Evening star., 1925-08-10

ma udates Of the Constitution and the
laws Of this government
can YOU he depended upon"
70 each Of these questions the group
of stern-faCed initiates responded With
hearty yes. Then. placing their
left hands over their hearts and rails
ing their right hands 10 heaven. the
prospective knights repeated, word by
word. the Khan oath. beginning: Il. i'll
the presence of God nd man. do most
solemnly pledge and swear uncondl-
tionally that | will faithfully obey the
Constitution and laws of the United
States Government and willingly con
form to the laws and regula tions OF
the ku kluX klan, now and here
after" The oath. which is rather
lengthy. includes a pledge 10 keep the
secrets of the order under al condi-
tions. to see that only loyal men are
Invited 10 join the Khan. TO discourage
SelfshneSs and selfish political ambi-
ton Ia support this Government
above any other and Kind Of gov
ernment." to defend unto death" the
property. life and faC of America and
enforce its laws and Constitution. and
to protect by all justifable means"
free schools. free speech. free press,
Oath Held Most Binding.
Mortal man cannot assume more
binding oath than this. klea gle
Mueller declared and to violate 1t
means disgrace. dishonor and death.
The kleagle then raised cup of
sparkling water, and, dipping his
fingers into the liquid. Sprinkled drops
of it on the barred head OF kla ms
man kneeling beside him, in sym
bolism of the transparency of life
ole Of of Il "a n
man. As he sprinkIed the water the
kleaele said: Meath the fiery cross
dedicate you in body, in mind. in
spirit and in life to the service Of
knights OF the ku klux Khan, home
and country"
4 fervent PRAYER. in which the
kleagle dedicated the candidates TO
their obligations and invoked divine
aid To held them keep them. closed
the formal ceremony Of initiation.
whereupon the new members arose
and were informed You no longer
are strangers or aliens among us. but
citizens OF the invisible empire on
behalf of the emperor | welcome you
to the empire and proclaim YOU 'citi
zens Of the invisible empire. knights
of the ku Klux Klan. a most honor
able title among men"
The kleagle then asked the new
members II they knew the meeting
place of the khan. Several shook thair
heads. Then I'll tell you. and I'm
willing that the whole world should
hear it-Eoom 40l. international
Building"
The program concluded with some
fiery oratory by DR.. f. r. White of
Richmond, Va, another national
speaker"
Denies Fight on Catholics.
We are not fighting the Catholic
or the dew the speaker said, but for
Protestan INT Christianity. We believe
in he rights guaranteed to every ma n
by the Constitution. irrespective of
his race, creed or color. We are not
concerned with the Roman Catholic,
nor re We. as has been repeatedly
cha rged. his avowed enemy But We
do say that the seat of government
is yonder at the Capitol and not on
the banks of the Tiber at Rome. Nor
are we fighting the Jew. The lew
automatically makes himself ineligible
to join this order through his refusal
10 believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The salvation of the Khan means
the salvat tion Of America. We have
no apologies TO offer for our existence.
We want America first and always
Let the Jews have Jerusalem if they
want it, But let us Join to keep
America 100 per cent American"
There We're constant outhursts of
cheering TO punctuate the speakers
remarks. but none more prolonged
than when he raised his voice to
stentorian pitch and called for the
reading of the Bible every morning in
the public schools of America. with
an American flag in view of the chill
dren in each room
We need men and women i'm
pregnated with the spirit OF '76." he
concluded, ready to die that their Ma
ton shall remain rs the founders in.
tended
Commissioner Fenning today sent
message of CONNIE endation to the Of