The Irish standard., 1913-05-24
B|G0TS FORM A
NEW SOCIETY
Will Be Known as the National
Order of the Knights of
Luther"
Was Started in Old Missouri and
is Approved by the Menace
Gang.
Objects of New Order the Same as
the A. P. AS and Guardians
of Liberty.

The National Order Of the knights
OF Luther" has been started by the
Menace gang in Aurora, Mo-, and
branches are to he formed in every
state in the Union. Its objects are
the same as the a. p. AS and Guar
dians of Liberty, us Il slight perusal
of their aims and objects will show.
The Menace will boom the newly
! formed organization, or mob, having
SO announced in its last issue. That
is enough. We know it must be rotten
from it's very foundation. The Men,
ace says, IF the new order offends
anyone, of course, the bit dog will
howl, and in this way We can easily
patriotic movement rests most heav-
| ily.' Won't they be surprised" il
anyone objects. Like an ostrich the
editor of the Menace is hiding his head
in the sand.
The declarations Of the new mob
(excuse us, we mean order) are as
follows:
I'VE, the members of the Sovereign
Castle OF the National Order knights
of Luther, in national meeting assem-
bled, believing that the time has ar
rived in the history of this nation
when it is necessary to organize. Sc
cretly or otherwise, to foster and pro-
tect those principles which vouchsate
free institutions in Il free republic:
and believing unaltcrably that the per-
petuity Of this republic and the peace
and welfare of the people depend upon
| free speech, free press, freedom OF
worship, the perpetuation of the Am
erican public school system as at
present constituted and the complete
and unqualified separation Of Church
and State: do declare and set forth
the following TO be our Declaration of
Principles:
| 'That we are in favor of a complete
and absolute separation of Church and
State.
THAT we are in favor of free speech
and free press in the generally ac-
cepted meaning of the term, and es-
pccially as it is interpreted in the
first amendment to the Constitution
of the United States.
THAT we believe inviolably in the
principle that every man, woman and
child should be allowed TO worship
| God according to- the dictates of his
not be intcrfcred with in any degree
That we hold the public free school
system as at present constituted to be
the bulWarll of the republic; that ii
should remain non-sec tartan in every
sense of the word and that no garbs
or distinctive sectarian characteristics
should ever be tolerated therein
THAT we are opposed to the grant
ing OF lands, money or any other
thing of value to any ecclesiastical in
stjtution whatsoever By the Govern
mcnt of this nation, and that we are
in favor OF the taxation of all church
property held in trust or used for
speculative purposes.
! THAT we oppose the election or an
pointmcnt of any person to any office
of public trust within this Government
| who owes allegiance to any foreign
power. prince or potentate, and that
| we are in favor of legislation provid-
ing punishment for those who perse-
cute or boycott on religious grounds
THAT we are opposed to either the
National or State Governments Civ
ing, donating or contributing in any
manner TO the support of ecclesiast.
ical institutions of any kind whatever:
that we are opposed to the rnaintc-
nance within this republic Of any
closed or cloistcrcd institutions of anv
| kind whatever, under a religious pre-
text. and especially are we opposed
i to these institutions being made semi
public, While privately owned, by be-
+, ing used for the incarceration of or.
phans, incorrigibles. indigcnts OF
wards Of the State.
On these grounds we unite as Z