Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1924 — Page 4
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THE F TEH Y
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EDITORIAL
The Flrfftr CftOM Is published every Friday by The Fiery Cross Publishing Company, Indianapolis, and wilt maintain a nolicy of staunch, Protestant Americanism without four or favor. Edited, not to make up peopled minds but to shake up people's mind's; tn help mold active public opinion which will make America a proper place to live in. Xewn 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 .Merlons questions by serious people. The FIKItV CROSS will strive to give the American viewpoint on published articles ami separate the dross from the pure gold in the current r.ews of the day.
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The positive program of the Knights of ! he Ki Klux Klan is: To honor the one Flag. To proirote tho Public School. To nerve the Protestant Church. To fight for the sanctity of the Home. To promote respecc for Law.
Laucauonal W eeK. THIS week American KJucational' Week is leiug v'i f'-rvc-.l tlfnughotit our country. A general prograr uhlth varies to poma cxt.-nt In d'.t-iil. is being carried o' by the public ciiol ch Wren in every state. Th? impetti given ti.e movement, started four yesus v.'.i. i." the res:t; if eTurij on th-; part of li e At.ierican l,"giou and ti. ciejirc v.f that organization to wring the ii'ik-racy in os. cout'tvy to a m'rwrn':ii. Tlv- m'.ivemor.t is th rcsjit (; dlt'clostires duri-.g the "World Wr.r. of th g.-"al fMOUf. r.f Illiteracy in the I'nitod Stales, an.l which was b.-ough to llaht by -on.t:-;pt.on. The desire of the American Legion is met commend nble although ono of .th ! ,;.. pa adopted. "No Mlt or?:-; In MSO," seems to be a bii too optimistic -!f it Is po: BiMe to entertain an overabundance of hope, lloweve; any effort to stamp out illiteracy In vomaicndal.-lo. I'ofortuna'.eiy, those within tho Legion who were eager tn increase the scope of education week, were met w.t! some rraisU-nce by other members because the move ment had to ! with tho public schoo's. This was ov?-.-i ome how.-vcr, and tho American Legion entered tin movement. The program as laid.., out for this year is aa follows Monday. Constitution Vuy: Tuesday, Patriotism Day IVei'ne.Mlay. School and Teacher Day; Thursday, Miter ncy Day; Friday, Physical Lducjlion Day; . Saiurdt-.j Community Day; Sunday, Por Oocl and Country Day. Co-operating with the Lrglcn in this undertaking ar The National Education Association and The- Unilei Stater. Hurcmi of Education. It is brought out by thi. ffi-oup that illiteracy is a menace to the nation and tha informed intelligence Is th foundation of representativt government. Also, that tho children of today are thcitizens of tomorrow and tluit thi public school tcache. is the guiding influence of future America. T!' niovem-mt has steadily grown since, its inception four years .iao and parents are taking more interest tn education week each year. One of the pleas is play grounds for tho children and the increasing interest of parents is making this desire nearer to a realization each year. The i o operation of parents and their interests U tho schools has done much in the last few years to brln? about certain Improvement that were- slow in material trlug previous to that time. Parents should take mora interest in the schools they rhouhl keep eloaer in touch, as a whole, and be full' Informed as to lust what is- taking place. This co-oper.ttlo: between parents and teachers means much. Educatioi wck. among other thlnfts. is doing much to put t'u pa.rm in clos-r touch with the public schools. Tha in Ivaelf vhuuM repay those whose efforts lutve been pepdiMl In aiding the public schools. However, this is bu one of the thinrs accomplished by education week. Those responsible for this movement deserve gre.v credit. W hen ye.'! see the firy cros: flaming on the hilltop be glad that n:oro Americans are "on guard'" that nigh; Many who are born in the light of true. Americanism will never lake tha tep that will bring them to it.
That Peculiar View.
