Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1924 — Page 4

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THE FIERY GROSS

EDITORIAL The HKKV (HONS in published every Friday by T!ie 1'iery Cross Publishing Company, Indianapolis, and will maintain a Policy of staunch, Protestant Americanism without fear or favor. Kdited, not to make up people's minds but to shake up people' minds; to help mold active public opinion which will make America a proper place to live in. News of truth kills more false nous and shrivels up rw.rc 'bunk" than all the earnest arguments in the world. Truth help8 to clarify opinions on serious questions by I'ilHIf people. Tin- VIEnv moss will strive to give the American viewpoint on published articles and separate the dros? from the pure gold ia the current news of the day.

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VI it" positive program f the Knights of 111 Ku Klux K 1 a ii is: To honor the one Flag. To promote the Public School. To serve the Protestant Church. To tight f,,r the sanctily of the Home. To promote respect for Law.

Mr. Matthew's Apology ON'K KK.U1S many "arguments" against tlso Ki.in. if he ir n constant newspaper reader. "Scathing de nuncla! ions" arc numerous, especially by iwlil ioians seek ing votes from Unman C: tholios and aliens, ("me of these "aU.inK denunciations" was m tde in T.ong Brunch. X. .7.. recently by J ihn A. Matthews, at political mootIn jr. According to the T.onr; Branch Daily Record, which Bao lai-K- headlines and three i-olurnnH of space to the story. Mr. Matthews called the Protestant men and wo men who belong to the Klan. "vipers, cowards, bigoted Inn de of bums, skunks" an J other ilimcs of a like nature. The Record also stated that lie "npo'.ogi-cd to the fkuti't" for having called the Protestant men ami women 1 y that name. The speaker also "challenged al)y (.mvard to interrupt him ". In short, the speaker showed a most lovable am' Konilrmanly nature. Such a display of love for his fellow man courtesy to any in the audience who might no! have believed as dors Mr. Matthews, and such n choi e of flattering adjectives by which to describe Pro: tesi'ints. certainly s"..ould win Mr. Matthi ws mm h praise from open -minded and fair persons such as are ah those persons who are opis?d to the Protestants of the Unite! r-tat-s having an organization of their own and not '' i; l;Ind and considerate liko the Knights of Columbus v, ho per, nit I'rot est ants and .'pus to belong io their order. In fact, the "convincing argument" put t:j by Mr. Matthew., iliat the Klan is a bad organization, ia no douht u body blow. Just look at the things he called them! And then, after "pirn im; ' ::o many things, lie showed hi kindness to duiiii) animals. It is po.-islble that Mr. Matt!, us has dumb animals at heart to su-h a great extent that the dumb annuals feel that lie is one of them? What could be more beautiful than his apology to the skunk'.' of course, the skunk wouldn't have given a "cent " to hear the apology, because the :-ieech by Mr. Matthews made that unnecessary. All treat men make mistaken at some lime in their lives and that probably accounts for the fact that Mr. Matthews fofgot lo apologize to the viper. Possibly, how ever Mr Matthews is so familiar with tli-s trails of the viper that he knew the vipers would not feel offended :vt a lack of an apology.

Covcriiment ownership in Russia did not stop with the public utilities, but embraced millions upon millions of acres of land, dnce started in America where would ii stop'.' Klansmen would pot like to see their cozy little homes, won many limes after years of saving and hard work belonging even to a beloved country. The Klausman owned 1 y the nation, hut the Kin .nsman's home i.-i his on and only belongs to the country in her nerd. In a real sense now the home and its owner are hot 17171 the disposal of the government, yet there is a sweet fret-Ion, in the s"nse .of the personal possession of "a little cut be it i ver ! i small." "Swords Into Plow Shares"

