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New-York tribune., 1921-05-22

called ''The Knights Of n. r.,
Circle" His supply Of bvlaws 4ea W.
eesame exhausted and he had
supply printed in The Daily Heraia -
fiee' where worked as printer
The bylaws made spirited ar...,
to the people of the South to nrans
for war and to defend their honor 80
their sacred rights. In no other 80
than with gun and sword, 1t wa,
gued, could that be done and s,svs
be saved. There was much shr..
the bylaws against the Yarkees
ciaily against the abolitionists and y.
"robber manufacturers" Of the Eas,.,s
Stases; also the old story about es,,..
being king. and that cotton, supa, ;.
baceo and other products of a war;
climate could not be successfully r.;,.a
except by cheap slave labor. ma
timers will easily call TO mind th.,.
fallaeies and other weak arguments and
ridiculous assertions in defense a.
slavery and "state rights" meaning i
those days the right of secession.
Many people can remember the e,v-
federate plot to burn New York and 1.
poison the Croton water the last yea,
of the war. The man who came % N.x
York from st. Louis in charge Of
gang of men to carry out the scheme |.
now e resident of FIatbush. BROOKLYN
He is an ex-Ku-Kluxer,
| see that the Ku-Kluxers are lost.
ing for new worlds to conquer,a and
that w. ]. Simmons, Imperial Wizard
Knights of the Ku-KIux- Klan,a is com.
ing north to organize his EIan all tie
way from New York to San Franeisc.
Would it not be we'll for him TO wait
for an invitation? Up in this latitude
we are not painting for imperial wiz.
ards. Neither do We feel over friendly
toward members Of a secret khan. or
gang, that goes prewling about at pight
in masks and the white shreuds USUALLY
worn by ghosts. Ell. QUICK.
Brooklyn, May 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22

through organized government. owes
anything at all ito the present possess
sors of industry"
But somc others put 1t in the good
old Mensheyist way, as, for instance, d,u
J. Mahlon Barnes, then secretary Of
the national Socialist larty, whom I
quote:
Personally. I'd. use the power of
taxation--to the limit Of conhscation, If
you please~-to change the ownership Of
wealth from private TO public"
Now, 60 Mr.. Spargo 1t may seem
much nicer for the. proletariat to take
over our farms. factories, mills, mines,
railroads., banks. stores etc. through
eonfiscatcry taxation rather thsn
through the machine gunbut so far
AS the owners of the property are con-
cerncd, they are "eonhscated" just the
same. OF course, Mr.. spargo is ac-
quainted with the official declaration
OF the Russian Menshevist party, which,
as printed in the report of the British
Labor delegation to Russia, plainly
shows that the Menshevists still favor
confiscation, as they have always done.
@ If there arc any people SO simple
minded that they still "hanker after
state ownership and operation Of the
means of production, distribution and
land they can sat.,their fnal antidote
In Moscow and Pctrograd. And right
| here Is what is the matter with Mr.
Spargo: He sees Marxism, which he
has been preaching for twenty years,
proved failure and a fraud, and ha
together with a little group of intel
lectual Marxists-less than dozen in
ali--in this ccuntry is in desperation
trying TO save Marxism by making a
distinction between Bolshevist Marxism
and Menshevist Marxism, the Objective
Of each being the samr. But, Mr.
Spargc, that will not workl
RALPH M. EASLEY.
New York, May 10, 1921.
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ku Klux Before the War
The South Speaks Up
The MensEaevist Attitude
NATIONAL Civic Federation Executive Again Takes Issue
. With John Spargo