J a speech In Phllndelphia recently. Secr.-tarv of Labor Davis decTnrcd that all aliens should be 'registered and that when any aHen or immigrant was found wlv did not have a card, to deport him. lie added that th compulsory registration was objected to, and that is on!' natural, hy all alien interests. And. he artded it is alr objured to by a large number of true American citizen" who advance the Idea that this proposed registration if put ie.f, effect, would (re little other than espionage While Mr Davis did not say so. this Idea on the par: of Am-rtrnns is. in the mind of the writer, most peculWr Just why should a foreigner be privileged? And tha' is virtually what the American means, whether or nohe realizea it. These Americans believe that for th Immigr-lnt to register would be ej-pionnga. Tho Imifr gr.nt. fit'irally born aba-oad. comes into America No boly knows him; he knows nobody unless it beT other Iminigrnnts from where he rame. All the advantage of Amorica nr. Mnre hlm Not by any Qf Mg have those advantages been butlded, nor by the exor tlon of any of his forebears. In return for this why r.hould be not register, if ho intends to become a law abld tig American, and if lie ton't we do not. want h'n registered or not registered, and aid America, his adopt e. country", in helping to protect It against the iliefral entiof other foreigner,, and in that way assist in-upholdtnu the uw? However, there re Americans who believe these im migrant m. total strangers, should not register And ve' Americans born and reared in one count v -,) ju BO",,,. cases It. the same precinct, of parents whose arand parents w.re born in America, must regi-ter before al
:" "erclse their franchise. Th. ne Americans
'V: ' ' e-'y laust give their name, thetnationt.o.v. where they were btsrn. their age, the names ot tl.cir parents and answer other questions la thU espionage? IL-.ry. It would take wild night (,r iingm-.non to construe that as espionage. And yet v.hcnr.-mgrants face the possibility of having to reg' Uter. Africans, mine of them. Income much exercised It rr.ot be ashed of these Amcri.-.-ans just why aUens arc t.. I dwiwn prrferic over our on neanle' Hecreterv Davis alnr. ri.i-.,. . i
i y-"L mere are certain IT h ul K KC newSJH,ra ln New York city (where
. ........ .roo.n vBtes lo- overcome tho rest ol he . tare K Ynrk) that never Ul Bn edttton thai In Ko.ne nlarc fluf not rfotm a mi..
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7 - .i,4 Acnrianw are . RoUcJtou to the extent that tiey bliCT, the alten stould pre,!r'rc cver -bove naUv-teirB AnJ th san.e alien, do ivot object to being told Auuwira the wor st country on earth -if they did the nripjpjr guilty of the act would stop nsytng It. Veopie who ,re always seeing faults In the Klan are nrally itton. btfrwl to tlwir own.
The Klan organisation aims to be levU-jror. One righteous judge is worth a million political rinffters. The divine mission of national trouble is to show ns that we need the Klan.
u unwitting Compliment
HEIIE is published hi New York a newspaper named Tho Bulletin. Its columns reek with propaganda for ire'and, Al Smith, tho Roman hierarchy and wet candilatee, and propaganda agaia3t all who oppose the things ponsored by The Bulletin, among which, of course, is "aminany Hail. It is a g.-et exponent of DoA'alcra and scs much space ln expounding his cause in Ireland, anc' igtit now is much exercisad because the Irish-Spaniarc .as been arrested by Irish authorities for trying to create nore strifo In Ireland. The Bulletin uses red aoid green Ink to give to its eaderr, such headlines asthc. following: "Kannigan Girl ""ound Posing As Boy"; "Divorcee Flees Fate of Dot "ing;"' "Girl finds Life In Ocean;" "Dapper Dan's Girl lees Death Threat"; "Girl Deoy Is Held in Bier Deal"; 'Held On Charge of Plashing Girl;" "War Hero Shot By 'I'sband"; "Twenty Years in Prison for Wife Murder." No. these headlines were not picked from a numbar of d'tiona of The Bulletin, but. from the front pago only, of ' " "sports extra" edition of The Bulletin for Oct. 22. -"-!. The headlines we.-e reproduced lo give the reader !;- nature of the publication under discussion. Once in groat while The Bulletin forgets its vitriolic attacks on ie Klan. and its mission of lauding Al Smith, to print l editorir.l that, when closely analyzed, is not ln keepX with its general thought. Quite recer.lTy The Bulletin printed such an editorial n the r oi';nm next lo an editorial in which it declared the rrest of D- Yalera to be "an insane act" one paragraph f which, roads: "Now in. this country we have really 0 upper or lower clos.. livery body actually has an even .i e.