The Growing Menace of Freemasonry - Arnold Leese

THE
GROWING
MENACE
OF
FREEMASONRY
Arnold Leese
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THE GROWING MENACE

OF FREEMASONRY
Arnold Leese

D ISRAELI, SPEAKING AT AYLESBURY, 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1873, SAID:—"I

can assure you, Gentlemen, that those who govern must count with new elements! We
have to deal not with Emperors and Cabinets only. We must take into consideration
secret societies, who can disconcert all measures at the last moment, who have agents every-
where, determined men, encouraging assassinations, and capable of bringing about a massacre
at any moment."

The Conspiracy of Silence.

"THE position claimed by Freemasonry throughout the Whole World is a peculiarly and
radically exceptional one. It alone is never, except in rare instances, discussed by the Press;
indeed, it refused to allow itself to be discussed."

"Although priests openly deliberate and pronounce upon all other points affecting the general
interests of mankind; although Christianity with its system and doctrines, the State with its laws
and constitution, are topics of free discussion; although the most intimate and personal concerns
of individual persons are made public—Freemasonry alone, by the universal consent of Europe,
is acknowledged to be a Noli me tangere! Everyone shrinks from speaking of it, as of an
uncanny ghost. This phenomenon is an obvious proof of the immense power Freemasonry
exercises in the world . . . . "

This was said over 60 years ago by the Bishop of Mayence and it is still true to‑day. The time
has arrived when this Conspiracy of Silence must be dissolved. Freemasonry and the Jew Power
(which is also surrounded by a vast conspiracy of silence) have for centuries been undermining
Christian and Aryan civilisation.

Before proceeding further in this investigation, it is necessary to consider brief statistics of the
number of Freemasons in the world. H. Coston's book, "Les Franc‑Maçons Célèbres," gives the
following figures for 1930, which agree with those from other sources:—

Freemasons Total pop. Percentage

Great Britain ... 459,000 44,500,000 1.0
France ... 49,200 41,000,000 0.1
Swede ... 23,100 6,150,000 0.4
Norway ... 11,100 2,810,000 0.4
Denmark ... 7,930 3,560,000 0.2
Holland ... 7,500 8,000,000 0.1
Other Countries ... 32,000

Total for Europe ... 590,000

U.S.A. ... 3,492,140 137,000,000 2.5

World Total ... 4,377,130

It will thus be seen that Great Britain has the highest percentage of Freemasons of any country
in Europe; in fact, 78 per cent. of the European Freemasons are British. It must however be
realised that Freemasonry is restricted to males of 21 years of age or over, except in the case of
sons of Freemasons, who are admitted at the age of 18; it will be sufficiently accurate to assume
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a mean age of 20 years for the purpose of the following statistical calculation. According to
official figures based upon the 1931 census there were in that year 14,063,823 males of 20 years
of age and upwards: thus the percentage of Freemasons on this basis becomes 3.3. It is
undeniable that Freemasonry is only to be found amongst men who enjoy a certain social and
financial standard of life; thus the £3 per week man is rarely found in the ranks of Freemasonry.
From observation it would be fairly accurate to say that Freemasons are drawn from those in
receipt of £400 per annum and upwards; if, therefore, the number of Freemasons in Great Britain
is calculated as a percentage of those of the salary standard indicated, this figure will be very
considerable. Inland Revenue statistics are not available showing the number of males in Great
Britain in receipt of £400 per annum and upwards; but an idea of the position may be obtained
from a consideration of the figures of men insured under the National Health Insurance Act; the
official figure for 1931 was 12,224,500. It is extremely improbable that many of these will be
Freemasons, as the salary limit is £250, so this figure should be deducted from the 14,063,823
(males of 20 years of age and upwards) and we arrive at the figure of 1,839,300 approximately.

Thus, there were in Great Britain in 1931, 459,000 Freemasons out of 1,839,300 males of over
20 years of age, whose salaries were outside the scope of the National Health Insurance Act; this
gives a figure of 25 per cent.—that is, of every four adult men in Great Britain, receiving £250
per annum or more, one is a Freemason. Needless to say, if figures were available for the
number of male adults in receipt of £400 per annum and upwards, this percentage would be
considerably higher.

