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GE FOUR THE FIERY CROSS Januarv 30. 1925 al Wizard Imparts Wisdom: the conclusion that the only possible salvation of nationhood is in organization." "It may be added that organization that saves is not merely material it has life and thought and purpose. These must be welded into one overwhelming power which is to produce a national patriotic mind, rich in tradition and in racial instinct capable of guarding the national heritage from every attack, and bringing it to perfection." "The Klan has begun consciously to take up its great task of defending mankind against those who. under a camouflaged plea for a universal brotherhood and the absolute equity of all peoples regardless of race, instinct or ability, are seeking the destruction of true democracy." "The Klan has passed from the period of formation, simple problems and confused purposes, into the stage of conscious unity for the greatest task in all history." "We are looking into the history of the past two years in order that we may be the better prepared to carry on, and to meet with confident courage our multiplying enormous responsibilities." "I shall lay before you the great achievements of the Klan and likewise some of its mistakes, and I drawn from both." ', shall endeavor to point out lessons that can be drawn from both." "The Klan has developed along definite lines toward greater purposes than any of us at first comprehended." "I solemnly assure you, my fellow Klansmen, that we have just entered into the great battle our God has commissioned us to wage against the hosts of unrighteousness." "Designing politicians have kept us busy warding off attacks and keeping the Klan out of politics. Nevertheless, each month the Klan has made sub stantial progress in membership, resources and unity of purpose." ."Revolts teach a valuable lesson. The Klan cannot be destroyed by the treason and treachery of self-seeking men neither from within nor from without." "The Klan has not been alone in suffering under betrayal. American Independence had its Benedict Arnold, and even Jesus Christ had His Judas." "The rapid growth of our membership in the Northern and mid-Western states has actually changed the Klan from a sectional to a national organization." "The Klan stands today, as it has nevex before stood, the organized representative of Protestantism, Americanism, and Anglo-Saxon principles." "The fall of 1923 witnessed the definite formulation of the Klan immigration policy, first announced at the great gathering in Dallas, Texas, and since carried to triumphant victory." Protestants all over the nation rejoice over the terse sayings zard, Dr. H. W. Evans, at the nvokation at Kansas City a few who were in attendance were to a lofty plane of thought and the things said were as follows: Klan change from an organizaon the defensive in a few states ade tremendous and successful bear in mind the fact that Klan es, eternal as the stars, and that apply the world around, ecialists, both in America and studied world conditions in the wed the world war, have reached DR. HIRAM WESLEY EVANS.
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To honor the one Flag. To promote the Public School. Tit serve the Protestant Church. To fight for the sanctity of the Home. To promote respect for Law.
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plIE picturesque foreign quarter" in Chicago, was
"thrown Into n state of excitement" last week,
raiding party of twenty r.ffl. , J-d that por-
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papers report. Among the more prominent names
aring In the list of those arrested were, Morris Rosen-
Ben Abdul, Nate r.oltman, Inlen Radousky. A braLa bet, Weriit Bulskl and Jolk Kort'-z
grettahle as if Is. the fact thai three thousand stills
confiscated by officers In one foreign section of a
city emphasizes the truth of the oft repeated
nmenta made on good authority, that the alien nnnu.
n in the I 'nlled St ites predominate in nefarious atlons.
he does not have to let the imagination run riot to
ure the terrible amount of criminal nnerations i ;ir
on In the foreign districts of a city wherein prohibiofficers ran confiscate three thousand stills in one a of raids. Even to one who rend of the many
ha and eases of blindness and disability brought
t by illicit liquor at Christmas It is hard to realize the
h and destruction which come out of these alien
ters.
Is true that those persons buvi-ig liqun;- did so knowfull well that it was unlawful, but this does not les the vlclousness of those who sll what they know t deadly poison. Dr. Charles Norria, thief City leal Examiner, of New York, is quoted as saving that or was never so dangerous ns t this time. While statement was mnde by a New York official, the holds good in all parts of he country, reports
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The "Highly Intellectual.
RECENTLY, a writer in "America." a Roman Catholic magazine, said; "Have we not 'gone too far with this 'democracy in education' and 'an equal chance for every boy and girl' stuff?" The article clearly reflects the attitude of the Roman-hierarchy in that the writer deliberately states that higher education is for "the intellectual." In other words, it voices that theory always held by the Roman corporation that real education should be withheld from the masses, which of course, is the great aid which has afforded opportunity to the Roman
corporation to hold sway over the hordes of ignorant
In Europe.
