rp"-fn, vnt;ori oryg, Av,th ,nat of the thrpe i R's. Or. if Mr. Brisbane actually Mivn in the public school, he hoiteves the Protestant ehilld should he de- i . nied th r.rivw. nf repeating: the Lord's nraver or of1 honrinsr the Pihlo rp,H. while Roman Catholic children! i are era n ted that m-ivilepe uncVr Mr. Prishane's nrffument.' Summed un. however, the editorial hv the TTearst writer1 was merely to flaunt in th" faces of Protestant readers! the fact that the Roman aCtholic has rothine in common1 with the public school and that the Protestant has no rirht to expect or demand that their children he permitted to hear or repeat the Lord's -praver in their school rooms or to hear the Bihle read even thouerh no sectarian interpretation is triven to the passages read. The Bible is God's word. ,Vhy should Mr. Brisbane deny the rieht of children to hear it while in their school rooms when the reader of the pr.ssape makes no effort to influence the children in sectarian Interpretation? j "It Is wise." savs Mr. Brisbane, "to keen all religious teachings out of the public school;" Just why he ; doesn't sav. Op the other hand, one mitrht ask Mr ; Brisbane, why it isn't wise to keep it out of the parochial I school? ; It is noted, however, that Mr. Brisbane never poes I ir.to details when snreedinc his propaganda aerainst the Protes:.ant wav of din things and putting in a word; for Ivoman Catholicism.

THE FIERY CROSS

Tiie Outpost

OUK PLATFORM LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS

It would appear that thb puhlic at 'arge is now convinced that La Fol'ette is the man who put the Con in Wisconsin.

IRELAND IS NOW IN PEACE," SAYS A CAPTION ON A MAGAZINE .ARTICLE. A .MISTAKE IN SPELLING. NO DOUBT. THE CAPTION SHOULD HAVE HEAD, NO DOUBT 'IRELAND IS NOW IN PIECES"

A church paper says that Americans waste eighteen times as much as they trive to religion. Well, at that ratio, there are a lot of Americans who are. not wasting a very great deal. The round-the-world fliers have been dubbed the "Sunset Chasers." Up to this time they seem to be having as much luck as the "Rainbow Chasers."

MRSERV RHYMES UOV' TO DATE Sing a song of sixnence, ' rocket full of rye; 'Long comes a dry agent. Tell your friends goodbye.

Secretary Hoover in a recent address said the lobster catch this year is less than one-third that of thirtyyears ago. However, it is possible that Mr. Hoover didn't include -t-h operations of chorus girls in this particular line of endeavor. "The development of the automobile and good roads," says a magazine article, "has taken many Americans out into the great outdoors." The writer might have added, without straying from the truth, "the great beyond," also.

An animal trainer says he has a new way to train animals. Why not try it on road hogs?

Null: ''I read that the flsi supply l.s decreasing." Void: "Too bad a fisherman can't nnd as many busy lines .an the telephone subscriber,

t-..-,1 It- Mr -I"l e--Ore of the mut o"tta

f-t roc.'-" attention naid to Trer. 'inn is pa'rl to ArpeTca.