We have not taken into consideration the various other secret societies represented in Great
Britain, such as Odd Fellows, Druids, Buffaloes, Foresters, etc., which, though not having any
direct, visible connection with Freemasonry, have many points of resemblance, and are, there-
fore, liable to the same objections from a Fascist standpoint. The membership of these secret
societies is 1,728,000 (Whittaker's Almanac, 1934); whilst being classified as "Friendly Societ-
ies," all have a ritual, and make use of signs and pass‑words.

Freemasonry is Essentially Jewish

WHATEVER may be the origin of Freemasonry, and this is a very disputable point even
amongst Masonic experts, the fact remains that to‑day it is predominantly a Jewish institution:
this is shown clearly by the following quotations from various authorities:—

Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, in "The Israelite" of America, 3rd August, 1855:—

Masonry is a Jewish institution, whose history, degrees, charges, passwords and explanations
are Jewish from beginning to end, with the exception of only one degree and a few words in the
obligation."

Richard Carlile in "Manual of Freemasonry":—

"The Grand Lodge Masonry of the present day is wholly Jewish."

Bernard Lazare (Jew) in "L'antisemitisme":—

"It is certain that there were Jews around the cradle of Freemasonry; certain rites prove that
they were cabbalistic Jews."

Brother Rudolph Klein in "Latomia," 7‑8, 1928:—

"Our rite is Jewish from beginning to end; the public should conclude from this that we have
actual connections with Jewry."
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Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society, Vol. 2, page 156:—

"The Coat of Arms used by the Grand Lodge of England is entirely composed of Jewish
symbols."

Freemasons' Guide, New York, 1901:—

"The Freemasons erect a building in which the God of Israel will live forever."

Le Symbolisme, July, 1928:—

"The most important work of the Freemason must be to glorify the Jewish race, which has
preserved unchanged the divine standard of wisdom. You must rely upon the Jewish race to
dissolve all frontiers."

The Textbook of Freemasonry, London, page 7:—

The initiate to the Master Rite is referred to as "humble representative of King Solomon."

An Encyclopædia of Freemasonry, Philadelphia, 1906:—

"Each Lodge is and must be a symbol of the Jewish temple; each Master in the Chair, a
representative of the Jewish king; and every Mason a personification of the Jewish workman."

Bernard Shillman in "Hebraic Influences on Masonic Symbolism," 1929:—

"The true reason why members of the Masonic Craft address each other as Brother so and so .
. . is purely because of Hebraic Influence."

"The Freemason," 14th March, 1936:—

"Bro. Benas expressed the view that the Israelitish tradition is of the very tissue of Masonic
substance, and the spirit of that tradition is its vitalising element."

Very recent evidence is found in a resolution of the "World Non‑Sectarian (sic) Anti‑Nazi
Council to Champion Human Rights" at a Meeting held in London under the chairmanship of
the American Jew, S. Untermeyer (reported in South African Jewish Chronicle, 14th December,
1934) to the effect that the Jewish boycott of Germany should continue inter alia "until it (the
German Government) shall have restored to the Masonic Lodges the status and property of
which they have been deprived."

Furthermore, it will be found that most Freemasons, particularly of the higher grades, invariably
oppose and obstruct all attempts to investigate or to resist the constantly‑growing domination of
Jewry, and that Freemasonic Gentile politicians are constantly to be found prepared to further
Jewish interests.

It is, in fact, true to say that no conscientious Freemason can be other than pro‑Jewish; this is
clearly shown in Dudley Wright's The Jew and Freemasonry, London, where on page 3 one
reads: "In 1923 and 1924 some difficulty occurred in the Province of West Yorkshire in curtain
Lodges, where an attempt was made to bar Jewish candidates from passing through the rite of
initiation; and the late Sir William Pick Rayner, then Provincial Grand Master, addressing his
Provincial Grand Lodge, said: "How can we, as Freemasons, honour King Solomon and, at the
same time, put a reproach on one of our own day for having the same blood in his veins as had
that King? Regard for King Solomon should teach us to regard with sympathy all who belong
to the nation of which he was the exalted head."
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Masonic Brotherhood
IT is quite beyond the scope of a pamphlet of this kind to describe or discuss the ritual and
symbolism employed in the Lodges, or to investigate their secret meanings, or to trace most of
them back to perverted Aryan‑Sumerian sun and fire rites.