erty of the rich, ey setting the torch
to few buildings or by the summary
execution OF few mernbcrs Of the
possessing class, hope that the eour~
age to share in the werk SHOULD be
+mine. should pray for the courage
and the hardness Of heart necessary.
1t is not, them, because of lack of
revolutionary will that ! oppose sabo-
tAge and the appeal TO other violent
methods, but because / believe that
they can only leave my class mors
.hopelessly enslaved than ever. 1t is
not that would he careful not to
harm the masters of bread and life and
to preserve their property. bat because
/ would not destroy the msrale of my
class as lighting force"
| Mr.. Spargo takes bitter exception to
my characterizing the Menshevists as
only whit better than the Bolshe-
visits. He says my opposing those
brave and earnest men and women in
| Russia who are bearing the brunt In
the struggle against Bolshevism" is
playing into Lenine's hands, and that
that gentleman. could we'll afford to pay
me for it.
Y am not opposing those brave peo-
Pile. They are entitled, rs Mr.. Spafgo
says, to "the loyal support OF every
decent-minded, liberty-loving Ameri-
can" If I we're in Russia 1 would do
everything in my power to help the
| Mensheviki destroy the Boisheviki, and
then / would do everything in my power
! ito help the peasants destroy the Men
sheviki, Because believe the peasants
are the only people who have any right
|. to speak for Russia. But if the only
way for me to help the Mensheviki in
Russia Is to join Mr.. Sparge's move
/ iment to create a sentiment, in this coun-
try favorab Bile to Menshevism, then
am against it. I am more concerned
about what goes on here than am
about what goes on in Russia.
Mr.. Spargo complains of my state
ment that the difference between Boz
shevism and Menshevism is that Boil
/ shevism confiscates property to-day,
while Mensheyism confiseates it to,mor-
| row <~ f
| In order fully to appreciate the innc-
cent and happy character of the Men
shevist brand Of eonfscation, it ought
really to be experienced. A few years
| ago magazine ran symposium on
the question of conhscation, quoting
the leading Socialists at that time. Most
of the opinions were like those of
Will Mailly, former secretary of the
Socialist party and then editor Of The
| New York Call, who said: !;
Myself, favor absolute appropria-
l'tion, / cannet' believe that soeiety
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
rc the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune. 4.a.l
Sir: Books on the subject of the
late war are, they say, out Of favor, but
those who we're fortunate enough to 80
and return, unharmed cannot helpsfroni
time to time recalling little incidents
Of that momentous experience. J,
Twice since January, 1914, has my
memory been logged by notices Of the
docease Of men whom met "ovef
there" and would never have met other
wise. T
First it was Father des Wales, Cathc-
lie chaplain of the 10ath Infantry
Every inch soldier. but with the, cross
to distinguish his Office, I first met
him at Vcrtuzey on the Toul front and
later at Grosrouvres. On Sunday
April 2s, 1913, I accompanied that
regiment, partly over newly made
forest road, to escape enemy obserya'
tion, to great open meadow, where
the regimentai colors and AT members
of the regiment were decorated by high
officers representing the French govern
mont and whore subsequently the regi.
ment passed in review,
Both chaplains of that famous regi,
ment OF the 26th Division were present
on that occason--both are now dead
Chaplain bankers was killed at Roya;
mieux on June IS, 1918, by bursting
shell--part Of the German return fol
our little victory that same morning
also Sunday, at Xivray. Des Wales
died in this country after his return
as result OF wounds or disease .ac,
quired in the service. e, ..,
| Now / note, in your issue of May H.
the death at Maiden, Mass, of Edwsrt
N. L'Africain, bandmsster of the lots
I Infantry band, also of the 2eth Division
Three years ago on the 9th of this
month I became acquainted with thi,
man. In the evening, while it wa,
still light and the road up to the front
through Maudres and Beaumont wa,
still under observ atien, our supply
wagons attempted to make their daily
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
q the Editor of Ths Tribune.


70 the Editor of Ths Tribune,
Sir: John Srargo. in his recent letter
The Tribune, replying 10 my criti-
iism of his Appeal for Debs," raised
90 many. questions for me go answer
Adequately in the space that The Trib-
me esa afford to grant.
Mr.. Spargo charges me as foliows
With. 'rnisrepresenting" his Independ.
mt articles.
"Mr. Essley represents me as asking,
Who would want to take ever q broken
iown automobile, when by simply wait
ne until 1t is repaired by the owner
1 could be taken over just as easily 2
Of the million men and women who
soted for Mr.. Debs, he asks, DO they
sot believe in wholesale burglary of all
,rivate property when it is ready?
And chen asks, Doesn't Mr.. Spargo ad-
rocate that III ais Independent article p
Now. there is not a sentence in The
independent article which could be so
construed"
Well, this is, what he said in The
New York Independent. The Tribune
leaders can decide between us:
Socialism, if it is to succsed at all,
must inherit the full advantages and
achievements of capitalism. In other
xords, it must take over capitalism as
going concern and not as a wrecked
mass. :. The man desirious OF
sbtaining an automobile would be no
better satisfied with a pile of formless
Junk .snd scrap than the intelligent
Sociafist would be to acquire the ruins
" the capitalist system, instead of the
systsm in it's most perfect and efficient
Fornr and state"
Mr.. Spargo says that L know he has
always consistently opposed contisca-
!ion.n don't. know as much as be
kinks l DO. ] Know he has always said
ae was against .confscation, but the
reasons -he would give for it are not
such as to inspire enc with any great
sope. that it is. safe 20 depend upon him
N a4spinch- For instance, here is q
statement from his book on Syndieal-
ism,, Industrial uni9nism and Social
ISM, page 1T2,. which certainly would
.jare tmid people, at least;
81 am not opposed to sabotage be
:ause of any love of law and order,
or because of any regard for the rights
IF property None of these things is
particularly sacredto me, none of them
is one thousandth part as dear to me
As the emancipation of my class, II
he class to which I belong could be
set free from exploitation by violation
sf the laws made by the master class
by open rebellion, by seizing the prop,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Over There Memories
The Passing of Two Men Whom John S. Summer
Knew IN France

