KU KLUX KLAN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2632, 13 September 1923, Page 4

KU KLUX KLAN.

A BRANCH IN AUCKLAND. It is characteristic of the secret methods of the Ku Klux Klan (states the Auckland Star) that it has already become established in Auckland, with a membership of something like 900 to 1,000, we understand, without one word appearing in public. Most people know of this strangely named organisation from the sensational cablegrams from America fi’om time to time, and put it down as a purely American organisation body. But that is not the case; there are British branches, or whatever they call the offshoots and in Canada it is one of the strongest institutions in the country. As far as Auckland is concerned the central fact at the back of the formation of branches or lodges, or whatever they are , ailed, is antagonism to Asiatic labour. The Chinese and the Indians are mentioned as (lie two races to which the Klan has most objection. In the United States the Klan is said to be the swoni foe of the negro race, more especially where it has been shown that there has been interference with white women by men of colour. It is understood that in the propaganda against Asiatic labour the aid of other societies is to be enlisted. The Ku Klux Klan is said to be the most secret society in English speaking countries and the oath is said to be a particularly binding one. We understand that it is already operating in Australia, and that in Wellington there is a fully fledged organisation.