-tk." Tho sentence just quoted, followed the statement that in cry day in the week some New York family moves it of a tenement and into a really comfortable home," P'l the writer pointed out that at a date before America 'iiscovered, it was "sometimes dangerous even to i:ie the tittcrn to better ons's conditions. The writer d of how the "top-nolchers" united to form a closed. 1 ;:orat:on and kept power and ease within their grasp. L'i! wittingly, that writer paid a high compliment to Yot'-sTantism. And at the same time reflected discredit oon tho very syster.i which The Bulletin upholds. Who vero tho "iop-notchers" in those days? True, they had in.-rs and tu?er.s--but they also had cardinals ftnd other relates v. ho connived with tfae kings and queens to keep :-ower and ca-sa within their grasp," just as it is in Spain nd many o her countries in Europe today and where the populace is Unman Catholic. In progressive and free America, founded and built -by i'rotestar.ts, citizens enjoy the privilege of bettering their positions. Roman Catholics, Jews and Protestants, all enjoy tho privileges of a free government a government of which the fundamental l;vw of our land says shall vor bo kept separate from the church. The Bulletin, However, d:U!y condemns millions of Protestants who are striving to kep America as her founders planned, a ountry in which all are free and equal, where opportunity for advancement is open to nil, and where each, and very citizen may worship his God as he so desires. A -.untry f t ?o of any foreign poter.tute xhether ho be :?vwn as prince or pone. Thia om editorial in The bulletin was most refreshing.
Friday, November JStl, 1924
..o Klar.sman worthy of the high and holy principles t his order wUl ever forgst these Infrequently quoted o:ls of Lincoln: "Let every American, every lover of beny. every we!! wisher to his posterity, .wear by the lood of the revolution never to violate in the least particliar the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others."
"A Merry Time Was Had" Q.N November thirteenth a newspaper dispatch from Syracuse Xew Tork to!d of a flternal meeting ld there by the Masons. Knights of Columbus. Elks. Mocse and Eagles. The meeting was held in the Knights of Columbus Hall. The chief subject was bigotry According to reports, a "rir.ging challenge to bigotry" was :rsued by Supreme Coert Justice Jerome L. Cheney. To nr.e familiar with the trend of affairs at this time, it would not be hard to guess just which one of the lodges named was responsible for the meeting being held. It Is not the purpose of thia editorial to volee an opinion on tne nature of the meeting, either for or against such meetings. But it is desired to call attention to thf remarks of tho 1 reverend Doctor" F. AY. Bet's, pa3tor of the UniYersa.list church, who "brought the crowd to itfeet cheering- aa he arraigned those who persist in the belief that there is a quarrel between th KnighU of Columbus and the Masons," It is not the office of this editorial to speak for the Masons certainly not for the Knights of Columbus. . However, it can only be felt by the writer that a Roman Catholic priest is more familiar with what the Knights of Columbus think limn is the Protestant minister who spoke in Syracuse. For that reason we will quote here the words of Rev. Philip Marke, O. F. M.. Roman Catholic, as spoken by him at the annual convention of the- St. Joseph State League, a Roman Catholic, organisation, which was hokl at Indianapolis, May IS. 19, 20, "f this year. The following is taken from tho minutes as published by that organization: "The master minds of the nirn'ar wnWrini, v,-,-.i ,
construct pociety. but unless they build upon the foundation of Christ, laid two thousand years ago, their best plans will miscarry, and their best efforts will come- to naught. . . . But what do we see? Theso heretics wtfiT r?eetii themselves worthy to reconstruct society are all building upon iiationailsr,3. The supernatural God, Chris; .nd His church are insultingly ignored. Tha names of God und Christ are never mentioned In the councils o." the nation, aid never appear in the reports draw;i up '-.y thona conventions. Freemasonry dictates its term, o those who-rale, and anarchy dictates its terms to thoc. vlio aro ruled." The Masons, however, can not be denied the right, even hough there were somebody attempting to deny them hat right, to meet with the Knights of Columbus whene'er they desire to do so. Neither can the Syracuse '.'rotestaut minister be kept from contradicting Roman 'atholic priests. From all reports it was a delightful r.eeting, light refreshments served and a merry time had.