trip. I was standing In the mait
street Of the village OF GsosrouvYss
talking with the town major.
!. suddenly there was . dsafsning ex-
plosion and IL was evident that ws were
int FOR d bombsrdment. Every one was
ordsrsd under cover, sosue 70 an sbris.
a ,senai.dugout behind 1 sheltered wall.
Itswss 4 dark. narrow chamber with an
entrance at either end. There was .
narrow seat along each side. After .
time was in conversation With the
man ON my right. 1t was Bandm astsr
LsAfrieain.
He told ma Of his career and OF his
age, then sixty-six. and Of his pride
in being in active seFviee at that age
told him Of 9 family of the same
name on Long Island, but he did not
know OF them. Hs had come originally
from Canada. The ahe'line continued
and we became accustomed to 1t. We
could hear the report Of the German
guns in the distAnee--one, Swo. os
three, then the gradually increasing
whistle Of the proiectiles and then the
explosions, scattering the Guitar walls
and covering with loose stones. The
only candle burned opt and went
across the road Cor more.
A report came that four members OF
the band had been slightly injured, and
the old bandmaster went out, to get
details. At that time our sleeping
quarters we're wooden barracks and II
seemed advisable TO remain In the abri:
until day began, 10 break, at about A
o'clock. Most Of the wooden building,
had suffered some slight damage and
one had hole In the front about fou,
feet square. =
L'Africain's band played at Mehil-le
Tour ON Decoration Day, but never
saw the cid man again. No doubt h
went through all the hard service
which subsequently fell to the lot Oh
the famous 2eth--the New England
Division, ~:
War books are cut of favor, but there
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Menshevism Arraisned
Two Men of the A.E.F.
Ku klux Klan in 1860
Old Printers Testimony That the klan Flour;sh.a
Before Reconstruction DAYS

To th Editor OF The Tribune.
.s Sir: / have read number Of ar
t.eles in different papers lately in re-
gard to the Ku xiux Khan. and while
they ars mainly aceuysts, I do not find
that .any one oil them gives the correct
time of the organisations beginning or
it's true object. They all mention the
Reconstruction period In the South as
the beginning OF the Kian, and defend
il as.a law and order organization and
as an aid TO the civil authorities to
riaintsin peace, love and tranquility,
Even no less parsonage than
Woodrow Wilson defended the Klan in
his political history published several
years ago, but he admitted that @some
lad mon crept into the organization. "
Speaking from observation and per-
sensl knowledge, must say that the
bad men did not creep, but went in on
the run in great numbers. Possibly
scme good men get caught in the rush
and were showed aleng with it. The
Klan had membership of 100000, and
III does not seem possible that ga few
| bad men" could have "erept in" among
such an army Of good men and COM
mitted all. the deviltry and cruelty the
Ku Kluxers were responsible for dur
| ing the three or four years Of the Re-
construction period.
am unable to give the date of the
Klan's organization in the older states
ee the South, though | have nc doubt
| it occurred at the same time that wtr
preparations were started by the seees.
sionists soon after the inauguration of
President Buchanan in 1857, but can
pc sitively state that it had it's begin
ming in Texas in May, 1880, nearly a
year before the var started, and sew
eral years before the Reconstruction
4 period.
|. AT that time Major Charles Il
Buckley, Kehtuckian, arrived in San
Antonio, armed. and equipped with the
bylaws of the Ku Kiux Klsn, at frs
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-s---=,- Letters to the Tribune,s Editor
holly dsaDee Of pha you SAP and daedao Hds

was ,closeness OF association free
from all the artificiaIities Of life In
the servics abroad which wskens at the
mention OF some one we met or with
whom we were associated under trying
conditions that prompts one to say q
word about the unhoralded men who
served their country and who, so soon,
are beginning to pass away,
a' JOHN $. SUMNER. !,
New York, May 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
We Alao Need II
fFrom The Chicago Dolly News)

fFrem The Chicago Deiu .NewD z
: Esthaaia would like TO get some
money in the United States for it's
railroads. Likewise the railroads Of
the United States would like to get
some money, here or elsewhere.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Passing 1t Along