"The hoi polloi have no place in a well conducted college," declares the writer. " 'Democracy in education' is perhaps the most absurd of all absurdities which we are asked to accept in the name of 'Americanism." Education in Its higher reaches. Is for the intellectual aristocrat, the man who Is 'best' because God has given him brains and he has elected to use them." When one stops to consider that, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic, all priests, bishops, cardinals and all other Roman Catholic dignitaries are "highly intellectual" and are "best" because "God has given them good brains and thy elect to use them," it is but a simple matter to see that the writer in The American would withhold all higher education from all but those "intellectual" men who would work to the interests of the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
Rome boasts that she never changes. This is but a
substantiation of her boast. The Roman corporat n has
ever endeavored, and succeeded to a vast degree, in with
holding education form the masses. Now she is so bold as to raise that question in America. True, the writer
In The American did not boldly say that which was evidently uppermost in his mThff, but he did reflect that at
titude so long held by the Roman ecclesiastical empire
It might be well to quote an opinion voiced by a Masonic
publication, on this subject:
"We favor the American public school, non-sectarian, non-partisan, efficient, democratic; for all the children
of all people; equal educational riurhts and opportunities
to all." says the Masonic publication. Thus do we find a most striking contrast in the fun
damental thoughts of the Masonic order and the Knights of Columbus. Since the growth of the Klan, the Knights
of Columbus have made every effort to appear on the most friendly terms with the Ma9ons and to inveigle the public into the belief that the causes of the Roman Cath
olic organization and the Masons are one. And yet. the school Is but one of the many, many things which create a chasm between the two organizations which is impossible to bridge One of the most striking- illustrations of the craftiness of the Roman Catholic heads, is that during the month
of November, the Knights of Columbus joined with the Masons in laying the cornerstone of a public school in Orange, New Jersey. Less than four years ago this same organization In an Illinois city, got out an injunction to stop the Masons from laying a cornerstone. Unfortunately, there are persons who believe this is a sincere change of heart instead of merely one episode in the great drama now being enacted by the Roman corporation in its futile attempt to stop the growth of
the Ku Klux Klan.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN (Each Article is separate in itself.) IN the preceding articles, of which this completes a set of fifteen articles on the intolerance now being practiced in America, by those forces opposing the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, it has been firmlv established that the Roman Catholic hierarchy has in the past, and
now is, practicing intolerance in a most malignant form, not only in Europe, but in America. In these articles it has been charged that its accusation against the Klan, that this
American organization is practicing intolerance, were merely subterfuges to rude its own intolerance. In establishing the fact that, while crying that the Klan is intolerant, the
Roman corporation is practiing theo
most deplorable intolerance in the j tabli.shed the fact" that the Klan is
United States, facts and not theories
have been used.
The writer has clung only to the
authorized books of the Roman eccles
iastical empire, autlienticized statements of its prelates, intolereant aets of its followers as reported in the
metropolitan press, and substantiated
acts of violence against Klansmen and Protestants who were not Klansmen.
From the first the writer has con
tended that the great show of love
for the Masons by the Knights of Columbus was only a well laid plot to fool the people of America and to convey the idea that the Roman
church and the Roman organization are most tolerant and at the same time use the plot as the "psychological weapon" against the Klan. The writer has ever declared that no love is held for the Masons by the Roman organization. The writer is born out in his content on by Cardinal
founded on religious hatred. Nothing
is farther from the truth unless it be the Roman hierarchy itself and all informed and unbiased persons are aware that the Klan is founded on Christianity and American principles. The Roman corporation knows the Klan is not intolerant it knows, however, that the Klan is Protestant, and is a very strong Protestant organization. That in itself is enough to incur i he enmity of the pope and his many agents operating in America. The fact that the Klan is awakening Protestants to the menace of the Roman political machine as it is being operated in the United States, is more than enough to engage the fury of the hierarchy in an activity which will go to any end in an effort to
thwart the growth or influence of any organization, or individual, which raises a protest against the divers op-
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gan. The Pilot: "Cheap fraternizing with Freemasonry on the part of Catholics is tantamount to unmanly and unworthy compromise of their precious Christian heritage. Such fraternaliizing should cease. It impresses nobody. It deludes and makes ludicrous the professing Catholic. . . . It is a plain and indisputable fact that Catholicism and Freemasonry are opposite poles, mutaully antagonistic to one another."