THE t OUTPOST I
OVH PLATFORH LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS
The chief trouble with Gaston B., is -hat he never means what he says.
Statistics show that Amarieans ;;xHht Sf.QSO.QGi) !nfiara last year for ocUct firearm.-, if they would jn.-it ;e"P thru t i;i their pockets aH vrouki ie '.veil.
Possibly ti.e increase in marriage? ast year swelled the total spent for tuiomati-cs.
The question Wi-1 Bob Up. "Harley T. Crabb, when arraigned a police court this morning on theiiarge cf having struck his wife, clc larcd that his wife deviled him eo -nuch about getting her hair bobbed hit he iost his temper and hit her." Indianapolis Sta. Another case of deviled crab.
TO ALL APPEARANCES THE STERNAL QUESTION IS NOW WHETHER TO BOB OR NOT TO BOB.
Marjory; "The Chinese are a very peculiar people." Mazie: "Yes, that is quite true. Tliey invented gunpowder centuries igo and now I see they are fighting vvith Tongs." De VaJero has been arrested ajTftin. Maybe lie is trying- to boat tha record set by Emma Goldmaa. It's An in Wind. One must admit that the cros? word puzzle, if it has (ione. nothing else, has eased; up the Jtiah Jomjstrain.
The Modernists are evidently doing th;lr best to convince the public that the, story of Eve giving Adam the appla is just plain applesauce.
From all newspaper reports one !earr;3 that the kaiser is now much more anxious to get to Berlin than he once was to get to Paris.
AFTER READING THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS CLOSELY W 1" HAVE CO.MJ0 TO THE CONCLUSION 1'HAT LOYAL SUPPORTERS ON YOUR SIDE BECOME HKXCH ?'EN AND COHORTS ON THt. OTHER SIDE.
Dr. Kayo asserted that insanity i in the great increase. Lots of per pons had that hunch, no doubt, whe: they first saw the cross word puazle. Null: "Why does Jc4. Almost a? ways use a iBtl toothpick, I woa !cr." Void: "To pick iiis teetli, I think.' "Five Army Players Misfits," say? i headline. They must still ba Wear ny the overcoats dealt out in the win ter of 1917-1918.
We havn't noticed the amount of income ias. p:fcl by tiie Po;e, in the figures now being published. HOWEVER. ARCHBISHOP CUR EY. OF BALTIMORE. PAID $125.0 WHICH NO DOUBT AVILL HE LI OUT SOME.
The CoLumbus (O.) Dispatch protest: hat there is too long a time betwec-t he presidential nomination and th' Jcction. But what would the Litar uy Digest do about its straw vote i. .he time were lessened?
"Where is the oki barber shop," asks a writer, "that always had a copy of the Police Gazette." It is slill here but it now displays the Ladies Home Journal.
Heavy rains have been reported in isveral sections of the country. Probably caused by the final cannonading s campaign- speakers.
Americanisms By John Eight Polut
An an'l Klansman Is an anti-Klansman because, the Jevil doesn't want him to be anything else.
Ay Klanaman will tell yon that joining A church with high steeple and a cross on the top of It ia net always atart for heaven.