Q'- ITI'' IifX'KNTLY there appeared in a magazine o' nationwide circulation, an article by Rev. Jarhos II. Ryan, of the Catholic University in Washington. D. C. The article pertained to the public school and pointed out the "danger" which confronts the public schools of nir country should Congress pass the Sterling-Reed hill which is designed by pro ponents of a better public school system, to increase the efficiency of our schools. Rev. Ryan is opposed to this measure, as are all Ro nan Catholic agencies, but the reader of this article can ut wonder why Rev. Ryan Is exercised over the pro"loseol legislation inasmuch as he declares that it would "e injurious to the public school and would retard rather 'ban advance the efficiency of the public school system. Xaturally Rev. Ryan believes that Roman Catholic ehillren should not attend the public schools because, as his theories teach, they should attend Roman Catholic parohial school's. Just why he should suddenly become so olicitous about the public school-Is rather obscure. That :s, when it is not taken into consideration that Rev. Ryan's chief, and only object was to attack the proposed measure which would, if passed, aid the public school. The reader of his article is forced to turn many abrupt corners in following the theme of his article Inasmuch is Rev. Ryan, in striving to condemn the Sterling-Reed bill, finds hi.-! own theory untenable. In fact, his attack on account of having to build a camouflaged base '"rorn which to make is so weak that his reasoning is most obscure throughout. The Reverend Ryan says: "No system of educational practice which emphasizes

uniformity to the dertiment of liberty and a sane indlvidu-

THE OUTPOST OXTR platform LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINK. INQ FUNDS

Friday, November 7, 1324

"Ireland Is Now In Peace." savj :

caption on a magazine article. Prob-

m a mistake in spelling. The caption should have read, "Ireland Is Now In Pieces."

The church paper says that Amerleans waste eighteen times as much as they give to religion. Well, at that rate, there are a lot of Americans who are not wasting a very great deal.

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GOVERNM

ICS AND THE

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American History ds Taught by the Roman Catholic Church

tlism can be successful in the United States.

ill its blundering and mistakes, educational liberty is to

e preferred either to the rule of an autocracy, no matter how benign, or of a bureaucracy, no matter haw efficient." Just how the foregoing has any connection with the Slerling-Reed bill is not made clear by Rev. Ryan. It is to be assumed, however, that he wishes to convey the "5Tea that should the bill be passed. Federal control o the schools throughout the country would be automatically obtained and that this would be detrimental. This point 's not even placed in the position to be debatable as the bill specifically states that "this act shall not be construed to imply Federal control of education within the states." But, to go back to the words of Rev, Ryan quoted above, "no system of educational practice which emphasizes uniformity to the detriment of liberty and a sane individualism can bo successful in. the United -States." Does he mean to infer by his words that the parochial schools of his church do not teach uniformity? Or that they are not all under the direction of one head? Is he condemning his system of education in his attempt' to make his readers lelieve that which is not true of the Sierlinsr-Keed hill? Rev. Ryan declares the proposed measure an "autocratic ideal" because it is "nationalism." Is it not possible that by crying "nationalism" the reverend gentleman is trying to keep the spotlight from touching on the "internationalism" of his iet theorv of education? Rev. Ryan can hardly deny that in the parochial schools the rliildren are taught the ancient theories and dogmas and standardized curriculum of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. And yet. he decries that very thing in an at t"mrt to make readers believe that the fckerling-Recd bill will work harm to the public schools which, eo he declares, "need lietler control." "P. '"cause of its inherent elasticity and fear cf experimentation." says Rev. Ryan, "the public school finds its"!f helpless before the infinite complexity of human " '3 :md endowments." In spite of this statement- by him, he condemns the Sterling-Reed biil. While we do not agroo with the Rev. Ryan that "the public school is hclplces" nevertheless it is hard to -ftrid his reasoning in imposing the Sterling-Reed bill if he believes what he .vrites. The entire article written by hint is a most clever play on words, w hile the basic principle is but one of assuming this and that is so (or attempting to make it appear uo; and dishin;,- ii out lo the public an act which is in keeping with other Roman' Catholic propaganda, ever at hand when any move is made to strengthen the public school system of America.

j i Secretary Hoover in a recent ad-

;Mrc iiecjareti mat the lobster catch this year is less than one-third that Of ttlirt.V Veoi'G n rr.i IT,. -. .