Propagandists of the Roman bier-
archy are adepts in the juggling ot the vernacular; its crafty innuendo, vague charges and unfounded accu
sations against everytning wnicn is publication. non-Catholic, has left a trail of deceit. Sprje(j j,'is
lies ano intrigues wnicn ocioui uie history of the world since the first stone was laid in the Roman ecclesiastical empire. Pos3ibly the ehief weapon of the Roman hierarchy (ex
cluding the rack, the gibbet, the dungeon and burning fagots heaped at the base of a stake) has been legerdemain and auto-suggestion. The rack and the gibbet, and the stake, such
as was used to burn Joan of Arc (now a Saint in the Roman Catholic church) I are out of date in America; therefore, the Roman corporation is throwing auto-suggesition into the breach i" an effort to befuddle the American peo- j pie. Of course, the followers of the ! Roman potentate still rely on the
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ing out of the Vatican.
This series of articles has brought down the wrath of. the Roman machine on the head of the writer, and many letters of denunciation have been received, none of which, however, atempted to disprove any statement made. The letters merely stated the writers were "proud they were Catholics." that the writer of the articles was a liar, and many other uncomplimentary assertions. Roman Catholic Editor Writes. Among the letters received was one from Robert Hull, Associate editor of the Sunday Visitor, a Roman Catholic
In his letter yiull asreligion was being at
tacked, and asked that -a certain book be obtained to learn the "truth about the Catholic church." It so happened that .the book. "The American Hier
archy." an authorized Roman Catholic publication, was in the hands of the writer. Extracts from this particular book were then used in an ar
ticle, and prpved conclusively the con tentions made by the writer of these articles. Since that time no communication has been recalved from Hull. That the articles have been closely read by Roman CathoHes. as well as Protestants, has been proved by the
number of letters of denunciation.
The fact that at no time has any specific denial been made (despite the fact that time was taken to write the author of the articles) should furnish fitting proof that what has been said cannot be successfully denied. It is true there were denials at times, but they were just a general denial of the whole matter and no specific point touched on, nor any attempt to supply proof that what was said was not true.
The denials have ever been just like the Roman accusations against the Klan nothing to substantiate them. They each consist of a certain form of "blanket denunciations" or
"denials in general." The opposition has dealt in glittering .generalities only. The Roman ecclesiastical empire has taken it for granted that the American people believe all things on which it has based its unwarranted statements. That the tide has turned, however, and the public is beginning to realize the truth, is more than evident. Rome Fails Again. Nothing is more repugnant to the
American citizen than intolerance, and the fact that the Klan continues its growth and its moral influence, is proof that the Roman Catholic corporation has failed in its efforts to stigmatize the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan bv fastening intolerance on it. ON THE OTHER HAND. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN IS BEGIN
NING TO REALIZE MORE FULLY EACH DAY, THAT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CORPORATION'S VERY FOUNDATION IS BUILT ON INTOLERANCE. (Concluded,)
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Proofs of Intolerance.
st rated at South Rend, Niies, Perth i-n,ier lnp Argentine constitution. 1 from Pope Pius." AYe might say to
ami iMim i ou..,. .v, tno President, ot that repuonc must Artnur that there is nothing at all
mention, but auto-sugestion and in-
be a Roman Catholic. And yet in the
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'he liquor wni never so dangerous as at this time." Norria Is quoted in The Itrooklvn Kugle. "It is
, of denatured alcohol wood lacobol. benzine (ovridin.
adly polsotil, Mchlorid of mercury (a very deadly
ether, kerosene, fusel oil. and sulphuric acid."
average citizen It Is beyond belief ulmost, that
a In the form of human beings could Indulge In wholesale slaughter Put the fact remains that
do Just as It Is a faei that the prohibition offlcera
i aerlea of raids in one day confiscated three thou-
illicit at ilia from one single alien district in an
rlcan city.
ha Continued reports of the increase in 'poisonous or would aeein to indicate that less liquor Is being iggled Into the United States through rum row.
atha and racs of, blindness were reported in which
kvaa ahown that It was a matter of dollars which
Md peraona to buy cheaper liquor In which death
ed. Thla would Indicate that liquor from abroad is
attainable In quantities in which It was at one time.
tinned drinkers, from every Indication, are being -ad to rely upon the deadly liquor manufactured In
i country. And for this reason, deaths from this
are mounting.
ii the meantime, from the foreign districts of our
n cltlea, come the death dealing concoctions brewed
alien a who have no respect for the laws of America,
lora lor humanity, and no regard for human life.