The political Golden Calf never grows into a dairy cow. Unseen Peril of Narcotics. ALL Klansnien know that the drug menace to thi.s country is great. It is something to be fought persistently and relentlessly. Ask any good physician mil he will tell you that the evil is wide-spread throughout the nation that the country is filled with "addicts.'' Bounded by the narrow fonces of lif. Ihouauncta upon thousands go down to their graves, huried to death each year by the inordinate craving for narcotic drugs. The growth of the ertl and tho figures presented by those who have studied the subject are astounding. "There are five times as many addicts today as there were slaves." says Captain Richmond P llolwon. "at tho time the Emancipation Proclamation wp.3 issued. Ahout-3,000,000 slaves in tha Southern Stater: were affected by it. Approximately 1.090,00ft more were "ret by tato action In the border commonwealths." If the Cnptain" reasoning is anywhere near correct this tvmis that there are 20.0X!,G'C9 drug: asldicts in the United States riRht now. counting down the scale from he rich Sybarite who take chloral and veronal to cure .heir iasDmnU after unmenttonable xceaae to the demmondaines and underworld habitues who take cocaine, jpium and morphine to dull the frenzies ot their dexiuches and tlio miseries of their crimes. In the inervsta of morals and good government, the Klan calls or even more drastic action by law to check, this vichwis -endency in American life.
If you are a praying Klansman an.l ycu ought to be pray for the lime to come when it won't hurt a prayer mcet-ng to announce a Klan meeting, and "all members invited to attend."
The. Klan roster Is a prU-eless lsMpF.Kimi. It KhoTTn when I'Miny men In the mleut momet of connecratlon ji'dieiteI themselves nnew to their country nnd their
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B ROTESTANTS, ROM CATHOLICS 10 THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Until Klansmen have learned to give they can net fcaow how to receive.
The Joy that is not shared with a brother Klansman dies young.
Opportunity knacks at the door once far every man; and, if he happens to be an American, opportunity is apt to be the Klan. Don't mi&a opportunity.
A Klansman never haa to be watched to see that he does a full day'a work. EU knows that when he serves tin neighbor he to worhiag tor himself.
The tactics used by politicians to defeat candidates who are supposed to favor Klan principles are so sickening and devilish that the angels in heaven must weep at he sight of mcn who are en route to perdition on such a narrowgauge railroad. The AYay t God To give the Klansman some idea of the trend of thought among the educated Jews the following facts are offered: "The 5,CS5th year since the creation of the world, according to
the Jewish calendar, was celebrated recently by orthodox Jews. The observance of the Jewish New Year U growing- in New York Olty The number of closed stores was noticeable. Synagogues were filled with large crowds, and the rabbis seemingly took advantage of the occasion. "Dr. Jacob Katz. rabbi of the Montefiore congregation, explained for Gentiles: 'In accord with the Jewish tradition. New Year's Day is a day of judgment when ve are inscribed tn the book of life, and it is in the hands of every Jewish father to inscribe a better and cleaner life for his child for the coming year." "Rabbi Leo Jung said: 'Rosh Hashana appeals to every son and daughter of Israel to become a Baal Teshuvah, a master of penitence. Not a weakling who bemoans his uselessness. with exaggerated sererity and shallow sighs. The shofar the rrm"s horn blown on the Jewish New Year) calls for manful analysts, truthful self -Judgment, which makes for a
better and nobler course ia the future.' "Rabbi Morris Lichtenstoin. leader of the Bactety of Jewish Science, deplored the controversy between Fun
damentalists and Modernists, and
compared It with the schism in Jewry between the Orthodox and Reform wings of Judaism: "Why is there bitterness, acrimony, intolerance, today as in centuries past, and all in the name of God? The answer is that men have not yet discovered a direct road lo God.'