HTrom The Chicago DaIy NewsJ
Anyway, why should posterity not
pay part Of the war debt? Posterity
will profit by the results of the war.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-22

fs9Tng Ger, $500 sps $500 Rsa4tr &s41 eASmi $3.50
YstSs1 sssan, $500 st4ss Sssc ssxassrs S.e css& $500
~ ,%sts h A.As ID
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
TAN CLAIM DISPUTED

New York, July a2.-The govern
ment's claim to approximately $50,
600 IN income taxes from the United
States Steel corporation 10 being Dis
puted II was announced today b.
Chairman Ebert n Gary of the cor
poration's board Of directors. This
amount is equal to sis a shara on
the 5.os3o23 shares OF common stock.
In making our income tax returns
to the government Of 1917 and 1915"
said Mr.. Gary. we raiDrd question
concerning items involving approx
mately sto.oo0,000 Of taxes Believing
these were not taxable. We claimed
credit for them in our returns Re
Gently the government repre- sentstiye1
have been discussing with us the auer-
ton relating to these items. They nave
not been decided"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23

csc government had regulated the
number of laborers TO whom passports
to Hawaii were issued thru an In
formal arrangement worked out with
the sugar planters OF the Islands by the
japanese consular officers who we're
informed each season OF the number
required. Mr.. johnson interrupted to
say that he understood the number al
lowed to go to Hawaii. each year, was
really below the requirements. a posi-
ton taken by Japan in order to pre-
vent break in wages.
The statement concerning the agree
ment between the employers and tho
Japanese government was imme diately
denied by Royal n. Mead, special la
Dor agent OF the Planters organizs-
ton.
From that point every angie OF the
exclusion question was touched on in
some form or other and members Of
the committee freely expressed dissat-
isfaction with loopholes which they
said were apparently left in the agree
ment. They denied the practice Of
permitting picture brides to enter
this country which practice continued
said Chairman Johnson, DESPITE the
diplomatic understanding Because Of
tho delicacy OF the subject. Mr.. Nc
Murray answered most questions
guardedly and some were not answered
at all.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
GOVERNOR SMALL
DEF|ES ARREST
CONTINUED from Page ono

quarters to the appearance of the ad-
jutant general and several officers in
uniform and II was reported that de-
tachment Of soldiers was being held in
readiness to rush TO me governors aid
in response to a call.
Warrants Cor the governors arrest
were back in the hands of Circuit
Clerk Koehn tonight. having been re-
turned by Sheriff Master on instruc-
tons from the court. II was indicated
that no attempt to serve them will be
made until Judge Smith orders II.
Appearing without counsel, Lieuten-
ant Governor Sterling arranged HE
bond OF fifty thousand dollars today.
the same sum as requested for bond
Of Vernon curtis. third alleged con-
spirator against the state.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
JAPANESE FLOODING HAWAII
HOUSE TO PROBE CONTRACT
immigration Committee Asks State Department To Furnish
Details Of "Gentlemen's Agreement"
of 1908

Washington. D. c.. July 22.-The
Japanese exclusion question broke out
in congress again today. Informed
that Hawaii was being flooded with
Japanese. the house immigration com
mittee asked the state department to
furnish details Of the 'gentlemen's
agreement" Of 1905. with respect to
ton to the United states.
Diplomatic correspondence leading TO
the understanding which the commit
tee was told does not apply to Hawaii.
never has been made public and the
committee decided to investigate. De-
spite contentious of some members
that discussion OF the matter at this
time might impede plans for interna-
tional conference on disarmament and
pacific questions. the committee decid-
ed to 60 into the thirteen year old i'm
m Eration arrangements after II had
heard ]. V. A. McMurray. chief Of the
division of Far Eastern affairs Of the
state department and had received a
telegram from V. s. McClatchey, Sac
rRmanto, Calf, publisher. dealing with
the general subject OF Japanese immi-
grafton.
Mr.. McMurray told the committee
that Japan had never regarded the
agreement as applying to Hawaii. and
added incidentally that inasmuch as II
was voluntary proposition from ia
pan. this country was diploma tically
bound until the other party to the I'M
Outstanding should withdraw.
His statement concerning Hawaii.
brought from Chairman johnson. the
exclamation that the time had arrived
for a declaration that Hawaii is n part
of the United States with respect TO
Japan and all others"
Mr.. McMurray said that the Japan
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
STUDY OF MATR|MONY
IN SCHOOL SUGGESTED