PAGES of history record the deeds of papal Home, when kingdoms and principalities have countenanced her cabal.- And. to the student of present-day affairs, evidence is not lacking that centuries have not changed the political tactics of Roman Catholicism. As an evidence of its aggressiveness. Dr. Goodrich, representative from Protest-a-nt Churches in France to the Federal Council of Churches, recently meeting in At
lanta, (la., has this to say: "In the capital of Latvia, which is Riga, there is a great church, formerly called the Cathedral "of Protestantism. When, during the election a few years ago. the Catholics came to bold the balance of powerIn the Latvia parliament the leader of the Catholic party demanded ihe handing over of the cathedral, which had been the center of Protestantism in the
Baltic. 'If you do not hand over the church we will smash your government.' be told the minister of the interior. "The result." added Dr. Goodrich, "is that the Protestant Cathedral in Riga is now the church of
a Roman Catholic archbishop." Roman Catholic political intrigue in Latvia is ad
vanced by the same papal arterial system that propels like activities In this country, circumscribed only by a limitation of the "balance of power" under their control.
With historical facts and actual occurences of the pres
ent before them, if American lawmakers ever awake to
find themselves in a political death-grapple with Catholicism, they will not have been taken unawares.
nuendo are being relied on to o vast j i-,lilP(i states we find simple-minded
extent by the Roman hirarchy
Vast System of Propaganda. Ry its vast system of propaganda, the Roman corporation has to a. certain extent, established in the minds of uninformed persons, the belief that it Is fighting the Klan because it believes it to be intolerant, or, because it (the Roman corporation) has "es-
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Protestants who are still insisting that Home does not mix in politics" or in
temporal affairs
greater fallacy. If Rome had the
power. the American Constitution would be so amended as to contain a provision similar to that of the Argentine republic. It will require more than mere backslapping and yes-criticism to hold this country to the paths of public duty ami true Americanism. Every Klansman has a man's job on his hands. If somebody else would do our work we would have no work to do.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Commerce, was born in West Branch, laAugust 10. 1874. He is a graduate of Stanford University. In 1899 he married Miss Lou Henry, two sons blessing the union. Secretary Hoover came into world-wide fame in the World War as chairman of the American Relief Committee, London, in 1914-15. Later he was- appointed chairman of the Commission for the Relief of Belgium, 1914-19. Prom June 17 to July 1, 1919. he was United States Food Administrator, member War Trade Council, chairman United States Grain Corporation, United States Sugar Board and various other economic measures which came Into prominence as a sequence of the war. Secretary Hoover took the oath of office as Secretary of Commerce March 5 1921. He has been the recipient of numerous goldlmedals and other tokens of esteem and affection from countries which he ws able to serve in the World War. Secretary Hoover is the author t of xaiflpus technical publications and of "American Individualism." Political proKiets say he will continue in the cabinet after March 4. Recently the portfolio of Secretary of Agriculture was offered him, but he declined the appointment.
asserting that he preferred to retain the post of Commerce Secretary. Mr. Hoover is of Quaker parentage and is a member of that faith. He is not a member of any fraternal orders.
strange about it. If Brisbane will take
down his history of nations now or heretofore known as Roman Catholic countries, he may, if he will study to
There never was a some purpose, discover the reason for
this antipathy to the Catholic church. It comes from the bigotry, Intolerance and superstition which always mark the course and conduct of people under the dominance of this menacing institution. The Catholic church is not a religious organi
zation, in the true sense. It is a political, ecclesiastical and financial power, which attempts to destroy, and has destroyed, the progressive spirit of every nation feeble enough to be deceived by its machinations and intrigue. Mexico knows her business. It begins to look like Argentina is waking up.
tffmericanisms
or the Information of well-disposed but maliciously
lad American Protestants who may still believe that
Ku Klux Klan Is Intolerant, this little paragraph Is
(d. The Klan can't hold a candle to the Roman
Ic corporation on this question of Intolerance. Said
a, referring to liberty of conscience, liberty of
Iberty of education: "They are false in principle.
holtc religion alone is true and binding upon all either the rhnrrh nor the state ran be taxed with
and tyranny when they speak, as they did In
Ages, to regulate the exercise of the human
erance la one of the peculiar virtues of the ca In a while, aa Is the case of De Vere, big-
nthualaam get the better of discretion and
Then It is that Rome reveals her hoofs and
en we see the primitive Impulses of the Middle
all their hateful and satanic ugliness. Again the
and thumbscrew appears.