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Rome's Plans for the Political Conquest of the United States
Editor's Not: This is the seventh of a series of articles render this head; the eighth will follow nest vreeU.J i (By An Episcopal Minister) Not only is it impossible for a cardinal to be a loyal citizen of the United States, where the interests of the United States and the Vatican clash, but tha oath a priest must take is. still more disloyal to the -United States, if such a thing were possible. The Oath of A Priest. Let us look at part of the oath taken by the priests of Rome. After acknowledging the pope's power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, and governments, n.ll being illegal without his sacred sanction, cn'Vroay safely be destroyed, the priest says: "I do rerouiiee ;d disown any allegiance as due to any Protestant hing. prince, or state, or obedience , to nny ot their interior officers. . . . I do further d'rJS-rPJha 1 wBl hc,f- assist, and advise all or any of hi holiness' agents in any pnce wherever I shall be, and to do mv utmost to extirpate fhe Protestant tifxtriue and to destroy all their pretended power, regal cr otherwise." Men who take this oath declare their allegiance does not belong to the government of the United States, .md yst they claim and exercise all the rights of citizenship while teaching others that which goes beyond disloyalty and borders on the realm of treason. How long can such teaching bo allowed to go on? When may we expect the nation to wake up and recognize tne danger that threatens it? Not before the scales tall from the eyes, cf .blinded Protestants. Distoyaity and: Treason Taoght In Parochial Schools. Br. Erownson, quoted in J. A. Burns' book, on "The Catholic School System." a work approved by the late Cardinal Farley, who said: "We deny, of course, aa Catholics, the right of the civil government to educate, for education is the function of the spiritual society, as much as preaching and the administration of the sacraments: but we do not deny to the state the right to establish and maintain schools. ... It may found and endow schools and pay teachers, bvrt it cannot dictate or interfere with the education or discipline of the schools." In "The Manual of Christian Doctrine," used in high schools, coUeges. and universities, and approved by the Archbishop- of Philadelphia, are tho following questions and ajtswers: "What right has the pope in virtue of this supremacy? The -right to annul those laws or acts of government that would injure the salvation of souls or atack the natural rights of citizens." "May the state separate from the ohurch? No, because it may not withdraw front the supreme njJo of Christ." "The Great Encyclical Letters" of Pope Leo XII contains tho following: "But if the laws of the state are manifestly at variance with the divine law, containing enactments hurtful to the church, or conveying Injunctions adverse to the duties imposed by religion, or if they violate, i.i the person of the supreme pontiff, the authority of Jesus Christ, then, truly, to resist becomes a positive. duty; to obey, a crime-." Again: "From what has been said, it follows that Jt is quite unlawful to demand, to defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, of speech, of writ
ing, or of worship, as If these were so many rights given by nature to man." Such teaching is diametrically opposed to the Constitution of the United States. Can the revered gentlemen, or any man or woman who indorses such views, be an American citizen, and as such entitled to the franchise? Is the reported prophecy of Abraham Lincoln to come true? "I do not pretend to be a m-o-.het, bet though not n prophet. I see a very dark cloud on the horizon, ad that dotwl i eomfnK from Rome. Tt is filled with t!r? and b'ood. T1k true motive power is secreted behirtd the thick wails of the vtican. colleges, and se;;0oi of tha Jesuits, the convents of the nans, and the confessional bos of the Church of Rome." A more complete and perfectly planned dlslovalry against any government in the world was never designed than the oaths of cardinals and priests, and the teaching of the parochial schools of the Roman Catholic church against the Protestant government of the United States. If so, history fails to record it. Consolidation of Protestant Votes is the Only Salvation of Our Government. Rome's sinister political and educational activities aro in strange contrast with the inertia of the average Protestant, who takes it for granted that the institutions of America are forever safe, and votes for politicians whose motive ia to get votes, no matter at what cost to our institutions. We often ask ourselves if Washington and our selfsacrificing forefathers have lived in vain? And wo answer, yes, unless we Americans- living in a fool's paradise learn of and bring to nought before it is too late the conspiracy of the Vatican to destroy our institutions. We must organize to defeat them with the ballot, and the only way to do this is for Protestants to unito as solidly to preserve the American school system, our political liberty and religious freedom as Rome ia determined to destroy them. In order to do this tho Protestant vote of the Xorfli amf Soatli mast be united. The Democratic party in the South is largely composed of native liorn white Protestants, while at the North foreign born Roman Catholics are in the majority, which voters are necessary to carry a national election, so that a national Democratic victory means that the nation is ruled by the political hierarcliy of the Roman Catholic church. The Republican party at the North is composed largely of Protestants and in the South of the negros. This, splitting of the Protestant vote was caused by the issues of the Civil War. now accepted by all. which makes this split ln the Protectant vote not only unnecessary but suicidal. In the face of the rising and ever more ominous menace of Rom, the salvation of America is the union of the white Protestant vote of the North, South, East, and West. This is why the Roman Catholic politicians of New York and Boston are so vociferous and blatant in their denunciation of Americans who- place the welfare of their country above party and the dictation of the Roman hierarchy who see that the consolidation of this vote will end their dream of destroying our government and institutions by "making America Catholic." Thia vote will be consolidated as soon as the people of the United States see that they will have to do this or move our Capitol from Washington to the palace of the pope on the Tiber.
