The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

i 70 De superior 70 the COURTS and los
tiers taking law into its own hands.
We are well aware that they deny
this. But the facts are that at Pen
sacola, Florida, and Beaumont, Tex
as, the Khan was found guilty of this
very thing. All kind of mob law goes
on in the states where they operate
under their name. There were thir-
ty-eight cases of this kind in Texas
alone within ninety days. If they
do not foster it then it is time that
this great and so-called law and order
Khan should come into the open and
make its hands clean. For the bust
ness goes on in their name. They
should use their "eyes that see ev-
erything" to ferret this out and bring
the guilty to justice. This they have
not done and in specific instances
have refused to do 1t. / care not what
the organizer that is paid so much
per head for securing membership,
may say the stain of mob law is
upon them and until they come into
the open and clear themselves of this
work, they are not worthy of the
backing of any true American.
Still farther they are un-American
because they organize under our
flag, an invisible empire. The EN-
peror holds office for life. The men,
bership is unknown. Every member
is sworn to obey the mandates and
orders of the Emperor. Every MEM
Der is sworn to use any and all JUS
tifiable means and methods to ac-
complish their end. They are sworn
to stand by each other and not reveal
anything except murder, treason
and rape upon a brother member.
They have in court rooms refused to
testify, saying they were bound by
this oath to keep still. This is .Kais-
erism. Having gone across the sea
and crushed a visible empire, it is
poor policy to set up an invisible one
at home. There may be place in
Europe for an invisible Empire con-
sisting of members sworn to obedi-
ence and to carry out mandates by
any and all means and methods, but
not under the American flag. Ameri-
canism is allegiance in the open to
the courts and the laws; obedience to |
the Constitution and the Declaration |
of independence and a recognition !
of the rights of every American re-
CARELESS of religious belief. Because
the Ku Klux Klan violates all of these
it is /un-American and should receive !
the condemnation of American citi- |!
zens.
| object to the Khan because it is J
unChrsitian. The fundamental prin-
ciples of Christianity are love and !
brotherhood. Jesus always refused |
10 make the circle smaller than to
include all men. Yet this Khan,
to uphold the Christian faith
breaches and upholds race superior
ity and fosters race and class bigotry |
and intolerance. Race hatred is fos-
tered. The brotherhood of man is
forgotten. Their theory is that the
end jsutifies the means. The theory /
The theory of the Khan is that the
end. justifies the means. The theory |
of the Khan is that the nation should
be broken into castles and classes and
trained to hate one another. There
is nothing that is more unchristian
in this world than race bigotry, class
rule by fear, intolerance,
secret tyranny, disregard for law
and lack of reverence for human life
of all races and creeds. The Khan
is guilty of all of these and thereby |
brands itself as being anything but
Christian. 1t is menace to the
brotherhood of man. 1t is a menace
to the Christian program of lifting
all races toward better things. 1t
breathes forth an atmosphere of hat
red and prejudice and thereby kills
the finer spirit of Christianity.
l object to the Khan because it is
hypocritical. 1t pretends to stand !
for the church and then uses the