" T '(-a '-rw n bts remarkable is its "Trtter V,n " in which

f r n',,"t''t loters frr 1 ron''ft'c Pvo.-..4Q fi-n-n a few o tt-""-p letters w!1 t-p reader rn rt fl,nra0t. 0f the nn r and those who rea'1 t rnl' fiMnff a-' a fnw PT"nrTi f--o-n letters prit. r t rbo "7,010- Pov" feT-iq v-lth 41irt-rt which will ptvr, c t.'o-, o where ihe thou-rhts of its American(?) l-lil.'n' - " ' )r .,1,. ;,T o" lttor- 0( cof t ' n a1 v nlt;,"f1:iren-- - ' r i y, ti p-o Pttish t'-ers and politicians." '1 t -.-p-'., r,i s'j.-q another WT'i'r "wi a poor countrv t' " r,jjt,i io jii Ite-iiV to It .a tliM- nr" to Ireland." O f r. thc1- "tolerant" w;hscr'bri'"'- n-r-ttos as follows't re'1'! a lMoi- s'ened bv one P'a'-eH- who deias the Ir-ut! I T--ooi(. to meet h'm and T know a few n-oe Tin "-,"'ft i;l-e to do ro. Any time he sends his address td an apnoir ' mpnt between T p. -. and 7 n. m. T wi'i o.-,r:(ntce to V.: fiiere. hot ha had hettar n-ako rM;.... .'; tc, n la:rtifa! in ndmce. Tf that bird ctimed h;-'- te V. no! worth hn'.I-'iPT he would still be Sti' a--'.t-r c-ijtscr:he- writes" "T sent a letter adrl,.,.... rt to Pa- o'P-ien. 17d Fast pecond s-eet Brooklyn. The i.ho-e -ddres- was ntihlish1 in The Bu'letin of Alii""'1 -1 no that t!-.oe interested could see who the Pat i ; .are." "In ri a 'rtr P. A.. Postello's nnoloy for the Free Staters I v.-a- -tr-t.-k bv 'he fact that It anpe.ars that he is ct the -a mentality as the r'netra.des he strives to f.v-:,s. ('ec'.arrs yet another letter writer to the Bulletin. pot on" more ercerpt from a let' or will serve. In this sm.u! oa'o to irvo an idea to whom the Bulletin is aptieallt-ir and Its mission in the pewspaner (? field. "But nccordine to reports from Ireland." the writer say:; "their day is poparently drawing to a close. God frr.ant that It may come roon." One in a great while the Bulletin has an editorial which do'-s not laud Al Smith, praise Ireland or boast Roman C.a t ho'iotsm. and yet neither slander the Klan. denounces England nor attacks Henry Ford. An excerpt from one of 'liese chance editorials mlht be Interest int:. It follows: "A New York rahbl assails defense day. Now he. will he called a traitor by a lot of o'd childless women who want the celebration rn that they mav pi.rade throUfh the i-treets carrying n.artlotie banners." Tito Bulltln cot off the teafen editor4.nl track and forfcit its praise of Titmninnv lone eno-jgh to bitterly arraign Judge I,andls when ho barred "froni organized base ball two men. Dnlan and O'Connell. because they were found to have been mixed up in a deal to bribe a player on an opposing team to throw games to the New Yo-k National Loa.cue Team. The Bulletin scathingly denounced .liif'ro l.andis for his effort to keep the national game free from corruption and graft The names of the players were Dolan and O'Connell. which may emphasize the Bulletin's attitude toward Judge Landin in this instance Yes the New York Bulletin is "unalterably opposed" to the I;,, Klux Klan. But then, the Klan is for America fir" laat. nnd nil the time. The Bulletin, however, neems more interested in matters that interest the foreigner, and concern other countries. The Bulletin's Bvrr.MOTi to the Klan is easily comprehended, and the Kl.tn iost as Is nn individual, is known by the enemies It makes And. in this particular case, may be Justly proud of thhj so-called newspaper being its deadly enemy.

The march of the Pace hfr leen from the Hast toward the W est. Its migration to this hemisphere marks its completion around the globe. "Here in America the Race : must make its last stand. Shall it be Hamitic, Semitic, ! or Japhetic? j

Freedom of religion?" Yes! But not sect monopoly Sectarianism may be religious, but Religion is broader than s -ctPrianism. Freedom of religion Is freedom from sectarianism in government, no matter the sect KeeD church and state divorced.

trd.l, f I'" " ' '' e(1 nl S3.000.000 cam- - r n f,lfl frOTT1 la,,OI. ht! wm uo doubt 'J "V?71! in a f"W moro heotic speeches. It leKes tvd hot dollars to run a red campaign.

It n;vtr pays to argue about truth

"'""t the Klan which is a clear er.

so why argue

pression of truth?

