New Britain herald., 1922-12-21
Good Thing We Were in Connecticut During Last Election," Princi- pal Speaker Says.
Dr. Newton Declares That Protestant Church Has Been Asleep-New Mem- bers Admitted.

Upwards of 200 New Britain peo- pie, among them being about 50 women, attended the first official meeting of the Ku Klux Klan held in New Britain last evening.
 Met on the street by local or ganizer the Herald man was escorted to the place of meeting. Many non- members 1t developed were escorted there in thes same way. They were not informed of the place of meeting but were required to meet their es- corts at designated places about the city from which points they strolled in twos and fours to the meeting place.
 There were few automobiles and these were parked at distant points. Arriving at the place of meeting. guards were found stationed at every I door, One sentinel stood on guard at the outer door at the street entrance and at the inner entrance, two guards flanked each door and no person went in until fully vouched for by someone known to the guards.
 Introduced to Mir. Mott
 The Herald man was pessed into the lobby where he was introduced to Charles A. Mott, of Meriden, provin- cial organizer. MT. Mott, who has just returned from national klon klave at Atlanta, Georgia, and was in charge of the meeting asked the newspaperman his religious and fra ternal affiliations
 I There are only two things we ask you," he said. You are privileged to write whatever you see or hear, we simply ask you to mention no names and give us square deal, not to misquote or misrepresent what ,1 goes on.'' ss The newspaperman then was lel N through the hall. which had but few people at this time, to 8 conceal ed spot, so as not to embarrass any one in the audience who might rec ognize him. Here he was introduced to Rev. pr. Basil B. Newton, of Stroud, Oklahoma. the speaker of tho evening.
 This Way Outp During the course of the address the visiting reporter was kept in sight by a man. evidently stationed there for the purpose. It was noticed that when this man was out of sight for a few minutes, he was relieved by another. Immediately at the close of the address the custodian of the scribe" very respectfully announced, q have been requested to let you out the back door," A few minutes later the reporter found himself wander ing about in the snow through back yards.
 All Nature in Controversy
 He introduced the speaker, Dr. Newton, who has been a Protestant minister for 35 years and klan lec- turer for the past two years. | Dr. Newton began his lecture by H. frustrating the point that all nature is in controversy. Even birds have their enemies" he said, land ser pents fight other serpents. Dogs. boosters, etc, fight but the most pitiable thing of all is that men fight.
 Tn the midst of all the peace and beauty of the Garden of Eden, that | brought divisonsand from that day to the last tick of your watch there has been division in the world. There has been contest between the black race and the white race, between the brown race and the yellow race, etc. The very water you drink, the very food you eat must kill billions of liv- ing creatures before you derive any benefit from it. There are islands in the sea built of billions of bodies that have been brought up and left there.
 "The sun that gives you light will burn you up. The rain that gives you l life will rot your body. Righteous ness and unrighteousness are fighting each other. The history of Rome, Carthage, Gaul shows that people have always been at each others throats."
 Here the speaker led up to the birth of Christ and said, When the angels cried Peace on Earth. good will to men and Christ had scarcely finished his doctrine of peace and love they put him on tho cruel cross But before he died, he called his disciples together and told them to remember one thing If you don't remember another thing I say tonight, don't for. get, John S:32: 'Ye shall know tho l truth and the truth shall make ye l free'."
 From here the speaker proceeded to the period of the inuuisition when he said seventv-two million women and babies were murdered because they worshipped God as they saw f1t." savonarola, Martin sfsuther, John Knox and others we're mentioned as martyrs to warfare over the evils of life.
 Will Keep Country Protestant 1 'sThe Pilgrim fathers, when they found the United States. the first thing they did was to dedicate the country to God and to Protestanism and by the Grace of God we are going to keep the country Protestant or go (Continued on Twelfth Page).