Wm. E. THOMPSON PUBLISHING CO.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COPYRIGHT, 1923

by

The Wm. E. Thompson
Publishing Company

Illustrations by J.A. Murdoch, Atlanta, Ga.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page
[Foreword: Why I Write a Book] [7]
PART ONE
Organization and Methods
I. [The Klan Yesterday and To-day] [18]
II. [We Americans—A Vanishing People] [26]
III. [Fraternalism of The Klan] [38]
IV. [The Klanishness of The Klan] [46]
V. [Is The Klan Anti-Semitic?] [55]
VI. [Is The Klan Anti-Catholic?] [64]
VII. [The Terminology of The Klan] [79]
VIII. [Symbolism of The Klan] [87]
IX. [The Rendezvous] [97]
PART TWO
The Fading Hope of Democracy
X. [Democracy as a Social System is on Trial] [103]
XI. [Our Cities a Menace to Democracy] [113]
XII. [The Failure of Democracy in Central andEastern Europe] [119]
XIII. [Foreign Outposts in The United States] [126]
XIV. [The Racial Limitations of Democracy] [139]
XV. [The American Negro as Ward of The Nation][147]
XVI. [We Americans are a Peculiar People] [161]
XVII. [Giantism—The National Disease of America] [174]
XVIII. [Drifting] [184]
PART THREE
A Salvaging Policy for Americanism
XIX. "[The Federal Union—It Must be Preserved]" [198]
XX. [Our Country's Part Among the Nations] [212]
XXI. [We English-Speaking People Must StandTogether] [219]
XXII. [The Nemesis of Immigration] [230]
XXIII. [The Problem of Restricting The Suffrage] [248]
XXIV. [National Solidarity Through Education] [260]
XXV. [The Conservation of The American Home] [274]
XXVI. ["A Final Word] [284]