We will now consider the teachings of Freemasonry as so clearly expounded by that very able
English writer, Brother J. S. M. Ward, in his "Freemasonry, its Aims and Ideals." In order that
it may be realised that Brother Ward speaks with the voice of knowledge, it is necessary to study
his Masonic qualifications, which are clearly stated on the title-page of his book, "Freemasonry
and the Ancient Gods."

Brother Ward, therefore, knows his subject; he points out that persons become Freemasons from
a desire to be charitable, for comradeship, from a sense of universal brotherhood, and from a
wish to search after the Light (to learn the spiritual meaning of the symbols and the significance
of the mystical tradition).

Charity is certainly a Christian virtue; and although it should be performed without ostentation,
we cannot agree that it need be shrouded in secrecy; however, the charity of the Mason is very
one‑sided, as Masonic charities only assist members of the craft and their relations; we do not
suggest that Masons do not contribute to charities of wider scope, but we do maintain that the
much‑vaunted Masonic charity is restricted within a very narrow and selfish circle.

"A brother who has taken part in sedition against the State without being guilty of any other
crime, need not on that account be expelled from his Lodge." Rev. James Anderson, "Book of
Constitutions," 1738.

Nationality Superseded

REGARDING comradeship, Brother Ward refers to "the mysterious tie which, though hidden
and secret from the outside world, yet binds together all true Masons throughout the world" (the
italics are ours). We have now come right up against that very big question, internationalism;
and it is on this that we have quite a lot to say. We will first quote Brother Ward again (p.p.
169‑170):—"When war broke out, many Lodges issued cards to serving members asking
foreign Masons to give help for the owner of the card. They were printed in English, French,
German, and Turkish." On page 2 we read:—"German Masons treated English or French
Masons better than they did non‑Masons who fell into their hands—and there were many well
authenticated cases of this kind." This no doubt explains why "during the war there was a
remarkable increase in the number of men who desired to be admitted to the Order, not only in
England but all over the English-speaking world."—The Freemason, 4/5/35.

We trust the reader has fully appreciated all that this means, namely, that in time of war there
exists a secret understanding between the soldiers of enemy states . . . in other words, a Secret
Society sets itself above the State. There have been cases where soldiers have actually ceased
firing on the receipt of a masonic sign from the enemy; we will quote a few instances:

Le Globe, 1st year, page 51, quotes a case at the Battle of Waterloo of a Prussian officer who
utilised this means of escape from certain death.

Le Franc‑Maçon, August, 1860, states that over one hundred French sailors gave the distress
signal at the Battle of Trafalgar, and were thereby saved.

John Fellows in "The Mysteries of Freemasonry," London, 1860, says:—"A case of this kind
happened in the American revolutionary war, which is often alluded to by Masonic writers.
Colonel McKenstry was taken prisoner by the Indians, who were preparing to put him to a
terrible death.
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In this emergency, he gave the Masonic sign of distress which induced a brother Mason, a
British officer, to interfere and save his life."

Lennhof in "The Freemasons," London, 1934, says, in speaking of the American War of
Independence:—"There were many military Lodges on the British side also, and consequently,
when troops were taken prisoner, it often happened that Freemasons fell into the hands of
Brethren. Many a soldier owed his life to this."

Another case is quoted in the Masonic Review of Cincinnati, March, 1896, in reference to
Grant's raid on Petersburg, Virginia, 2nd April, 1865.

The German Masonic paper, Herold, in 1900, published an article quoting cases of the use of
the distress signal by British officers in the Boer war; also by both sides in the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870.

The German General staff in Berlin issued a notice on 3rd April, 1917, to the Police‑Chief in
that town, stating "there still exist connections between German and foreign Freemasonry, and
that a considerable amount of espionage takes place through these channels." The German
Masonic paper, Bauhütte (3rd April, 1915) quotes a case where a number of Belgian
franc‑tireurs were condemned to death; one of them made a sign to the German officer in charge
of the execution party, and was immediately freed.