In

denouncing bigotry, intolerance an,l

as alien to the spirit of America, the presidential candidates are only advancing the position held bv the Klan h:ch '1!::l!,.v H,lr! P-werfully denounces the same things'

When the Holy Name Society met in Washington recently, the treasury bullding was surrounded by mariner, with fixed bayonets. Compliment to the members of the society inasmuch as the government wished to show the Holy Nnmers that the treasury was "wholly" protected. VIA THE CINCINNATI ENQUTRER ONE LEARNS THAT JAMES O. BELL TS SUING A FORMER FIANCEE FOR THE RETURN OF A DIAMOND RING. ARE WE TO ASSUME THAT BELL WILL BE A DUMBBELL UNTIL HE GETS HIS RING BACK?

"Germany now waves a promissory note." says a ner.-spaper writer. 'Well, she can't wave a sword as usual and she has to wave something. Unfortunately she is waiving payments mostly.

Friday, October 24, 1924

OTESTANTS, ROMAN CATHOLICS ID IHE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

A World Menace Political Rome

Wm

Americanisms

By John Eight Point

George the Third tried to throttle America, but Cod raised up Minute Men who trusted Him and kept their lH-der dry. Brewers and allied interests tried to throttle America, but God raissed up Public School Teachers who trained a generation of voters. Boss Rule and Machine Politics have tried to throttle America, but God Mill lives and Americans only shall be on guard.

Love, The Klanish Tie VYK "V" ,J r,Dpvini'' Kome master rules our lives. Our W 'nly liberty U the choice of a master. To substitute r higher obligation for a lower one is the only Klannish wa;. to progress. The slave of todav are galley-rowers In th" ships of pride, injustice, prejudice, and selfishness. They only are free who have eocaped ignoble passions and Intere Us and live under the scepter of unselfish thought and fraternal action. The trti Klannman is mastered by the hope of perviee to nwi and to race. He Is overpowered bv the grandeur of his celestial vision. He dreams of spiritualizing and cleansing every avenue of government and the social life l.tiilt upon government. In his picture, life takes on worth eolely through, the exchange of lesser virtues for Breater virtues. Itve is the fellowship that binds him to his brothers and to the humanity hs servss. He keeps In mind these quotations from his Book of Books: "Whosoever rommitteth sin is the servant of sin. . . If the Hon Fhall make you free, ye shall be free Indeed." Liberty to the Klansman means freedom from vitlatln social and governmental Indulgences. His new America Is an old America founded In Justice and righteousness In his eyes, obedience to the laws of his country and to the Bible of Ms forefathers constitutes allegiance to a afe master, tnd defines his program for general growth nd prosperity.

