Pièce 4 - Bulletin no. 19

Title reads: "To All Geni, King and Major Kleagles, Kleagles, Imperial Representatives, and Citizens of the Invisible Empire". Reads as "Greeting": (1) Explains that week of Feb 6 was productive week; (2) A new "Countersign" and "Password" has been decided by the Imperial Wizard, which they will receive via an envelop on a sheet of paper with two paragraphs written on it, the last [scratched/ etched out word] word of each paragraph will be in Capitals. Accordingly, the last word of the first paragraph will be the countersign and the last word of the second paragraph will be the "National Password"; (3) New countersign and password will be given only to those who paid the first quarters; (4) from Feb 28, all will be required to present "written evidence in the form of the National Pass Card"; (5) Reiterating point 4; (6) Warning about recent slander by recently banished members, which prove their own unworthiness to be part of the organization; (7) Nova Scotia and British Columbia are "now exceedingly active"; (8) Announcing that the Imperial Knight Riders of Canada have joined their Order. "The I.N.R. of C. was a secret, white Gentile, Protestant body of men and women operating in Canada along Kindred lines with us"; (9) New Headquarters located at 517-18 Confederation Life Bldg. Toronto; (10) Mentions increased membership has doubled their field force; (11) Funeral Service will "be in the hands of all King and Major Kleagles, Kleagles, and Cyclops within a week"; (12) Official uniform books for all Kligrapps and Klabees can be bought $7 to $8 each, order made payable to a J. Wacnab Wilson, and all orders to C. Lewis Fowler in Toronto; (13) "All bulletins "MUST" be read in all Klaverns at the meeting following the reception of said Bulletins"; (14) All officers are to familiarize themselves with the Constitution, and to "guard well this part of our work from all Alien eyes. This sacred trust will prove your Klansmanship"; (15) "Some months ago an organization known as the K.K.K. of the British Empire was attempted in Canada", but on Dec 21 1925. entire membership returned to "the original and only true Klan movement in Canada. Thus our forces grow and unity is set up in the great White, Gentile, Protestant Cause in Canada". Bulletin signed by C. Lewis Fowler, Imperial Kligrapp.