Other cases are quoted in "Freemasonry in the Royal Scots," by T. R. Henderson, 1934, when
it is said "Many stories have been related in the past of the assistance rendered by one Mason to
another in cases of danger or distress. Incredible though several of them may appear at first,
most of the stories have been well authenticated; and they may serve to show the influence of
Masonry in warfare."

"The Greatness of Britain is the work of the Freemasons." Freemasons' Chronicle, 1902, Vol.
1, page 319.

Race Superseded

BROTHER WARD says:—"Under the Grand Lodge of England, I, an English Mason, have
sat in a cosmopolitan Lodge in Burmah, itself working under a lawful charter from my own
Grand Lodge, and have seen the ceremonies performed by men of every colour and creed, and
I must acknowledge that these men were good Masons. Nor did I in any case lose caste or even
feel that I had lost caste by visiting their Lodge and partaking of their banquet." Brother Ward
states that there is a colour bar set up by U.S.A. Masons, and considers it illogical, as negroes
are mostly Christian and monogamous; he states that "British Lodges have admitted thousands
of coloured men"; and, referring to India, admits "that in some of the side‑degrees, cases have
occurred in which the Lodge was being used for political and seditious purposes." After
considering the question, Brother Ward thinks that only the negro should be excluded from
white Lodges, as he says "what may be fair and reasonable treatment of the negro is probably
quite unreasonable in the case of the old Asiatic nations who, after all, were civilised peoples
while we were still savages." It is evident that Brother Ward has not studied the history of the
early Aryans, and we recommend Colonel Waddell's {"Makers of Civilisation," obtainable from
I.F.L., price 28/‑, postage extra.} book to him; he will then lose that inferiority complex he must
feel whenever he sees a low‑caste Hindu.

The Daily Telegraph of April 25, 1935, publishes a photograph of the "Viceroy, the Earl of
Willingdon, in procession to lay the foundation stone of a new Masonic Temple at New Delhi."
The picture shows him preceded by one white and one coloured standard bearer!!

Sir E. Headlam in The Freemason, 1st June, 1935, says:—

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"There are now, in India, purely European Lodges and purely Indian ones, and also many mixed
Lodges, as so vividly depicted by Brother Rudyard Kipling in his well‑known song, 'My Mother
Lodge'."

It is not difficult to form an idea of what has been behind the scenes of the India White Paper.

Freemasonry and Christianity

AT the formation of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, the original charges referring to the
conditions of membership of the Order stated:—"They should be true to God and Holy Church,
and use no error or heresy." In other words, only a Christian could become an initiate; this did
not suit the Jews, who, as Brother J. C. Ehrmann said in 1816, "soon saw that the Royal Craft
was a suitable means of firmly founding their own esoteric kingdom . . . Jews are Rosicrucians,
they swear upon the Gospel, bow before the Cross, wear the dress of the Church, celebrate with
Christians the Holy Supper . . . and remain Jews."

"In 1721," Brother Ward relates, "the Grand Charter of the Grand Lodge of England, John,
Duke of Montagu, instructed Dr. Anderson and several other prominent Masons to revise the
Ancient Charter so as to make them more suited to the period": these were issued in 1723. The
most striking change was with regard to religion, for instead of demanding that a Mason should
be a "true son of the Holy Church," it ran as follows:—"But though in ancient times, Masons
were charged in every country to be of the religion of that country or nation, whatever it was,
yet it is now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that religion in which all men agree;
leaving their own particular opinions to themselves." Brother Ward comments on this by saying:
"To alter Freemasonry from a Christian to a vaguely Deistic basis was a complete revolution."
In 1816, the last traces of Christianity were removed from the Constitutions, the Duke of Sussex
being Grand Master at the time; of the Duke, the Jewish Daily Post, 6th May, 1935, states "The
Duke of Sussex was an open friend of the Jewish community . . . he opened his doors to Jews
with great affability."

