The Washington times., 1921-09-12

The Imperial Wizard Sues.
Keeping Out Prosperity.
Two Names That All Know.
How Many Is a "Few7"
ARTHUR BRISBANE

Soi. william Joseph simmons,
more widely and profitably known
az Imperial Wizard" of the
Invisible Empire" of the ku
klux Klan. will sue for one mil
Hon dollars a newspaper that
says he is in the Ku Klux busi-
ness for base profit. To be a
ku klux you must pay ten dol
iars and take your oath. Moth
ing unusual in that except the
cheapness.
According to the sued news
paper, the object Of the ku KluX
Is determination of Catholics,
Jews and negroes" That is quite
program.
As regards the Jews it has
been tried without intermission
by various agencies for more than
1000 years, but 1t always dies
out and the Jews 60 ahead. The
Jews explain their survival by
y the fact that they are. chosen
people. Common sense explains
IL on the ground that they arc
thinking, persevering people.
Italian workers in thousands
are returning to Italy to wait for
good times to come back here.
When they came away the Ira
was worth 20 cents. Now it 10
worth one-quarter of that amount.
They will live in luxury on their
savings over there-$1 Is worth
20 lire.
The Jewish welfare organization
Is raising 100000 to divert
Jewish migration to South Amer
lea, now that it is shut out here
under the new immigration laws.
The loss of Italians going away
and Of Jews excluded is among
the really big losses that this
country is sustaining, although
wise statesmen do not know it.
Once Portugal and Spain drove
out the Jews. Those countries
went promptly to the bottom Of
the class, and are still there. Hol-
land and then England welcomed
the, Jews, and prospered as they
had never done.
A million more Jews here would
mean more prosperity for every
body. They do not merely earn
money; they CREATE wealth and
values. And when they have made
money they put it in circulation.
They MAKE and they SPEND.
They understand distribution and
production, and apart from their
mental contributions to a coun-
try's greatness, they constantly
stimulate and increase its business
and industrial activity.
To send to South America jew
ish immigration that would have
come here is to build up South
) America and .injure this country's
growth.
Mr.. Fatty Arbuckle and Mr..
Charlie Chaplin figure in the
news. With these two gentlemen
it is only necessary to announce
their names. If you have ten mil
lion readers, more than 9.999, 900
will know all about Arbuckle and
Chaplin.
There are gathered in New York
now the greatest chemists Of the
world, and If you printed all their
names, not one would be recog-
nized or identified by I per cent
Of your ten million.
For fifty dollars l can have
any man in New York killed."
III A.. Iok~ Up;, Tio.v S,,Il;,o,
popular statesman, explaining to
this writer why he had introduced
his bill to forbid owning pistols
and to eliminate the constitutional
provision about the right to bear
arms. In New York yesterday
a professional criminal confessed
to twenty murders. Thirty dol
lars Is a fair price for a killing
among the professionals"
Il is a comparatively safe
profession. For every detective
will tell you that it is difficult,
usually impossible, to identify a
murderer when there is no per-
sonal motive in the killing.
"Who hated the dead mani" de-
tectives usually ask, then find
the murderer in the hater.
When killing is done for profit,
or in insanity, the crime remains
mysterious. All London's detec-
tives never could find Jack the
Ripper. He had no personal mo-
tive in his killing.
The international question
now Is, will the Allies kill the
German golden goose that has
Just laid her first one billion
mark gold egg, or will that goose
be allowed to get her financial
breath and 60 on laying other
gold eggs, slowly. Il Is probable
that the old story will be re-
peated.
To remedy the desperate Ger
man situation, certain of the
highest brow type suggest the
poet Hauptmann for president.
That ought to give the golden
goose her finishing touch. Poets
and artists are made to inspire,
not to govern. Considre Pade-
rewski in Poland.