Evening star., 1922-12-16
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HARDING MONDAY
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disappear "the blazing cross and the
pasture parties. where the men mask
themselves and put on n fantastic
ceremony in the open field and ter
rorise an entire netghborhood.
I'm Kansas We are seeking to expel
the khan from the state" Gov. Allen
said. II note by the press OF the
country that some misapprshension
exists as to just what we mean by
expelling the order. and the thought
has been expressed that 1t is the In.
tentlon of the state to drive out OF
the state the members Of the khan.
This is not at all what the action
before the supreme court presupposes..
Under the law OF Kansas every or
ganisation doing business within the
state must be chartered. The Ku
laws OF Georgia and the action now
pending in the supreme court OF the
state is for the purpose Of securing
a writ forbjdding the khan to do
business hereafter in Kansas.
The essence Of our opposition to
that it fights the Catholic Church or
expresses its antipathy to the Jew or
to the negro. but in the fact that 1t
does this under the protection Of
mask and through the process Of ter
rorism and violence.
1T is incredible that this country
should have passed through its bap-
tism Of heroic devotion which was
called into action four years ago. only
to sag back now into this most lam
entable species OF disorder.
Refers to Sacrifices.
Much human life has been sacri-
feed to the cause Of Christian CIV
ilization. as America interprets 1t. /
could take you to a place I know in
France where the crosses rise row
on row. and after a while we would
stand before cross which marks
the resting place of James Fitzsim-
mons. The record Is that he WAS the
first member of the American expe-
combat area of Toul. II I had the
power to reincarnate him l could say:
James Fitzsimmons. you think you
are a 100 per cent American. and I
imagine he would look at me with
some surprise and say: I never
in America and when they told me
this war was for the defense Of our
ideals and our civilization didn't
wait for the selective draft. l hur-
ried on to offer my life for the de-
fense of the principles which Amer
lea had adopted as her own
III I should say. You are not . one
hundred per cent American. there IL
an emperor sof an invisible govern
ment at Atlanta, Ca. who declares
you cannot be one-hundred per cent
American because you are q Catholic
dare say he would say to me. They
never told me anything like that
"a 90 IN
waiting to go over the top"
Speaking of the appeal made by
organizers of the khan along lines of
what they call one hundred per cent
Americanism. he said:
"In many places the appeal to creed
has brought into the organization
some excellent men who believe that
they are addressing themselves to a
real problem when they draw lines Of
religious prejudice"
Sketches Khan Progress.
Sketching the progress Of the khan,
he continued:
1T grows very rapidly when 1t
strikes q community. and it requires
about = year of experience to con-
vince it's best members that the or
ganization has no real place of USE
-fulness In America. 1t arouses the
intensest bitterness.
"In some communities. where am
acquainted with its activities. friends
of a lifetime have become estranged,
families have been divided, men be-
came suspicious Of their neighbors.
bigotry and intolerance have thrived.
poisoned pens and serpent tongues
have been busy spreading scandals.
Women and children have been
taught to believe that their neigh
'bors Of a different religious faith are
plotting their destruction.
prise. cooperation and neighborly
good will passes away under the
blight of its bigoted teachings and
the spirit Of religious intolerance.
hatred and suspicion enters into
every civic activity from the delib-
erations Of the chamber of commerce.
to the political primaries. Sermons
Of hate are thundered from pulpits
where. in other years. was taught
tho doc&ine OF the great command
mont"
After referring to specific crimes
of violence alleged to have been
committed by members of the khan
said:
"The organization IL rs dangerous
to the Protestant as 1t is to the Cath
olic. the Jew or the negro. because
it exists only when the authority of
government has been broken down
and destroyed. 1t brings chaos and
hatred and menace to every law
abiding citizen who may fall victim
of the private quarrels and animosi-
ties of the men who hide their
identity behind a mask"