. - - - - nwnrver, It; IS i possible that Mr. Hoover didn't ini elude the operations of chorus trirl ! I. 4t.t. lz i .. . .

With 1 iwiiumar nne 01 endeavor, j

i "The devejopment of the automoi bile and good roads," says a magazine j article, "has taken many Americans I out into the great outdoors." The j writer might have added, without j straying from the truth, "the great j beyond," also.

I ; An animal trainer sars he has a new way to train animals. Why not i try it on road hogs j Null: "I read that the fish supply ! !s decreasing." Void: "To bad fisherman can't find

aa many busy lines as the telephone subscriber."

When The Holv Vnme S;tr ..,.1

j in vtasiHngton recently, the treasury ' building was surrounded by marines j with fixed bayonets. Compliment to the members of the society, inasmuch as the Government wished to show . the Holy Namers that the treasury was "wholly" protected.

: . Via The Cincinnati Enquirer one : learns that James O. Bell is suing a , former fiancee for the return of a dia- ; mond ring. A Bell must have its ! ring, you know!

j "Germany now waves a nromissory ! note," says a newspaper writer. Well. 1 she can't wave a sivord as usual, and i she must have something to wave. t liforiuately she is waiving payments mostly. !

, The marriage between a man weighing 410 pounds and a woman weighing 390 pounds, recently took place in ; an Indiana town. The minister now i can say truthfully that he took a i prominent part in a most weighty i procedure.

We have inherited, together with a religion under whi'-h each man may ho!,1 direct communion with his Maker and consider for himself the great problems of life aiid death, the God-given qualities which have made the native Americans distinct from other peoples. The great work that lies before Klansmen "of today is to maintain, undiluted and unpervcrted. this group mind which is the soul of Americanism. Pi the Klan we have devotion to the ideals of nationhood. Among our enemies there is instinctive, as well a.-; conscious, hostility to these ideals. Our efforts to maintain the nation as a unit will be opposed by strict Cosmopolitans. They refuse to co-operate with "ny national action. Thus, even though they be we'd me.-ming people (which not nil of them are) and seek only the good of mankind (which not all of Ibem dqj, they weaken and divide our nation.

It is impossible to imagein that "How the other half lives." still remains a mystery to the ardent movie (an.

IF. 1Mb A inendl'icnt mev r,r m-,v ,..e ...... I.,.. ;. :.

lo.ng luore evident With the nassir.ir of e:eh i.mnll

sim-

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'"" " !- i'. .Mill more are not lacking signs that M.hrr is really worth while in spite ,,f the fulminations of the !untern-.i,;wed dunderheads wboses breaths tire strong'. - t)laM (heir intellects. For instance, tne M I! Temperance Hulk-tin says: "Another famous brewery has added its testimony to the progress of prohibition. Out in Seattle, Wash., the old Ranier brewery plant has been taken over by the Ranier Col poration. a $2,000,000 organization, vvlu. h v.ill convert fhe old establishment into th" largest meat pticking concern in the Northwest. TheTe is b-,ng installed club rooms and a gymnasium for

empeivs .111,1 then- children, a clinic and other

liar liaiures. The ice production of the plant

aue.oiy neon sold for l.vo years in advance. There will h.-. al.-o. a wool handling department, soap mannine! ut inc. . anil as early as practicable, it is reported the canning of 'fruit and vegetables will be added to the ..input. About twice as many m-n will be needed to operate the new plant as were employed in the ud br'-Wer.'. ." This may soem prosaic reading, but it is only one record of thousands which might-be given and is a dowription ,,f a miracle. When a powerful industrial plant lrf.ee, v '.....ai.i.lir.s and turns out necessities of lif. rati-.., Hi--, , '.-.amotion:, of taste, the fact ought to be riven p ,' : t,, cheer along the "workers in the temple." fiod .-s ahaj" posse,-. jn critical times a vehicular nation through ..v!,i. h lo carry nut I lis plans. That An,"!; 1: iM vehicular naMon. the Klan firmly be lle-fs l'..r this reason a Klunsman owes alljgiar.ee to r.o o!-:.r power on earth.

