The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-14
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'Ttcds Ku Klup Weapon
Scared Pickdninnies
There Was a Reason
NeiC Brand a Fake
BY Fred l.. Boalt

by TFcu L.. Dodit
PORTLAND. Aprl 1.-THE re-.
vival. turnout the country, OF The
Birth OF n Nation" was q shrewd
piece Of business.
Whether the revival viii 40 good
or harm depends upon the impression
II makes on tho public mind. Sim.
pie minds. no doubt, will be infiauled
by Il. Thoughtful minds will b. made
stlil more thoughtful.
The Birth OF Nation In . won
derful phoioplay. Nothing no Ora.
matically good has been done In NOV.
ing pictures since 0riffith made IL.
In 1915.
II /. tho story Of the real Ku Kun
Khan.
Ths war between the North and
Colonel" returned % hts Southern
homo. Hordes Of negroes. freed by
the war. ware raging up and down
tho country. terrorisinE asrf destroy.
ing. led hy white oarpetbasgcrs from
the North.
Tho whites were outnumbered and
outvo;od. Thor, were black Judges
and black Legislators. many Of them
iiilterats.
The nogrves w~r~ not ready for
tho franchise thu. suddenly
thrust upon them. They did not
know how 20 exercise H. In Jus
tic.. va must r~mrniber. n there
WIRE Instances ~ negro Invasion
Of tho sancuty Of the white
mans home. during r,construc-
tion, ther, were COUNTLESS ln.
stances. during sisvry days, Of
white Invasion Of tho Negroes
homo
There wa. this differences: The
negro was driven by lust. while ths
white man was Inspired by greed.
And a black nanny loves her plcka.
ninny with the same kind % low.
that = white mother feels for her
child.
pu, all thas'ts past. thanh oodi
Tbs Little coionei.- h~artr'ck b.
cnus. his homo was In ruins and his
women fox In danger ~ fate wor-s
than death. se.s two little white chill.
drcn brighten some pickaninnines By
putting sheet over their heads and
saying -noor"
And that is what she real Ku
klux Khan nd--It put . sh~~f on
it, bead and said '7foo-s "a the
neKrcc~. who, being ignorant and
supcr~tifieus. WIRE frightened In
10 submission ta Law and ord~r.
The real ku kius Kan was Illegal.
~ course. but u was necessary IN
that awful crisis. Jus, as our own
In tho Early dayr os Tire Yves,
Thon- real klanafren who followed
tho Fiery Cross we're fighting for
their homes. wives and children
They w~r. IN deadly earnest, They
wrr. hard riding. sirairhi..hoo,inK
fighting msn.
America Ia. ben visited by q sec.
ord Ku kigE KAN patterned after
the FIRST, what one among the local
lesdere~-ihs fat. soft physician. the
sleek lawyer. thu thin. anArmic hah.
ersiashrr. thu hand shaking office
holder any one Of thsfn--weuid you
describe a. a hard riding. straight.
shooting fighting msnf No; one,
What one among thcm IL fight.
Ing for hia homc and women
folks Or imagines no kf Not
one,
Granting that fh~re are many In.
justices ana inequalities In this I'm.
p~vfac, civilization OF ours. what
wrong condition cannot b. riEhtei
By the orderly proces... Of hwT
And where IL tho wrong doer of
sofay who can be frightened Into
rfght.iolng by a man In a pillow case
saying -noo''f
Tho rank and ne Of the r~o
ond Ku ktuI Kan I. honest.
Tho rank and file Of every great
pov cment h always honest But
tho leaders Of II are not honest
Disguised as tie only .true Amerf.
cans. they hids behind plilow.oarr-
and silly mysticism. saying Door
thus hoping 20 gain norus business or
political advantage
Tomorrow ! win give ycu tho
other si<e Of tho picture % the
Ku klux klan In PortiandJ