It is impossible, within the restricted scope of this essay, to deal with all the incidental accusations against Jews contained in the _Morning Post_ indictment; but most of them will be found covered by the above classification. The charge of Bolshevism, which is the only conspicuous exception, will be examined in a later chapter. The upshot of the matter is that the "Formidable Sect" is a German Anti-Semitic and Anglophobe myth, founded in malice and hysteria, built up of garbled history, and synthetised by impudent forgery. How it came to impose itself on the plethoric patriotism of the _Morning Post_ is a mystery which may be worth investigating. Whatever the explanation, it must be counted a triumph for German junkerdom and a consoling token to that eminent traitor Herr Houston Chamberlain that he is not altogether without spiritual affinities in the land of his birth. FOOTNOTES: [1] _Morning Post_, July 12-30, 1920. [2] "Thoughts on French Affairs" (Burke's Works, Vol. III., p. 350). [3] _Gentleman's Magazine_, June, 1794. [4] _Infra_ p. 14. [5] _Morning Post_, July 16, 1920. [6] _Infra_ pp. 19 _et seq._ [7] See Wichtl and Meister _op. cit._ A peculiarly crazy statement of this theory, illustrated by an obscene chart pedigree of Queen Victoria, will be found in _Semi-Imperator_ (Munich, 1919). _Cf._ Proceedings of the British Israel World Federation Congress, July 5-10, 1920. [8] _Morning Post_, July 14, 1920. [9] _Ibid._ [10] Quoted by Frost, "Secret Societies of the European Revolution," Vol. I., p. 6. [11] Frost, _op. cit._, pp. 12-13. [12] Robison: "Proofs of a Conspiracy Against all the Religions and Governments of Europe" (Lond., 1797), pp. 38-39. [13] _Morning Post_, July 15, 1920. See also _Spectator_, June 19 and 26, 1920. [14] Gougenot des Mousseaux, _op. cit._, p. 343. [15] Since this was written a learned and comprehensive reply has been published, demolishing the whole Masonic side of the _Morning Post's_ argument. (See A.W. Waite: "Occult Freemasonry and the Jewish Peril" in the _Occult Review_, Sept., 1920.) [16] Oliver: "History of Masonic Persecution," pp. 298-300. [17] Robison, _op. cit._, pp. 30, 38-39, 62. [18] Smith: "Memoirs of Pombal," Vol. II., p. 248. [19] _Ibid._, pp. 249-250. As a matter of fact Pasqualis was a Christian born at Grenoble (Waite: _Occult Rev._, Sept., 1920). [20] Kahn: _Les Juifs à Paris_, pp. 64-71. [21] _Ibid._, pp. 72-85. [22] _Morning Post_, July 16, 1920. [23] _Infra_ pp. 45-46. II THE FORGED PROTOCOLS