Remember the Sabbath. SOMK people laug!i because thc-JiClan insists that Sabbath observance is a necessity in our common life. Put the laugh is like the mad cackle of old superstition the thing one heard centuries ago-in damp mop.asla.ry "ellars, where might made right "no matter how wrong it was." The fact is, it is doubtful if Cod ever made any great nation out of a people who had no respect for His day it is doubtful if lie ever will. True greatness, that which lives to untold generations of world usefulness, has alw.iys been attained along the lines marked out by the Creative Raw. Rong before Christianity came to bless the world with its special ilift the Finger of -find could be seen writing its laws for guidance in the history of every dynasty. And now Sabbath observance seems -to be a law for the white man of today. It is tr up that the cor-fessional and purchased prayers have made it easy for some to forget Lord s Day' observance. Rut the law remains on the "book of life," and if we w,,;i retain ournational power, we should remember that Sunday must be kept "a god! "s nation aunol long prosper."

It would appear that the Chinese are not content merely to chop suey, but are inclined to chop one another! o

Americanisms Br John Kitrht Point

Ti.r .:;! mem of Gamaliel, the lawyer, to the priests "tli. boios ".-t them alone; for if this council or this work be of men. it will c ue to nr,u:;hl; but if it be of Ood. e cannot overthrow it. lest haply ve be found eve,, to f Hii aL-afnt-t Cod." Tie arly church was bitterly persecuted, but it pros per. I 'lb e Masons were bitterly persecuted, but thes eai,.: e,t the storm. "I he Klan is having its trstimperiod Will ,t survixe" .,t (;,KI and Time answer

Invest. ,-.ve f,n, an official source what the program of the I, lan is: ascertain whether it posses merit anC wfie'hor . xvurth while. Then render your verdict 1 rimed c, formation sen: on request. Aii.n i, is ,he laboratory in which are cultivated the Ideal, by which the Rare v. ill be innoculated against pontile: .1U.UKCS. For the benefit of the Race this cultural p.ar.t should be kept aseptic. The Ki,.,,, iM ,h eonscienee of religious America nwakne.l io the necessity for action. To be dormant in times of stress, is to luck the conviction of faith

cut of

Villi

m l measure the ocean or trouble that comes V i Hon jug of law-breaking moonshine.

notil i s.-: f.

know the Klan do we bcome acquainted

It is lo be f. a reil that some Klansmen use their Kraf SH Millie people do their lilvnr ar.,.r,nu ...I

....... ..i.wwiio .'in; ii.ii iney company.

tiav,

The devil lay down his brickbat whenever he hears a Klan speaker begin to apolotrize to his audience for t"JlinK IIia truth slMHt condition in America.

-According to an eminent scientist, there will not be any standing room .-ft in the Fnited States in lO.OoO years. Probably ther" will be plenty of standing room left if the l.oianese continue to buy machine gm:s by t be hundred thousand. Th recent determination of the Japs- to add to (heir military equipment raises grave questions in the mind of tiie earnest American. Why does Japan just now find it necessary to buy machine guns from Great Britain'.' Vou guess!

lively morning should be Raster morning in the heart of faith. May there be a Resurrection of practical, spiritual religion from the cold tomb of ritualism, is the prayer of ihe Klansmen.

Ideals make nations stable. Ideals are preserved in he lives of people who believe in them. Support those who have American ideals, that American ideals may live.

The priests of his day sought to restrain Peter from preaching what his conscience dictated. His answer to they, was: "We ought to obey Cod rather than men." Kxploiter or .Builder which are you? Are you ex trailing from America riches for your personal use or are you injecting strength for the Nation's life? Chrifct said: The Truth shall make vou free "Tle also said: "I am the Truth." In Christ-Truth men are free. Christ Is the Klansman'a Criterion.

