[Illustration: WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS Founder of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and Emperor Invisible Empire] THE KLAN UNMASKED _by_ WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS _Founder of_ THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN AND EMPEROR OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE PUBLISHED BY THE 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 and Eastern 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 Stand Together 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 WHY I WRITE A BOOK