The results were soon to be observed; Dudley Wright, in his booklet, The Jew and Freemasonry,
says: "Certainly the admission of Jews to the membership of English Lodges dates from a very
early period in the history of organised Freemasonry in England"; he then quotes an article from
the Daily Post of September 22nd, 1732, referring to a meeting of a Lodge at the Rose Tavern,
where "in the presence of Jews and Christians," a new member was admitted by Mr. Daniel
Delvalle, "an eminent Jew Snuff Merchant."

Brother W. Sanderson of the English Mistery, says on page 55 of his book, "That which was
Lost: a Treatise on Freemasonry and the English Mistery": "It is very easy now, but quite unfair
to criticise the founders for introducing Judaic traditions. They had gone a very long way by
suppressing the New Testament for the sake of the harmony between Christian and Jew" (our
italics). That seems clear enough! And this was in 1723, when the number of Jews in England
must have been very small! It is, however, clear that the power of the Jew was already beginning
to be felt.

Brother Sanderson continues:—"The volume of the Sacred Law is not the Bible, or any
particular book, but the sacred book of any of the religions included in the craft. Any religion
may be satisfactory if it fulfils Masonic requirements."

The position to‑day is that Freemasonry, whilst not being officially anti‑Christian (in Great
Britain, at any rate) is definitely not Christian. Just as the mention of Christ was removed from
the Parliamentary oath to suit the Jews, so has Christianity been dropped from Freemasonry for
the same reason.
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From the religious standpoint, Freemasonry may be correctly described as Deism wrapped in a
solar‑lunar‑phallic mystery. The Brahmin priest who worships naked before his revolting sexual
emblems, just as well as the woolly negro who indulges in disgusting animal sacrifices, may
both become Freemasons, provided that they recognise a Grand Architect of the Universe,
whoever he may be!

It is both interesting and instructive to study the relations between Freemasonry and the Roman
Catholic Church. Pope Clement XII (1738) was the first to issue a Bull against all secret sects,
including Freemasonry; eleven other Popes have issued similar Bulls since that date. These
various edicts called upon the bishops to excommunicate Freemasons, which very thoroughly
excluded Roman Catholics from joining that fraternity. As a result of this, one of the excuses
made for the subversive action of the Grand Orient Masons in France and Italy is that as
Freemasonry had been banned by the Roman Catholic Church, it was forced underground and
thereby became subversive; just as logical as saying that because stealing is prohibited by the
police, so thieves must work secretly; but that does not make thieving a virtue!

At the present time, the Roman Catholic Church in Britain seems to be very quiet on the subject
of Freemasonry; in fact, it is quite certain that open attacks on the part of Roman Catholic priests
are far from encouraged. Admitted, that anti‑Masonic literature may be bought at certain
Catholic bookshops, but on examination it will be found that such books are written by
Jesuits—the exact relationship between the Society of Jesus and the Roman Catholic Church is
not too clear. We venture to assert that the majority of non‑Masonic Protestants are not even
aware of the official standpoint of the Roman Catholic Church towards Freemasonry—suffi-
cient evidence in itself to show how weak this propaganda must be when it is realised that there
were 2,820,000 Roman Catholics in Great Britain in 1931.

As to the attitude of the Established Church, the less said the better. The Church of England
clergy, from bishops to curate, are very numerous in the ranks of Freemasonry; needless to say,
seldom are any words ever uttered against Freemasonry from Church of England pulpits. The
Freemason, 8th July, 1935, says: "Half the Clergy of this country, representing all other
denominations other than the Catholic, are Freemasons." A Conference of British Methodist
ministers held at Bradford on 22nd July, 1927, recommended ministers to have nothing to do
with Freemasonry as "The distinctive faith of Christianity . . . is wholly incompatible with the
claims put forward by Freemasonry" (Times, 23rd July, 1927).

The Greek Orthodox Church at its Council in August, 1932, banned Freemasonry, Theosophy,
Christian Science, Anthroposophy, and the Y.M.C.A.