CURRENT COMMENT
By FELIX FREE
It was the privilege of the writer to see the world flyers disappear one morning in a forbidding northern sky. It was his pleasure, a few months later, to see the planes re-appear mere specks at first. As they emerged from the beautiful blue background on that sunny September afternoon, it wa3 not difficult to pick out the three giant ships from their 2scorts. The formation alignment of the globe-encircling :ieroes was almost perfect. They seemed but a few feet '.part, Smith slightly in the lead, flanked by Nelson and Vade. Tens of thousands of rejoicing spectators, proud of .he latest American triumph, welcomed the return of their countrymen to Clover Field. It was the end of a victory comparable to Magellan's. Another world-thrilling achievement recorded. Another successful test of Anglo-Saxon supremacy entered upon the pages of history.
An Endless Job. Compelling the foreigners to keep sanitary is "an endless job," according to George 15. Cooke, who has been in the Los Angeles health department "or thtrteen years. Teaching them to issimilate and become good American citizens is also a never-ending i.ask. Mr. Cooke might have added. This is the work to which the Ku Klux Klan is dedicated.
Europe An Armed Fortress. An armed fortress still exists in Europe, according to the newspapers. Germany. Russia and Japan seem to '.ye "in cahoots." It will tai:e Germany ten years to prepare for war. Russia i3 paid to be ready now. Jansn has a smail army, but a potential navy. The United States fct centering its naval forces Ln the Pacific, fapan "has her back up" on account jf our immigration law. But Klansiven persist in thinking we have a right to nay whom we shall invite to our hospitable shares. One may favor national defense without rattling a saber or strapping jn a six-shooter. Would you care to itvo in a big city that had no poiiee
The greater care intelligent people give to a study of California missions .he more earnestly they will be devoted to American Pntes3nt institutions.
Read an American Publication. "We are ttred of reeding the foratgn propaganda papers."- remarks a correspondent in jhia message to a daily. If this correspondent will take the trouble to look up the article on tho Palace cf Propaganda, which appear in tha Catholic Kncyclopedta, he may fecrn something of interest. He will fir9 out" that this institution, located in Home, may originate much
of the propaganda which appears in American newspapers. This beinjr true, it might be a good idea for in terested onlookers to subscribe for and read The National Kourier, a real American publication.
apply to the distinguished Cathoiio
" - incuUjuuB. xx paper1 don't watch out it'U bo excomunU caled.
Brisbaae ou Racial Equality. Brisbane, who pan nmva v.,- y,,-
bink account that opinions expressed
;n his lax-Hung contain are promable. ::ays this: "Japan talks of racial equality. There is no question cr denial of racial equahty. Japan can have all of it she wants, and. for that matter, racial superiority, provided ehe confines it to Japan. You recognize the racial equality of the man across the street. But when be says, iietng your racial equal. I demand .he right to break into your house, settle there and marry your daughter.' you reply, 'Try it, and I II shoot you.'" There is a lot of food for thought in Brisbane's remark. It is ibout as keen a summing up of the Japanese exclusion act as this writer has read in many a day. Klansmen may do no better thing than clip thia paragraph and put it w'n?re it will oa easily accessible for impromptu oo caslons
Bribery begins with a capital andT ends with bankruptcy in Americaa principle.