A Revelation REPORT a few weeks ego from Kteubenville. Ohio states that certain ofTV'Ms hd rc-oked a permit clven the Km K1"t Klarr M.r which Kiansmen might hold a narao-e p opined that this action was taken been, .00 Th ?on, f Ttslv demanded it and threatened to creMe a oMsturbance if the Kiansmen attempted to march. Tt m-eht be stated here that a man. to become a member nf , Italian organization must be able to sneak Italian fluently. This information is given so that nil might realize fully that The Sons of Italv Is wholly an alien organization. The whole matter summed up Is. that American citizens were, refused the rie-ht to parade because a foreign organisation within the borders of our own country said it would create a riot if these Protestants Americans attempted to hotd a parade. One might readilv ask why the oftVials did not take action against the Italians Instead of the Americans? The situation at Stuebenville is not an isolated case in fact it is but fvie of many like incidents in the United SMfes. Foreigners, alien organizations and un-American influences dictate what an American may do. and what he m.av not do. From all' parts of the country come tales of Kiansmen being shot down; Klan parades stopped and persecution of Protestant Americans in manv ways. Behind the scenes of these outrages, which include, the lwmhing of Protestant churches, the attacking of women and many other violent acts, is the Roman corporation which is in ftrct fighting Protestantism while striking from behind the camouflage of "war on the Klan." The reader should ever keen in mind that this fleht beinp; carried on now aerainst the Klan and Protestantism is not the rnlt of the formation of the Klan bat is a, revelation which lias followed the formation of the Klan Tn other words, the tactics now being employed against the Klan and Protestantism aptly depict the sentiment held by the Roman hierarchy. These acts give proof of vhat the Roman hierarchy will resort to in its fight to throttle all progress and any movement to which It Is opposed. Are Americans whether Kiansmen or non-Klansmen ready to submit to the dictates of a foreign potentatewilling to drift into a lethargy the result of which Is that Insults by aliens in this country must be endured' Are those Americans who are not Kiansmen going to join hands with the foreigners in this country to tell public offijcials that they will not permit an organization, composed of native-born Americans, to parade along American streets? Unfortunately, it Is quite true that the dally press is misleading the public in regard to the Klan. but it does not seen, possible that the reading public can longer fail to see that it is always foreigners, or Roman Catholic's who lend these attacks on the Klan. In this connection it might be well to inform the reader that in one metropolitan newspaper, published in Buffalo, an eight-column headline appeared over the Steuhenville news. The headline read: "Police Ready to Curbe Klan Riot." The police were ready to curb a Klan riot! The headline was carried over the news that The Sons of Italy had declared they would break up a parade of Protestant Americans by force. Italian Roman Catholics in America boldly announced to public officials that they would not permit Protestant Americans, who had been granted permission by these same authorities to do so, parade alone the streets of their own city ! And these public officials took no action against tha foreigners, but set about to revoke the permit Issued to the Protestant Americans. It does not take a vivid imagination to glimpse a vision of what would happen to Protestants In America should the Roman hierarchy grain much power In our country. But the wonder of it all Is that Protestant Americans can stand idly by and see this state of affairs without lifting a hand to aid those valliant souls who would stop the Roman corporation In its deadly mission of assuming complete control of our country! "Police Ready to Curb Klan Riot" (?) From the context of the story appearing under that headline, it would appear that the riot -was threatened by The Sons of Paly.

WniTEItS OF'TFZX SPEAK OK THE "DIM CATHKDRAL" RATHER AN APT PHRASE, 0 NT YOU THINK f Of course, there are a few people who never feel Klannish until they get into a tight place.

Every American citizen, male or female, ought to get as far into politics as the voting booth.

i No fraternity is worth a row of pins if it doesn't make its members better American citizens.

The Klan and Aliens You may put it down in your note book that the Klan objects strenuously to the foreign-born citizen who seeks to decide' American questions in such a way as to favor foreign nations or for a "foreign reason." If such an one be Irish, English!, Japanese. Italian, Russian, German 'or Hungarian, he must pause and quickly decide to reserve his strength and his best efforts for America alone. The Klan bitterly resents the abuse of American citizenship. If that be the wrong attitude, all Kiansmen are wrong and the only citizens who are -ight are those who would tear Old Glory from the roof of the republic.

Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of articles under this-head; the fourth will follow next week. (By An Episcopal Minister)

AURICE FRANCIS EG AN, a Roman Catholic

Bi-uomr ana authority on international diplomacy, who has opportunities for obtaining accurate information unsurpassed, in the August number of lsoi -, v.t