Chicago. July 22.-A course in matri-
rnony should be a part OF the Curl
oulum in every Chicago high school.
Judge Harry A. Lewis Of the superior
court. told Edwin S. Davis. president
of the board of education in an open
letter today.
THE number OF cases wherein chill
dren have contracted marriage without
ever having been informed Of the mag
nitude of their obligations appear so
often that / want to see some way Of
overcoming this danger In the coming
generation" Judge Lewis wrote In
a ten months term in court, Judge
Lewis has heard more than 1000 di-
vorcc cases.
Instruction in the science of matri-
rnony could take the place of social
affairs now on school programs. he
said.
I'VE cannot correct the damage al
ready done" the judge wrote. but
we can cart now to educate the chill
dren so as to protect the next gen.
eration from the defects in our social
life OF today"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
SHERIFF TO SEARCH
FOR MISSING MAN

Phoenix. Ariz.. July 20 - sherlY's
posses on horseback viii start tomor-
row morning on search OF the de-
SORT for ]. ]. knight OF Dallas. Texas.
whose automobile. was found stuck
in the sand OF the dry bed Of the Has
sayampa river. so miles northwest OF
Phoenix. Sunday. A search OF the vi
entity where the car was found was
made today and resulted In tho ind
ing OF charred fragments Of papers
which had belonged to Knight but
which had been burned
No trace OF knight has been found
however, since he left Buckeye. Ar
iona, small town 30 miles west OF
here, last Friday. knight was trav-
elllng alone. according to information
secured by the sheriffs Once here.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
BROADWAY JONES At
CHAUTAUQUA TONIGHT

tContirued from Page One)
tuition and he suggested that amend
ments be made by n nationwide refer
endum after two years Of investigation
and consideration. The people must
vote for party platforms instead OF
items. he said. and this was a poor
method.
Second: In regards to voting. he
thought IT should be compulsory He
claims that 20 per cent OF the business
men Of the United States do not vote.
Third The method Of choosing a
president should be a direct vote of
the people and not by the electoral
college. He also declared that the
president had too much power and thai
instead Of electinE a president every
four years we should elect new one
when public sentiment changed and
that the incoming president should
take office within 10 days after the
election instead OF four months
Fourth: The cabinet should not he
composed Of appointlve officers but
by representative leaders of the peo-
pie.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
rs MILLION RUSSIANS
FACING STARVATION

New York, July 22-The official
Bolshevik newspaper. Pravda, of Mos
COW. under date of June Is, telling of
the terrible sufferinEs Of the Russian
people. says that "as 7 result OF the
drought and the crop failure, famine
Is raging among population num-
being about % 600. 900.
This announce ment. given out by A.
J. Sack. director OF the Russian infor-
nation bureau in the United States,
who represents the Russian anti Boil
shevik forces in this country. con-
firms recent cable dispatches which
have described the wides pread famine
conditions prevailing in Russia.
The famine territory, Mr.. Sack said,
embraces eight provisions surround
ing Perm, and the northern Caucasus
from which the populati ton Is fleeing
in terror.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23

Colorado Springs. Colo. July 27.-suit
was filed in the district court here to-
day against tho Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe railway by Mrs Alan A.
Lindeman to recover 5000 damages for
the death OF her husband. Her petit
ton alleged that Lindeman died as
the result Of Injuries received when n
suitcase fell out Of rack on q Santa
Fe train and struck him in the head
He was enroute from Colorado Springs
to Castle Rock. His death came sew
eral months after the alleged accident.
according to tho petition
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
l7-Year-Old "Ponzi"
Sentenced By X. M. Lands

Chicago. Ill. July c2-stephen Cap
sack, seventeen year old 'ponzi OF
La Sale street" whose financial op-
erations are said to have cost owners
OF stocks and Sonds $4,000. was sem
fenced to six months in prison today
by Federal Judge Lands. when he
pleaded guilty TO using the malls to
defraud
Capsack opened an office in the
financial district. Stocks sent him to
sell were converted 20 his own use,
the government charged
He was arrested near FL Paso.
Texas.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-23
ASK INCOME TAN RULING

Chicago. M, July PAN income tax
rulins Of national Importance was
asked by the city's five real estate and
building experts today when they APP
peared before Federal Judge lands
to ark that the income tax collector be
prohibited from investigating the
books Of those whose schedules have
been questioned
The experts who collected ts.l53. 7os in
1918. 1919 and 1920, according to those
pretsing tho suit against them are
under fro for alleged conspiracy
aEalnat the cltV.