The Klan doesn t want a president who will make a oneV ConsUtutlon; u wants one who believes in the old

What shall it profit an American if he gain the whob world and lose his own nation?

Our Foreimi Policy It's like this, Klansmen we have a foreign policy. It has been handed down from the days of the revolution

Leu into snort, sharp and. snappy English it means: "Ret for- j i-ign countries n lone--we'll do well if I w,. mind our own business." Most of the talk about our lack of a foreign I policy is by persons who would not ! be able to recognize one if they did see it. Right education of the ma. !

would sweep a lot of ignorance out of the nation but it should be "right education" and not foreign propaganda education or parochial sclvool, medieval cloister stuff.

iid created the earth in six day, ! but It took Moses forty yeiirs to get; to the Promised .n: there nan mi iit:eh lloxhe istic .iropag -nnila on, I i "you en n't" stwlT s"e::t !ere,l nroin.,1

thnt the Morn ulil al i.iiia t ist con I1 hardly keep his flock together.

Editor's Note: This is th fifth of a seri-, of articles under this head; the sixth will follow next wek. (By An Episcopal Minuter)

I. HISTORY WITH A TWIST. Roman Catholic Crvwh in th- T"-trf states, in response to the S. O. S cil. of the none, has recently beco" erti-.-ested in American history. Tb's 1 evl-v1

bv. th orpanlzaMon of the KnirM o' Columbua Kioto-leal ComrcIsson. iT)ti"1 of wn members. M Pomnn Catholic, with n-rhaos one ex" cention. -nd v-ltb the TriKh edomlnstinr. The chief Catholic ohlect'on to Tr.Hu, Mo-!, sems to be eent'ed nrlmRrllv i,nn tbtr --.t"ont of th American Revolution, and they are a'l charged with pro-Rrtuv, teichine. One of the fVst. if not tv, T.T,t1eP-,n n the Kntehts of Columbus Hiftnri.,) rnrr,Tt''- - i Tie.rormlet of nenr'v or hii"riofl r.ee. entiP- "T'--, IVfonroe Pocflne. the Vital ,itv of t Co-"d Malrt""T.r.p " hv Thomas TT. Mnhonv. with n nr-'ice bv Admiral Benro". one of th mHers of the CornnMssinn. Tn a review- of this numnltW. wantly "-!nt-ed In the fslslnnl Valley- Historical Tet.w (M,rh 1 P22, the foPowtig statement occurs: '"rvu wo-k .-in-pears to be a ratbe- definite piee of &n tt-Plrittsh "tv pgnnda. ... Tb ir,troretatlon. sn4 nartlcd.-"-'v the rrethod of tiirtf'ing the inte"retfl'on with the fact,, lays not onlv th author, hut the Commission fs a whole, own to iiistllaWo susnlclon s to the motives which underlie th whole nroject involved In the announced plans of thnt bodv." Scurrilous Attack on Washington And Grant. The scurrilous pttack on the ir nme of WasTtrtnn in a. r""it issnn of the Mo'tor. of N-' Y'"-k City, one of tb" nress representatives of tb Vatlcm. Is p samnl of hw they write history with a twist Jn this cowird'y thrupt: "Ceorge hnd n. strong dislike fn" l-'wvr. sobrielv. morallsnis iwJ genteel povertv. He had a rvi-oio!incM fondness fo- lini'o--. tt,- loved monev. snd the spea'--ing "owr o" cold cash was his onen-seqrne to se'findulgenc. H unloved urofmltv more thsn gclntur" and was cot 'i!mn in s-!e of being vestr-Vrnn ln haif a hundred ehurheq. TTc never troubled aViut th private morn's of his n'-hbors and It is whispered his own were not testnroof " Or what shnll be nid H renudiaton n' th vlioue stab at Ceral IIvhw ? Grant by the CathoMo Stfndard and T'mes. of n-iffnln, N. Y.. in Its edlto-Ial response to the rouest of the Grand Army of'the T?epubllc to celebrate the' birthday of Grant. The chief reason for the opposition to any such recognition of Grant is given in the foPowinsr words: "As far us the Catholics of this nation are concerned, there are serious reasons that militate against any serious tribute to his name. Grant was a narrow sectarian who dishonored the high office of the presidency by unworthv exhibitions of bigotry against our religion. During the two terms of his incumbency he was completely controlled by the Methodist Eptscofcal Church of which he was a memlr.,""" ,. ", What Is On Foot. The fall of the Central Powers was a Sever blow to, the Vatican. Political freedom has ever been the forerunner of religious freedom. The Vatican, therefore, feels called upon to redouble its efforts. Not being able to turn back the bands' of Time and thus blot out the record of Romanism in America, they seek to rewrite its history. Not beintr able to compel all children to attend parochial rchools where historical faets may be disregarded and in which there are many foreign-born teachers who neither know American ideals nor use the English language, they would Romanize our history. Facts are stubborn and therefore they would omit them. Knishts of Columbus to Write American History. According to the Jesuit magazine known as America, in it June 11, 1921, issue, the Knights of Columbus