The reader who is further interested in the purely religious side of Freemasonry is referred to;—

1. "Menace of Freemasonry to the Christian Faith," by Rev. C. P. Hunt (Wesleyan), Freedom

Press, Breaston, Derby. 1/4 post free.
2. "Reflections on Freemasonry," by an Anglo‑Catholic, Freedom Press, 1/8 post free.
3. "Freemasonry and the Anti‑Christian Movement," Rev. E. Cahill, (Jesuit), M. H. Gill & Son,
Ltd., Dublin.
(These are not supplied by the I.F.L.).

Grand Lodge of England and Grand Orient Masonry: Their Relationship

BY the term, Grand Orient, is meant a Masonic organization of that name which operates
principally in the 'Latin' countries; thus, there are the Grand Orients of France, Belgium, Italy
(before Mussolini), Spain, Jugo‑Slavia, etc. It is impossible to enter into the history {For
particulars, see I.F.L. pamphlet, "Freemasonry," price 3d., post free, 3½d.} of the formation of
the Grand Orient, but the important point is that Grand Orient Masonry is, and has always been
known to be, essentially political in its action and outlook. These political effects can best be
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studied in the case of France, beginning with the Revolutions of 1789, 1830, 1848, and the
Commune of 1871, and finishing with the Stavisky scandal of 1934. Now to‑day the English
Mason is always most insistent that he is not like other Masons, and one is led to think that the
Grand Orients are to be regarded as outcasts and untouchables. It is important to note that
relations between Grand Lodge and Grand Orient were only broken off in 1878; thus, direct
relations between the two existed during the various upheavals in French history above referred
to. Furthermore, there is reason to think that English Masons helped in these events.

It is possible to refer very briefly to the revolutionary activities of Masonry in France, and a few
quotations will suffice:—

1. Brother Lamartine in "Le Franc‑Maçon," 1848, Vol. 1:—From the womb of Freemasonry
have sprung the great ideas which have laid the foundations of the democratic movements of
1789, 1830, 1840, and 1848.

2. Count Haugwitz (himself a Mason) in his petition to the Congress of Verona, 1822:—I
am definitely convinced that the drama which began in the year 1788 and 1789, namely the
French Revolution and the murder of the King, with all its cruelties, was not only decided upon
by the leaders of Freemasonry, but also was the actual result of this society's activities and of
the oaths taken by it.

It should be noted that at this time, the Grand Orient of France was recognised by the Grand
Lodge of England.

3. Albert Sorel, in his "Europa und die Revolution," says that the Freemason, Lord Mans-
field, stated quite openly in Parliament that "the money that was spent to further the French
Revolution was money well spent."

Finally, the following names of many existing Lodges of the French Grand Orient show clearly
the connection with events in 1789, such as:—1793, Danton, Marat, Babeuf et Condorcet, etc.
The actions of Freemasonry in supporting more recent revolutionary movements will be
considered later in this pamphlet.

To return to the present day: Brother Ward confirms that direct connection was broken off
between the Grand Orient and Grand Lodge of England in 1878; but he admits that the Grand
Lodge retains fraternal connections with certain foreign Grand Lodges which are still friendly
with the Grand Orient.

Thus, the Grand Lodge of Switzerland, "Alpina," with its headquarters at Geneva, recognises
the Grand Lodge of England, Grand Lodge of France, and the Grand Orients of France, Spain,
and Greece, in addition to thirty-six other Masonic organisations of different countries (see
"Annual of Universal Masonry," 1923, Büchler & Co., Berne, pp. 241-242). The same Annual
informs us that the headquarters of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in France are at 8,
Rue Puteaux, Paris; also at this address is the Grande Loge of France! And yet the Grand Lodge
of England, according to the Annual of Masonry, does not recognise the Grande Loge of France,
although members of the former may belong to the Scottish Rite, whose French Supreme
Council is in the same building at 8, Rue Puteaux, Paris!!

It will be observed that there are many international cross-connections of which Lodge Alpina,
Geneva, seems to be the centre; is it a coincidence that the headquarters of the League of Nations
are in the same town?

Furthermore, the cold‑shouldering of the Grand Orient of France on the part of English Masonry
is shown to be purely hypocritical, otherwise, why were Masons in the British Army served with
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cards written in the French language if help was not to be expected from the Grand Orient and
Grande Loge of France?

