KU KLUK KLAN ACTIVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 9

KU KLUK KLAN ACTIVE.

ANTI-NEGRO CAMPAIGN. FLAMING CROSSES AT NIGHT. .-v : ■ ■ ' ■; ' , • 5 - r . ; : ... ; r! , . V • : • -v.\ A PRIEST THREATENED. TROUBLE AT UNIVERSITY. EXCITING HAPPENINGS. By Telegraph Press Association—Copyright. (Received 8.45 p.m.) A. and • N.Z. NEW YORK. April S. The members of the Ku Klux Klan, whose activities had recently begun to diminish, especially in the eastern part of the United States, have again intensified their anti-racial campaign, particularly in the metropolitan area of New York. Myriads of flaming crosses are being erected at night, and robed Klansmen are holding meetings in secluded spots. One suburban community is torn by bitter dissension, the Klan having requested the resignation of a priest who is a member of the board of directors of a bank. Otherwise they threaten to disrupt the hank. The Klan's activities have extended even to the Columbia University, America's largest collegiate institution. There the Southern students signed a protest requesting the ousting of a negro resident from one of the dormitories. The authorities, however, decided that the negro was within his rights. The Klan in the meantime invaded the campus, erected a flaming cross and bombarded the negro with threatening letters. Ihe students divided, many defending the negro. A squad of detectives was sent to guard the. dormitory in which the negro slept, violence being feared. This incident has aroused public interest and excitement.