will write a history of the Fntted States, and will trit: stops to T"t it In li -ehnols end colleges of the mn".. t-v In order to do this thev have set tvrt a million r-o'lW-s to rw.- for n hiator" the TnUed State '-oi tv "nl or,t o viow. There ar isnv handicap ...l,t- -ho'ild ertve the Knie-hts ivjnw? hnfn- tiv s-.v-i-do n-or,. Tn h" the rn-ntrv was vt . -i .-ilorfniMn citizen. Fv-1, .Tr..u, ,Tnlo-ed t'JftdriJ, WeRf. hot the-v a-ous" tv T-'n to bnoh"""d mospac t-e tmoti of tb tir'n nv-i The-o lt a tradition tbflt the k-A-)-, rt nVn.. nv. i"' r frt ot nn tn rn! Mqr-1-.n b" '-t d-'t'on iiit Hor-n rrn'oded at Ji-hns TTol.-tT T'-s ttv hv v.- h -.p, y,. s,itl4 t e'.lnho"v -.,, tt, advowsons and other chains of ecclesiastical tyranny. HTnklvrr Aerican Historv "Catho'lr" Overworlr.il. wrlt lno the fl'd of American hlsto a " """''"'' and amupi-"' bv-r.ro..t. Th ""'"- of "Ti-t merioan tTitorv Catholic" K-'n . o. wo-ked. Th CatVoll" Vtin Service n it,.),!-'-., serif evt rr"sx fl'ryfch .Tnn ;i r. .etinr -t a statue be ei-eofpd tn Vlftpburfrh e "T!"'"B S'n"-s. onn of the ""-nlia stners o" th" n.rf9mt"m of Jnwnwra" tsi"wii ton ranh V a weit-t-.. fo-med Catholic of R-enl-tyn who write- a -"""' -t lo letter to th Jesuit ioni-nal. Ame-'". asklnc whevov anv pew s'enntures have v.en added receni- to h i-""o-tal document. a "the-n -vras a trad''on tb"t Catholic America's rolitarv bo-Bt in re-ard to the declaration was Cb-rles Ca-o)l o Carrollton." Arvone who Ivns read with care the Cafho'lr elaims of natriotic se-vico in the American Revolution must have observed thnt any patriot who hanpens to hav an Trish rane is at onee amr-otiriat ""1 bv them. Thus ihn brothers Jeremiah and John OBHer. of Mnehais. .-h-. took r.a-t n one of t. enrlv exoloits against TSritlsh. !"'! en the New ne-'and cct. .are magnified Into CnC-o'ic h-oos. The fact Is that they were dyed-in-the wool Baptists. Irish Deserters From Ihe American Army. Tho Pn-nan Catholic wil;lv rPriral Th Pilot, "hleh is th dt.-icasan ortrnn of Cardinal O'Conneii. of Boston, nubtished vorv eonsr-cuously on the f-ont once of its issue of April 9. 1921. an address a4 to have l.eon made recently bv Risho-i Shahan of the Cntho'ic University, at Washington T). C. on "America's Piebt to the Irish Peonle " who is renresert,l as saving that God cast multitudes, of Irish on the soil of the Fnited Ptats iust when they were needed to turn the tide of battle in favor r.f American democracy and secure the Revolution. But America's gro.at historian. Gorpe P.ar 'Tift, ln bis H!sor" of the T'nited States. Voltm-e V.. rwige 21!! (Author's last revision, published in 187SH. makes this staten-ent which convicts Rishon Shalian of deliberate misstatement or ignorance of the facts. The British g: ined numerous recruits from immigrants. Cultured men of the Roman Catholic Church gave hearty support to the cause of independence: but the great mass of its members, who were then but about one ln swnty,flv.e. of the population of the United States, chiefly n'rw'comer3 in the Middle States, followed the influence of the Jesuits. 1n whose hands the direotion .of the Catholics In the United States still remained and who cherished hatred of Franco for her share in the overthrow of their order. In Philadelphia. Howe had been able to form a regiment of Roman Catholics. With still better success Clinton courted the Irish as Irishmen. They had fled from rent-racking landlords to a country that offered them freeholds. By Pattering their nationality and their sense of importance attached to their numbers. Clinton allured them, a'ike Catholic and Protestants, to a combination directly adverse to their own interests, and raised for Lord Rawdon a large regiment in which officers and rren. INCLUDING NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED DESKRTERS FROM THE AMERICAN ARMY WERE EXCLUSIVELY IRISH.

