Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-02-10

Denouncing the ku klux khan for
having stolen the livery of the origin
al order Thomas Dixon. author or
The Clansman." last night attacked
the modern khan as a dangerous move
ment in a speech at q meeting under
the direction OF the American Unity
League at the Century Theatre.
DIR. Dixon condemned the preset.
khan for its persecution of Negroer
Catholics. Jews, and foreigners, and
declared that the original khan was
founded as a weapon against a corrupt
and intolerable tyranny by the brav-
est and nOblest mon of the south,
among whom he mentioned Major. Gen
N. f. Forrest OF Kentucky. Major. Gen
John G. Gordon Of Georgia, the iatc
Chief Justice Edward Douglas White
of Louisiana and his own father and
uncle. He said that his authorship O.
THE Clansman" which was dramat-
lied for the screen as 1.-The Birth Of n
Nation" had led to belief that he
was connected with the modern khan.
When organized few years ago,
this modern khan sent me an invita-
ton to join" he said. 81 promptly de-
clined and in my letter warned the
organizers tnat if they dared to use
the disguise in a secret oath-bound or
der today, with the courts of law work
ing under civilized Government the
end was sure-riot, anarchy, hood
shed and martial law. We have al
ready reached the point of riot AMI
hloodshed, and unless this thing is
throttled promptly we ale in sight of
martial law
ALL FOREIGNERS EXCEPT
INDIANS
Its prescription of the Negro race
under the conditions Of modern life is
utterly uncalled for, stupid and inhu-
man. If the Write man Is superior.
as believe he is it is our duty as
citizens Of democracy to lift up and
help the weaker race. The khan assault
upon the foreigner is the acme OF stu
pidity and inbumanity. We are all
foreigners except the few Indians we
haven't killed. Some OF us landed yes
terday. Some of us few years ago
All came as refugees from the tyran
ny and anguish OF the Old World.
Our fathers who landed before the
Revolution blaZed the way through
the wilderness for the trembling feet
of liberty. They built beacon on
these shores flashing its rays of hope
to all the oppressed Of the earth. Shall
we. their sons. meet the humble i'm
migrant of today at the waters edge
with a mask and dagger and push him
back into hell? If this is 100 per cent
Americanism. I for one spit on it,"
DR.. Dixon said that the klan's pro-
scription of the Jew was a curious re
vival of n malignant form of mob in
sanity. why should any man attack
the Jew in this country, the home of
the free and the refuge of the Cypress
ed?" he asked. There are but 5000 900
Jews in this country, half of them in
New York. Jew batting has always
been form of idiocy. Jesus Christ
was the son of Jewish mother. From.
Jesus Christ down the ages to last phi
'osopher and thinker, the greatest ones
have been Jews. The Jew is the grea,
est race of people that God has ever
created"
DIR. Dixon said that when he wa,
young he used to be worried about the
allegiance to the Pope and what nigh
happen if an army backed by that Por
tiff marched against the United States.
He said that the history of the Unite:
States and the loyalty and service OF
its Catholic citizens answered that
question.