. . -- - -ul vuiuiijuin, says: ,tvcn ln tne-present enlightened state of public opinion, the British Government would not dare to accept a nuncio for the reason that general opinion in most countries has not yet learned to recognize that a diplomatic representative of the Papal Court has no authority over bishops, that he is sent with no unusual spiritual powers, and that it is no more necessary for him to be a priest than it is for a cardi,J ,b,f a Priestl and that his Position is largely political. Here is a confession that the papacy is in international politics, and also the following Rome dispatch in the ashington Times of April 5. 1922, which stated that the pope has sent a note to the sponsors of the Genoa conference complaining because he had not been given a larger voice in international affairs, and especially because he had been shut out of the international conferences. His note of complaint was reported in these words: "Rome. April 5. The Vatican is seeking to partake actively in international politics, according to information received today from an authoritative source "Furthermore, it is understood that the note protests because the Vatican has not been allowed to take a direct part in the international political conferences." Italy is the country primarily responsible for forcing the pope out of the political conferences of the civil powers. Italy excluded h-im from both conferences at The Hague. This caused the Vatican to redouble Its covert activities against Italy and her allies during the World Vv'ar. Italy then is the one country that should and does most thorougly know and valuate the papal svstem and all its works best. For some fifteen centuries the sovereign pontiff has been enthroned in the heart of Italy and under his always grinding, usually cruel, and often monstrous despotism, the ancient glory and greatness of Italy faded and her people suffered the worst government of ancient, medieval, or modern times. Small wonder that Italy hates the Vatican, Its crowned autocrat, and most of its works. The World War gave added and just grounds for intensifying that hatred. The Italian government and people will long and well remember the clerical treachery that sought the annihilation of Italy in the interest of the reigning house of Austria in the terrible debacle of Caporetto. By what right then should the pope sit among the nations in political conference? Does he admit that he is a political potentate? If so and the Vatican is a member of the family of nations, then can his enthroned hierarchy, his clergy, and his' hundred millions of subjects justly claim the rights of citizenship in the other nations of the earth? The fact that his - status is puzzling is due to the dual capacity in which he vacillates before the world, professing religion but practicing politics. International Policies of the Papacy The papacy is In international politics. It claims to be the one authority to which all other states should be subject. It has a well thought out policy through which it hopes to accomplish its sinister purpose. The following is a masterly statement of the situation by one of the most eminent diplomats and International scholars in this or any country, and further he is one whose opportunities for obtaining accurate ,and reliable information are unsurpassed. Troubled times are always vhe times of greatest papal activity. The period of unrest following the World War has encouraged the Vatican to enter upon

one of the most elaborate programs of international intrigue wnieh has ever been undertaken even by that energetic organization. Not only have the times furnished the opportunity, but also the loss through the overthrow of the Hapsburg Kmpire has stimulated the effort to find compensation for this loss in some other liela. After the close of the great war the papacy had three great and four minor projects for the increase or those who opposed it. T.e ,mSt immedIe 'of the major plans although in the long run the ieaat important of the three was the extension of Roman Catholicism through a large part of Russia by the annexation of the Ukraine to Poland and the crushing of the Greek Orthodox Church so greatly weakened by the Bolshevist attacks throughout this whole region. It is hoped in this way to add twenty million inhabitants of this strategic region to the Roman Church and to create a great Koman Catholic Empire of fifty million in the vry center of Europe. " The secona and third of the major projects must be considered together. The backbone of the Protestant world and of resistance to Papal tyranny has been and is the two great Anglo-Saxon countries. The ?a" hopes t0 break thi3 opposition bv destroy ing the British Empire and making the United States a Roman Catholic nation. The campaign to make the United States a Roman n! ! m?"' iS proceedinS along three distinct ines (1) Teaching by the Roman church that it is the duty of all Roman Catholic women to bear the greatest possible number of children and educate them in the parochial schools and opposing public school eau cation. Even a casual study of the school situation in the larger cities where Roman Catholic political influence is either dominant or even strong, will be enlightening Take for example, the City of New York, where the school system for a considerable period of years has been largely or almost wholly controlled by Catholic influence. A comparatively few years ago, there was a seat in a public school for every child of school age m the City. Today the schools of the City ara yery largely on what is known as part time, that is to say, m many sections there are two, or even three children for one seat in a public school. The children attend school alternately at different periods of the i and ther ways' U would sef that a concerted effort had been carried on for years to cripple, stifle and smother the public school system. In the k the ,?arochiaI "-tools have grown bv leaps Su?Uth untllVflnaU'- the ery powers which have caused the present condition in the public schools use the argument that more parochial schools are necesscnoop6, thr !nadefluate facilities of the public schools. Rather Jesuitical argument, nevertheless it woh'h"0 J"."1'-. DUFinS ,his pei'iod' however, the Tiorld s richest city had experienced no great difficulty in raising adequate money for streets, fire protection WhTnotT .Ker expen8,v brah" of government: h,t Z f h,S PUbliC SCh00ls' which are fl"t and last the foundation stones of our system of government? Why the discrimination? What is behind of(Romffanrt n ?v, the greateat Possible number of Roman Catholics to emigrate from Europe to the tinted States, which involves opposition of the Roman church to all bills restricting immigration; and (3) an attempt to secure the annexation to the United States n3 aS PSSible f the Roman Catholic territory lying to the south of the United States (l)TAn UeS(f the6 PapaCy at prese (1) An attempt to restore Slovakia to the Magyars bv creating hostilities between the Czechs and the Slovaks through the activities of the-Roman priests. (2) To destroy or cripple the new kingdom of the Serbs Croates. and & by stirring up separatist move ments among the latter two races by enlisting religious and racial prejudices. (3) An attempt to unite the Greek Orthodox Church of Roumania" to the " Catholic Church through the efforts of members of the United Greek Church in Roumania. memDe!S of