Playing No Favorites.
SECRETARY DAVIS recommends the placing of Canada. Mexico and Central America under the same.
quota laws regulating Immigration from other countries. This proposal, as the law now stands. Is to the point and
very much In order. There are no satisfactory reasons why these countries should not be subject to the same restriction In lmmlgration-that the Congress of the United
8tates sees fit to apply to other nations. To the contrary, for very grave reasons. It is imperative that such should be the case. Forming as they do open portals to American shores, until restrictive measures be provided
and rigidly enforced, the United States will not be able to control the shameful, ever-Increasing smuggling of
aliens across Its borders. At this moment there Is said
to be more "alien" smuggling" than ever before.
As a protection for aliens lawfully admitted to this country and for the protection of the United States against unlawful entrants. Secretary Davis recommends
the registration and annual enrollment of all aliens ad
mltted. The measure also suggests the education of
Immigrants In American language, ideals and customs.
The proposed requirements would prove advantageous
to all concerned but the demands ought to be amplified
to include every foreigner already here. The time has
long since arrived when every sheep In the nation's fold should be taught to know his shepherd's voice, and to go
In and out before him according to law and order. For those unwilling to learn there should be no place In the
American sheepfold and pastures.
Irlaa W. Eliot, President Emerltls of Harvard, stirred 'oofnmotlon recantly when ha aald the Irish did not
i'.T4t aa American a. Thar ara two distinct breeds lata. Oft braad makaa mighty fine Americana. The
Ms to aagaT to "maka America. Catholic" for fhelr
Md r for the good of their adopted country.
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It is not strange that war on Roman Catholicism is most earnest In countries that until lately were most
completely Roman Catholic. It merely Indicates that the people learned their lesson In the most severe and savage school of experience. In Mexico, the land of Roman
Catholic churches, there la now ahown very openly a
great deal of anti-Roman Catholic feeling. And in the Argentina republic, a definite break la Imminent between
the government and the Holy See because Monsignor Juan jrioneo refused to submit for government approval
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- Education is the best thing-that can be given to a child, but the education given to children of the parochial school was established to save Romanism. The public school was emphasizing secular knowledge alone. Its purpose
was to develop the "mental faculties of the child. But the Roman Catholic church called the public school "godless." and it was. to the glory of the school that the intended stigma stuck to it. The dominant purpose of the parochial school is to teach the Roman
atholic religion. The catechim is the
important book in the school. It is pretty safe to say that the Constitution of the United States is not taught
in a parochial school. It is pretty safe to say that the glory of Roman
Catholicism is taught in a parochial school.
Is it more important that the Ro
man Catholic child should be taught that the pope Is infallible than it is that he should be instructed in the
history of the English language.' Is it more Important that the Roman Catholic child be taught to say "Hail Marv," than It Is that he should be
taught to read the Declaration ot tn-
lependence? is it more important
that the Roman Catholic child be
taught that It Is a sin to eat meat on Friday than it is that he should be taught to keep the Ten Command
ments?
The parochial school teaches as little
as possible of that which is calculated
to educate the child, ana as much as
possible that is calculated to stultify It. What goes on in a parochial school is not known to the public. It was established to give the children
of Roman Catholic parents instruction in their religion. What else it gives
them Is of little consequence to Romanism. To make Roman Catholics was the main object of the parochial
school; to stamp upon the plastic mind of the child the dogmas of the church, and to train the mind in the wavs of Roman Catholicism.