a time Farmer

A Shocking Story .."They had a dickens of downtown last night," said Brown to Farmer Smith.

"Do say! Klan. I reckon?" "You said it. And a lot of the fellows in the parade didn't wear their vipors."' "Do tell." "Xopc You could see who they were." "t.osli! Xame some." "Well, there was Parson White and Pciuiiv Jones and Sheriff Snyder and most of the school teachers and merchants, and " ""'yah mean alt those respectable citizens are Kluxers after all the Washout Paily's been sayin' about the scum of the earth bein' Kluxers?" "Yep. Say "pears like there were more irresponsible Americans outside of that parade than, there were in it." "Shockin'!' "Uui-KS you said the right word, neighbor! 'Shocking' is ihe only name for it!"

PKOPLK WHO SUltVK THE KLAN' UXI.Y WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT NEVER DO A FI LL DAY'S "WOKE. The I' n washed We are advised by travelers that what the Turkish sheiks really need is soap. The average Klansman probably feels that soap would likely help American sheiks. A cleanup inside as well as out would improve the American variety considerably and help our soap industry. The typical sheik is more useful in Turkey and Arabia than in this country anyhow.

Don't say anything about a neighbor that you can not lay before the open lodge.

There is no harder place than that occupied bv the man who is trying to be Klannish in his way instead of the Elan's way.

Only the devil's friends will leave a church while the preacher is preaching for the Klan.

The Klan is dishonored every time a Klansman borrows trouble.

Changing:' Her ViewM An enthusiastic -literary woman said to us the other day: "I'm changing my views about the Klan. I guess the organization is all right." "That's fine." "we said. "What has brought about your change of heart?" "Suppose you guess." "Intelligent people are beginning to study Klan opinion and authorized Klan action," we supposed. "Guess again." "You tell." "Well, when one doesn't rely on Roman Catholic sources of information it helps some," she grinned.

A Htrons tent of otir love for the Klnn rewtM In our trfiitment of nn enemy. Klan principle pIIn im sternly to follow the didnteM of our run. i-clener and nut tn Inflamed to ang;-r or io wrath rvrn 1'ioiljjil the nmr Invite brutal action.

