"5. Do you esteem the United States of America and its institutions above any other government, civil, political or ecclesiastical, in the whole world? "6. Will you, without mental reservation, take a solemn oath to defend, preserve and enforce same? "7. Do you believe in clanishness and will you faithfully practice same toward Klansmen? "8. Do you believe in and will you faithfully strive for the eternal maintenance of white supremacy? "9. Will you faithfully obey our constitution and laws, and conform willingly to all our usages, requirements and regulations? "10. Can you always be depended on?" In the above questions, the references to the Jew and the negro are obvious. The third question, "Are you absolutely opposed to and free of any allegiance of any nature to any cause, government, sect, people or ruler that is foreign to the United States of America?" refers to the Catholic, in which the Pope is considered a foreign ruler, and the allegiance mentioned means spiritual allegiance as well as political. It will be seen later, upon studying the Prescript of the original Klan, that no such questions were asked of applicants for membership and no such restrictions imposed. After the "alien" has satisfactorily answered the above ten questions, and has made his "donation," the first two sections of the obligation are administered, after which follow many papers of tiresome conversation. After walking the candidate several times around the "Klavern," giving the various stationed officers the opportunity to spout forth "Simmonsese," the "alien" is led to the Exalted Cyclops who addresses a long "charge" to him, admonishing him of the great seriousness of the organization, and offering him an opportunity to retire and proceed no further. This offer is very largely a "bluff," because by this time the curiosity of the "alien" is at such a state that he would not think of retiring, and invariably he signifies that he desires to remain for the entire performance. There is more walking around, more verbose tommyrot, and then the remainder of the oath is administered, and the candidate is ready for "naturalization." The "ceremony of naturalization" of the "Invisible Empire" is a sacrilegious parody on the holy rite of baptism, following a threat of death if the "alien" violated his obligation to "use any and all justifiable means and methods" to carry out the work of the political machine! There is no fraternal order in America which has ever dared to do this, and I look back upon the fact that I "baptized" a number of men, who ought to have known better, with a feeling of regret and humiliation. After the "alien" has taken the entire obligation he is asked by the Exalted Cyclops: "Sir, have you assumed without mental reservation your Oath of Allegiance to the 'Invisible Empire'"? The "alien" answers in the affirmative.