A Gentle Hint The "dry law violator" who was recently sentenced to two years in the workhouse will have ample time to study the constitution in the evenings. Possiby a little study of the same document will help some of the violators yet uncaught to value the Klannish suggestion that "honestyIs the best policy" and that a lawbreaker should have no place in the sun of the commonwealth.

Foreljrn Bus's, Too This is a "buggy" natiun. Entomo!-' ogists declare that the hugs damageour crops to the tune of $2,000,000,000 a year. And it happens, too. that the most destructive of these bugs are immigrants or descendants of alien hugs. They are bolshevists by nature for, as soon as they arrive in this country, they begin to destroy whatever they find here. The gypsy moth, the Japanese beetle and the boll weevil, worst of all, are mere examples of importations to our great injury. If there were no bug enemies to fight, the farmer would have much greater crops, fruit would never be stung if not sprayed. We'd have more to eat than we do, if frost, drought or flood did not come along to do the work of destruction. Even without bugs there would be risk in plant growing and the bugs add greatly to the hazard. When the earth's population becomes more dense it may be that necessity will require that bugs be entirely eliminated in order that there may be enough to eat. Thus it appears that all sorts of aliens, including bug aliens, are better for us when barred from the United States. For our own safety it is wise to let foreign insects, big and little, alone! The Prlre of Liberty The Klan believes in the loyal American people and in our government. It is not willinfT to turn the country over to the Trotzkies or "their American cousins, who, while aretendiner to safeguard the public "velfare, are secretly echeminsr to tn'ermine this country and its institutions, sa that through the b.ick door they can more easily drag; in social-

CURRENT COMMENT

By FELIX FREE

Politicians in the big cities are beginning to understand that elections are not decided by the "cave dwellers" of the metropolis. They are decided in the homes, on the countryside, where the American heart beats ln unison with the best thought, the most exalted patriotism and the highest ideals.

Another Kansas man Is out to free that State from the "disgrace of the Ku Klux Klan." This time William Allen White volunteers to complete the Job that Governor Henry J. Allen didn't finish. White has formally filed as a candidate for Governor on an Independent ticket. One of these days that Emporia editor, who has evidently not taken the pains to examine official Klan literature, may recover from the anaesthetic so skillfully administered by unscrupulous newspaper propaganda. Then he will be heartily ashamed of himself and the things he is saying about the Klcn.

- Under the stringent soviet regime Inearly 2,000,000 Russians have been put to death. A large number of the executions were of the professional 'class, lawyers, doctors, professors and scientists. They committed the one crime that Communists cannot 'endure. They thought for themselves.

Protestants of Oklahoma are recalling the insults offered by Jack Walton !duringr his campaign for the nomination for United States Senator. Walton ln one of his speeches referred to Protestaht ministers of that State as "'dirty Ku Kluxers." The impeached Governor has much to learn.

Now is a fine time for all good Kiansmen to sit steady in the boat. Swashbucklers and piratical politicians are already attempting to edge in !and create dissension within our ranks. Will we let them do it?

As late as August 24, when about every other newspaper In the land had ;become c6nvlnced that the Van Loon case was a "frame-up" and a closed Incident, the Arizona Republican run

a picture showing how the minister had been "branded" by a lawless mob, presumably Kiansmen.

"The province of a newspaper is not to flood homes and offices with streams of filthy details of crime and vice," observes The Pasadena StarNews. Pretty good Klan talk for an outsider.