Campaigns are on in various cities for Community Chest funds. It is to bo hoped that Protestant institutions will get their share of the proceeds when the time comes to pro rate. Five Subjects of Conversation. Coast editor touring tho East named five major subjects discussed in thaisection of the United States. Politics -omes first, then tho Klan, the weather, Prohibition, and the Prince of Wales. Perhaps the Klan is the most discussed and the best "cussed." The Klan will bear the scrutiny of al: fair-minded Americans. The mere people find out about this patriotic organization the better they like it. The less they know concerning its purposes and principles the greater the temptation to accept stories running from day to day in the metropolitan press. This has always been true.
The Base Bail Muddle. The latest scandal in baseball resulted in throwing fcCConneU and Dokn out of the game. Ail of which suggests the question, who finances thia. American sport? Ban Johnson. President of the American League, ifleadms the head-hunters. Johnson imottff other thing, proposes to get the scitp of Arnold Kothstetn. Wfcc is Kothstetn? Friend of Charie-. Stonelwra. Who is Charles Si one bam? Owner of thai Naw York Giant a you get the connection, Klans men?
"Mayor Ilylan a Calamity," rtiw the head ttne of a New York daily, Thi i pretty strong langasfire u
There are 2,000.000 laws in force in the U. S. If an American could learn ten of these laws a day. he might become law-abkling in 6,0fl years if ha had luck. We hare many useless laws in thi3 country; nnd lax enforcement breeds 'others just as worthless. When you consider things it Isn't tha easiest matter in the world to be a seod American citizen.
Klansmen, while you are cleaning1 up the city morally, sweeping out graft-bitten officials and purifying jchoo! boards, keep in mind the helpi"u! thought of cleaning up the physical features of the town. A town should be beautiful to look, upon, and t little energy displayed in the right direction will make it so. Active interest in park boards, etrett-broaden-ing projects, and general city improvement functions will often open :he door to the Kkmsmen who desires to make his home town looi well in the world's eyes.
As we have said before, there Is nothing like nerve when it- cornea to bullyragging men or nations. In our opinion Japan has & whoi Oirjraltar of nerve ln objecting to our right to regulate our own affairs when It "has not failed to exercise its own discretion with respect t the admission of Aliens and the conditions and locadon of their settlement within, ha borders,"
. There are too many so-called American citizens, who step off. the honeymoon trail with a. mrria?e Kemsa in vat hand and a- lawyer's address It she otk or.-.-. , . -.
Every true Klan. meeting t-srbem uid every tru home is tLUst njeet-
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"The Messiah, whom they rejected, said.. T am the Wy.' TWs ..wistful tanging and quesifut attitude runs through, many of the reported; sermons preached during the services."
Wh Are the Bulerst Covernment, as all Klansmeit recognize, means considerably more than mere governmental offleteldora. Office-holders are temporary agent of the masses. OeeasiMatty, when
bloated by egotism and Inordinate selfishness, officials think that they themselves a r J he government, but ln this sappoaition they are. darkly mistaken. The chosen rulers may BxaJc aod execute th laws, but back of them the people .stand waiting and inscrutable. The people themselves create a., trust; their chosen officers, only administer it. And there can be no "monkey work" for long. Tlie commonwealth, as an eniaiscieat eye.
will not be blinded nor forever fooled. The Kian, as the retina of taak eye, functions to catch the least acthoa of the people'sreprasentatlvos. .Political liberty baa sharpened all the senses of the nation.; aeeessity has- clarified Its vision. The comprehend iiig ones are always, alert. ' . . -Ai
The day ' that Is opened wita a KtaoBisB. deed is bovnd to close with saMsfactiosj "t the deer.