Whnt I a ItvpubUof Speaking of Turks, a returned travel.!asserts that she saw one wildly waving his pistol and discharging it wild west fashion in the air. He said that he was celebrating "the proclamation of a republic." On the quiet he asked, "What Is a republic?'' A few American "Turks" are continually asking the question, "What is a republic?" Some of them were educated in parochial schools. By tliway, the parochial school of an accepted type is indigenous to Turkey, also. Draw your own conclusion unless you are like the lazy schoolboy who answers the question with this remarkably apt statement, "By gosh, a republic is a republic!" IlOHult of Immigration The direct and sequential effect of immigration is not lo increase but to cut down population. The immigrant by taking over common or menial labor forces tiie native American stock to a higher industrial plane, and this results in later marriages and correspondingly smaller purelyAmerican families. The governing influence on the population of a country over a long period of years is the economic possibilities of that country. Free land and untold natural resources would have made America grow just a3 rapidly without immigration as with it. In fact, America did grow more rapidly from 1790 to 1850 than it has since. Keeping the immigrant out will add in a natural way to the fertility of the American stock because it will demand that the creative instinct be quickened along all lines of native life and industry. It is good for the people of any nation to preserve their individuality by maintaining their vigor in all branches qf human development. The American- should do menial labor as well as the mere refined intellectual tasks by exercising his muscles as well as his mind, attacking the common physical problems as well as the higher' mental ones, the native Brother Jxmathan will strengthen his power to bring many and strong children in' o the' world. The silk hat, poodle dog sort of exietence in America will kill out normal reproductive tendencies in a few generations.

A Story for .11 a Hons The other day a Mason said, "I don't believe in the teachings of the Ku KIux Klan." "AY here do you get your teachings ?' we asked. "In the Book on our altar," he replied pompously. "That's fine," we rerlied. "The Klan gets its teachings from the same Book, and the Book is on the Klan altar, too." "I had an idea from reading the papers that the Klan fob':s were all cutthroats." "Wefl," we said mildly, "they used to look on Masons the same wav. Along in the 1820'S they th ught Masons were murderers. They're saying the same thing about the Klan now. People have lived long enough to find out that Masons are good people and are doing God's work and

i that the old accusations and 'nctvspa- ! per proofs' were lies. A few years ! from now they'll see the same thing

about the Klan as a point of act they would realize it now if it were not for the un-American influences, particularly bought newspapers and news sources and politicians with axes to grind." "Maybe I'd better read up," oar Masonic friend mused. "Maybe you had but don't read up in 'Rnti' publications.,- Get your information square and straight build It up like you do King Solomon's temple, without any hammers or unnecessary noise. And, by the way, don't forget that a lot of your .Masonic friends are Klansmen. too. Masons are rather close-mouthed. They don't tell even their brother Masons all they know they're like Klansmen in that respect."

CURRENT COMMENT

By FELIX FREE

Prof. Fritz Haber- of Berlin, is in the United States on his way to Japan. Prof. Haber was at the head of the poison jras bureau of the German army during the World War. Thousands of Americans learned something about this deadly gas over in France. Prof. Haber declares his nation is willing to abolish poison gas if other nations will consent. Germany started it. .Let Germany be the first to stop it. ' Second the Motion. , v j Tolerance, a distinguishing AmortCardinal O'Conneii; of Boston, ob- ' can virtue, if often abused. A snake Jects to the presence of Methodist has his place in the scheme of things, missionaries in Rome. This writer is but his place is not on public playinclined, at times, to agree "with the grounds where children romp and sing. cardinal. In view of recent develop- i ments It might not be a bad ic'ea to i The Association Against the Prohirecall a few Protestant missionaries bition Amendment fell down hard on from foreign fields and concentrate its program in California. Voters retheir efforts on Bostbn and- New York, j pudiated the entire schedule In the I last primaries.

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olics in the United States. This Archbishop issued an order that no discussion or literature favorable to Prohibition should be permitted on or about the premise ofr any Roman Catholic institution or property in hla archdiocese. A Century Hence. " It is related that Lenin believed the Roman Catholic Church would be the. only one in existence a century hence!; Not If the high-banded present tac-i tics of the Hierarchy are persistently pursued will this thing happen. )