Seven times has China rotested to Tokio against Japan's strict limitation of Chinese laborers entering her domain. China insists that Japan should not raise the bar against her laborers, inasmuch as Japanese laborers are now free to enter China without any limitation whatever. Boy! page Ambassador Hanihara.

A California acquaintance suggests that several of Hiram Johnson's Scottish Rite friends might be able to tell him what alls the Senator.

"If the truth were known about the Ku Klux Klan it would be looked up to as a body of patriots." This Is what Henry Ford said he didn't say. If Ford ever takes the time or the trouble to look Into the matter, what the Montreal Star said Henry said will be more than emphasized.

"No one can deny that the American criminal has better than an even break," remarks the Long Beach Telegram. "We are a people of volatile sentimentality." The Klan desires to reverse this order of things. Kiansmen want honest men to have much the better of it in the break. This is precisely what the Klan is fighting for respect for, obedience to and insistence upon complete compliance with the law.

Are we to wholly disregard in this campaign the events of 1917 and 1918? Senator La Follette's "war record" is spread upon the pages of the Congressional Record. The archives of Congressional committees point their accusing finger. His speeches in 1917 and 1918 gave comfort, if not aid, to the enemy. Theodore Roosevelt, before his death, condemned Senator La. Follette's attitude. In a paper entit-

Ik f Colonel Roosevelt docliredl that senator La Follette belongs iai n fuy a?d U is a pit- lle -'annot be; ?;en,torerT ll ,has been staleJ tt. torfh La Follee in Roosevelt's: worthy successor as leader of the proeressive cause. If living today. Roose-I Pol ipmVW beihe flrst 10 repudiate L Follette's candidacy.

One million six hundred thousand, oters are eligible to cast a ballot inCalifornia next November.

Kiansmen should give all the aid they possibly can to organizers of-th Junior Klan. In a short time we will be gone. The responsibility of the. Republic and the perpetuation of true American Ideals will then rest upon, the shoulders of growing boys and: girls of 'today.

The picking in other countries is getting to be mighty slim. The Vatican would like to get Its fingers on Ve.J"esources and tremendous wealth of the United States. Hence the wordi went out "Make America Predom nantly Catholic." t"

It appears to be a favorite Indoor sport in certain sections of the United1 States . to "hit the Klan." other movements have been hit as hard perhaps, but they succeeded. The Klan

uiumyii. cut mere is lots hard work ahead for ready hands.

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A hard winter" has been predicted-! This being a presidential year, soma party will experience a hard fail dur-1 ing the opening days of November. NOW QUITE A CITY A heading in a Detroit newspapersays, "1.118,00 Live in City Proper"' In view of the vast thousands wlioi "yGtapetron Improperly, the home of the flivver must be fast approach-i ing the two million mark In population.

"Provocation," says the Literary Pi-i f.est'. ,."ateo means o 'incite to action. p yon suppose than sometime in the future somebody cou!d provoke Congress? A Mrs. Rope, in Memphis, is asking, that her marriage be annuled on account of her husband's family "hav-: Ing ujed undue influence ln getting her to marry him.' In other words,' she was roped in. -

Ism and bolshevism the concept of disordered minds." But it takes a great deal of faith to see beyond the welter of selfish

ness to the peaks of principle. Huge blocs live according as they are taughtV

oy me ignorant and the rapacious. Faction fights faction for a dollar. The school system is disordered by parochial and priestly Interest. Commerce Is dominated by conscienceless

Jewish money. Religion-is a prey to conflicting doubts and despairs. The whole public fancy is often disorganised by sudden rushes of bad political propaganda. Socialism, paternalism and officialism vitiate common judgment and demand toll at the very bar of justice. There Is only one course to pursue. If we hope to keep our vision safe. The Democratic platform of 1876 de

manded "that eternal vigilance which is the price of liberty." The Klan of today demands the same vigilance of American citizens that our "price of liberty" may be paid assents patriots. If we keep our dream of. liberty, we. the Klan, standing for the rights of the people, must preserve It as did our fathers of old. Vigilance is not only the price' of liberty, it is tods the priee of safety.