It was a crime against liberty, to
allow a parochial school in this coun
try, and It is a serious menace to free institutions to allow them to bring up the children of Roman Catholic parents to distrust everybody and everything outside of Romanism. The parochial school should be abol
ished. It teaches nothing except the Catholicism that is not better taught in the. public school, as hundreds of Roman Catholic can testify. There 1 nothing in the oathechism that Is ecaentlal to citizenship? nothing that make a man a better member .of the
town or ei- in twhtehih reside;
Father Thomas T. i-layden. chaplain of the Atlanta Federal penitentiary, has resigned. This little item of news was dug out of a daily paper. . It was found in a sequestered spot on a back page. This Roman Catholic priest was named in a Federal warrant as an alleged go-between in the collection of bribes from rich pris oners desiring special privileges.
j Priests and nuns appear in public I in their gowns and hoods garb of their ouler. Why not Protestants?
The Klansman will agree with St
Paulinus: "No cross, no crown i that is, no fiery cross, no crown. !
The public school system is the best plan ever devised for informing the growing mind. It is the beet because it draws its chief support from the individual efforts of the whole citizenry: from the voluntary
intention of the interested community, and from the taxes of the I mass that is willing to impose them j on itself. As seen in America it is j a characteristic of the Nordic race j stream working to a creative spirit- I ual effect. i
THE OUTPOST OUR PLATFORM: LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINK-
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American patriotism is salt of purpose.
the Klan
Not that we wish to "rub it in" on the Vatican's "shock troops." but lest we forget' New York, home of Al Smith. Rome's favorite son, gave Coolldge a plurality of 809,262; New
Jersey, happy hunting ground or Joe Tumulty;- turned in a plurality of 377.00.0 '' for the President: Illinois, where liibernates that blatant Irish Catholic Brennan. endorsed Al Smith's "mvth of the White House" by a rollicking vote of 807,340 in excess of what was required; Massachusetts,
where Mayor Curley promised to declare an open season on skunks and Klansmen (when governor), stood by Ooolidgc to the tune of 422.645; Rhode Island, home of Irish Catholic Governor Flynn. where Protestant legislators were driven out of the state.
turned in a plurality of 4S.680 for
Coolidge: Indiana, where Tom 'tag
gart frolics around while pussyfooting on important political matters, turned her support to Coolidge by a plurality
of 210,000. If these figures carry no lesson to the gang that put on that Madison Square riot last June the case is hopeless.
Hereafter flappers are not going io be welcome at Hopi Indian dances. The Hopis of Arizona, in the future, will not permit bloomers or trousers. Skirts are the only feminine apparel recognized by the dancers. This is the new rule. Here is a lesson in piodesty for pale-faced sisters.
It is well to watch, to see and to study. First impresisons are not always lasting, but they "usually stick.
The Klan eternally prohibits nationalfailure or despair. It will be a goos 1925 if Klansmen follow their loaders and remember their obligations to the organization and to their fellow men.
"France Snaps Her Fingers art U. S. War Dept." says a headline. Prom the amount of discussion the debt is receiving it would appear that it was the -snap that was heard around the world. The Literary Digests asks. "Will the chestnut come back?" Inasmuch as Al Smith is being groomed by Rome to try at another Presidential nomination, we would answer "yes." And at the
same time, not meaning that the noblest Roman of them all, will get anywhere.
When it comes to charity, a Klans ! man gives according to his means, but ! some people give according to their meanness.
If America Protestants strive diligently to find something really worth thinking about, they will see mighty
little to "crab" about.
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The Roman Catholic editor of a Purine Coast daily has been harping on
the ease of the Rev. Mr. Might, Mount Vernon (111.) minister who was sent up for life. -Concluding a two-eolumn editorial printed in big type, the editor says: "A preacher whose stork in trade is largely superstition is a man to be avoided by sensible Christians, and a man from whom parents should carefully shield their children." Without attempting, to condone the sin of the Illinois minister, this writer would suggest that this Roman editor substitute the word "priest" for
"orearher" so as to make it more
aptly tit tne case.
"It seems strange that war upon the
Catholic church apepars to be most savage In countries that until lately were, most completely Catholic," say Arthur Brisbane. "In Mexico," he continues, - "land of many - churches, there 4 openly shown much , antiCatholic feeling. An In the Argentine Republic, a great power of South America, the attorney -general threaten to imprison, the Roman Catholic bishop, Monsglnor Juan Bono, because he refuses to submit for gov
ernment approval hi - credltemtiais
Mexicans arc learning to substitute ballots for bullets. President Calles stands for civil supremacy and more education for the masses. The right kind of support for the new- President and his program will put our sister republic on an equal footing with big nations of the earth. Roman Catholic domination can never do it.
