Evening star., 1923-04-20
KLAN WOMEN TOLD
/ OF MENACE IN j. S.
"NeW York Most Un-Ameri-
can Center" Emperor Sim
h mons Says, at Tulsa.
Iy the Associated Press.

ly the Associated Press
TULSA, Okla. April 20-New York
1s the most un-American center on
7he American continent" William J.
summons. emperor of the Ku Kluy
Khan. declared here last night IN ,he
Namelia, the women's organization
''lined along the lines of the Klan,
at their first general convention.
Directing the attention Of the con-
Fenuon to what he said was the
menace to the white Protestant civ
1llzatlon of the race from all sides. :"
COL simmons said the foreign popu-
Iatiop settled in the great centers of
population. He cited New York
Within radius of nineteen
iF'leS. he said there are more than
seven millions of people congested
~ TINS enormous centralized popula-
ION there are only 100000 native
norn' white Protestant Americans
me majority of some six millions of
ms vast centralized population are
81 every land and of every tongue
ana every creed. They speak thirty
seven foreign languages and none of
1hem in their homes or in their COM
1huhitleS speaks the English lang
""Se. The foremost political and So
ial economist OF the world recently
oiade survey of New York city, and
after listening to its babel of
tongues. after feeling its hot breath
OF anarchy, after touching its seeth-
Ing restlessness. calmly turned away
!'nd said that Petrograd, in its dust
ana desolation. was a picture OF New
Il ork city of the future.
Problems to Contend With.
The founder of the Klan told the
convention that IAN organization of
patriotic white Protestant American
women" was the other part of a dual
youth.
Col. Simmons declared: New Eng
land is settled by French Roman
anadians. They speak the French
Language. maintain parochial schools
and multiply with amazing rapidity."
IN the south. he asserted. there are
more than l1,0U0.000 negroes, pre-
sGnting d problem TO the white peo-
pie of that section such as has never
neen solved in the history of civil
azation.
ON the Pacific coast. he continues.
the japanese for years have striven
1or foothold on the American con-
7inent. All the efforts of the Japa-
hese to colonize on the Pacitic coast
may be interpreted as a carefully de-
signed plan by which that nation is
10 take asylum in America for a ref
Hge against the coming of the day
of wrath. when China undertakes TO
nave an accounting with Japan
Invasion of America.
THE American nation" the Khan
head continued. has been invaded by
foreign and alien and undemocratic
elements. most of which have been
unta ught, undisciplined and unchast-
ened. They are incapable of self
government" He said the American
womanhood must cooperate in put
ting AN arrest upon immigration to
This country and in distributing the
foreign and alien population already
here over The country at large and
in Americanizing these un-American
elements that we must retain.
He said the kanelia and the klan
contemplate the founding of "A great
American university in Atlanta.
Telling of how he founded the ku
kluN Klan. which he said had grown
to millions in numbers. Col. Simmons
continued:
AN insiStcnt demand has come in
from other English speaking Prot
eStant countries to extend the or
sanization to embrace all men OF kim
ship in ideals and in creed"