Israel Zangwill, English writer said last night he had been threatened with death by the Ku Klux Klan, and challenges the Klan to debate with him on the organization’s right to existence.
Mr. Zangwill said the question to be debated, if his challenge is accepted, will be “Is the Ku Klux Klan Fundamentally Right or Wrong and Should it be Perpetuated or Wiped Out?”. He will take the negative side of the first part of the proposition and the positive side of the last part, he said. He offered to debate with Charles G. Palmer, grand dragon of Illinois Captain J.K. Skip with of Louisiana, or H.W. Evans, head of the Organization.
The death threat he said he received read: “Keep your tongue in your mouth or we will assassinate you”.
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