The American boy or girl who desires to become a wholesome influence and a useful member of society can have the wish gratified. The means are always at hand. A good way to begin preparation is by a close "and careful reading of the Bible. Bun-
yan's "Pilgrims Progress," Weems' "Life of Washington," Nicholay and
Hay 8 "Abraham Lincoln." Ridpath's "History of the World," a first class encyclopedia, an atlas of the world
and a standard unabridged dictionary form a collection of literature and
reference books which is adequate to
all practical needs. These books form a complete library within themselves.
There is something about human nature which impels many people to believe the worst that may be said of a person, of a locality, of a state, or of an organization, without investigation. Taking advantage of this all-too-prevalent weakness of men. shrewd, unscrupulous publicity sharks, like professional confidence men are working the press to a fare-your-well in "gypping" easy-go-lngW'rotestants,
THE MAN WHO TRIES TO CAR ; RY ALL OF HIS KLANNISHNESS i IN HIS HEAD GETS A SWELLED! HEAD.
Without doing violence to the divine application, the parable of the leaven might be used to describe the permeation of certain sinister influences in America for instance, the insidious political machinations of Rome outside of the religious phases of Vatican struggle. Not satisfied with its nefarious efforts to have the Bible outlawed from the schools of this country, Rome has lately set about strengthening her system of educational propaganda. With free use of the Bible in . schools prohibited, what still does Catholicism find in America's free school system to which it objects? What, indeed, but the freedom of self-government as opposed to the serfdom of a religious hierarchy and the blighting touch of political popery'
You can't hurt the devil by slap
ping him on the wrist with a plati
tude.
Mostly Wood. .lohn Wood he had V wooden head. Wood alcohol he drank; He wooden listen And now he's dead. Within a wooden box.
FOLLOWING THE REPORT THAT THERE WERE 14,000 BURGLARIES IN MOSCOW LAST YEAR. PORTUGAN HAS RECOGNIZED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
Poet: "This poem was written by me in seven minutes." Editor: "Your a lucky man. Think how much more time you could have wasted on it."
A NEW DICTIONARY IS BE I NO
ADVERTISED AS "ANSWERING A
MILLION QUESTIONS. PARENTS WITH A SMALL BOY SHOULD
HAVE ONE.
Give greed the rein and America
will run herseit to aeatn.
It's a bad thing to let your boys and girls grow up without reading a Klan paper if you hope to make
Americans out of them.
Gregory Zinovieff, recognized leader
of the Soviet regime in Russia, is hos
tile to all religion. "We shall pursue our attacks on Almighty God, in due time and in an appropriate manner." This assertion ought to be definite enough to satisfy .any reasonable mind. No government can prosper permanently or 1 surmount, : obstacles successfully - - which persistently . attacks or Ignores Ood. . The ' kind of bootleg whieky told theae day would strip th varnish from the steel wall of a 'Pulinsam And yet there .re those wh-" willing to take a t-anca,
It is claimed a substitute for sugar
has been found. The sugar trust will most probably control the output.
The Perfect Wife. Three men have claimed as their
wife, a dumb woman found wandering
in uermany.
If we are to believe all we read there doesn't seem to be much secrecy about Germany's "secret war preparations."
If you are willing to mix common
sense with it, a heroic dose of Klan
nishness will cure any malady that comes from lack of faith in nation
and race.
The Klan is always looking for people who can be trusted with national prosperity. YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE A HIGHWAYMAN AS A HYPOCRITE, . Tt'a aa bad to rob a man of his faith
in Americanism aa It la to, take hi
money. , v - ( ,
'- The American who ts always, willing to admit the total depravity of everybody e -i hasn't much race lovo ia
Ms bv . ti,i!n. ... ; ' '
One of the redeeming features of those pictures by radio is that we can learn whose picture it is by reading the name underneath. Null: "So you always have the last word with your wife." Void: "You misunderstood me. I said my wife never has the last won she never quits talking."
They're a Noisy Lot. It appears that the many dumbbells
running loose did not become dumbbells by having been struck dumb.
THE BOARDS OF HEALTH OF I
A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE PRO- f HIBITED ' RE8TAURANT8, iFROM
THIS A RAW DEAL..
. Two Chinese found - ltturrlni In New York are said to have r killed by a hanvnrr I" - 5 5 of a member ;t? organixatlc f fiat t? '