This attitude is rendered plainer by the fact that Masonic writers are constantly stating that there
is only one Freemasonry throughout the world; it is important therefore to give some examples:—

1. Brother Ward in "Freemasonry, its Aims and Ideals," page 36:—"Freemasonry is an or-
ganised world‑wide Brotherhood," page 8:— . . . mysterious tie which though hidden and secret
from the outside world, yet binds together all true Masons throughout the world."

2. Brother Ragon in "Orthodoxie Maçonnique," page 353: "Freemasonry has the fundamental
character of being universal, which character is indispensible to its being. It is one; and any rite
or any nation that deviates from this principle is in error, and strays from the path of Freemason-
ry . . . . Is there English mathematics, Scotch mathematics, French mathematics? No! there is
mathematics, just as there is Freemasonry."

3. "As far as I am aware, the signs and grips of the St. John's degrees (i.e. Grand Lodge of
England) of all recognised Lodges of the world are the same." This evidence was given on oath
on 14th March, 1932, before the Frankfurt Court by Brother Mullendorff, who was former
Grand Master of the Grosse Landesloge of Germany. (Taken from "Freimaurerei vor Gericht,"
by R. Schneider.)

4. "Freemasonry is not exactly international, it is universal; it is a society non‑national, a society

of 'humanity'; not a society of international brotherhood, but a Society of Universal Brother-
hood." Bull: Off: Grand Lodge of France, October, 1922, (quoted in "Light‑bearers of Dark-
ness," London, 1930).

5. "Neither boundaries of States nor vast oceans separate the Masonic fraternity. Everywhere it
is one," said an American Past Grand Master (Freemason's Chronicle, 1906, 2, page 132).

Freemasonry and Modern Politics

IT is fairly generally known that the discussion of politics and religion is not allowed at Masonic
meetings. However, this ban does not seem to be very rigid, as Brother Ward says:—
"Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged that there is a type of political question which may be
considered a matter open to discussion in Lodge, and the objections to politics in Lodge are
rather to narrow party politics than to be understood as debarring Masons from considering the
social welfare of their fellow men." In other words, you mustn't push Mr. Smith as your local
Parliamentary candidate, but you may make propaganda in favour of Political and Economic
Planning, and the League of Nations, or do your best to further the Jew boycott of Germany,
because these are not "narrow," and affect "the social welfare of your fellow men"!

Brother W. Sanderson says:—"The prohibition of discussion by no means implies exclusion of

religion and politics from Freemasonry, which insists on every mason having a religion, and on
taking an active part in politics . . . Freemasonry does not exclude politics or religion. It forbids
discussion or controversy." All this sounds rather Jesuitical or Talmudical to us!

Under the heading of "Modern Politics," may be considered the greatest upheaval in human
history—the Great War of 1914‑1918. It is an undeniable but significant fact that the incident
that started the War was engineered by Freemasons, that is, the murder at Serajevo of the
Austrian Archduke on June 28th, 1914. It is impossible in a pamphlet of this nature to consider
this matter at any length; it is dealt with briefly in Vicomte Leon de Ponçins' book "The Secret
Powers behind Revolution," Boswell, 1929 (now unfortunately out of print—hardly surprising!)
This book refers constantly to the published full proceedings of the trial of the chief conspira-
tors, Cabrinovic, Princip, Illic, and Grabez: it was published in Germany in 1918, and the French
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edition in 1930, entitled "L'Attentat de Serajevo. Documents inédits et texte integrale des
Stenogrammes du Procès." A study of this book (and others) shows clearly that the Serajevo
affair was planned by the Serbian Grand Orient. That the murder had long been decided upon is
shown by Count Czernin (former Austrian Premier) in his book "In the World War," Cassell &
Co., Ltd., 1919; on page 45, he writes: "One fine quality in the Archduke was his fearlessness.
He was quite clear that the danger of an attempt to take his life would always be present, and he
often spoke quite simply and openly of such a possibility. A year before the outbreak of war, he
informed me that the Freemasons had resolved to kill him. He even gave me the name of the
town where the resolution was passed—it has escaped my memory now—and mentioned the
names of several Austrian and Hungarian politicians who must have been in [on] the secret."

Reference has already been made to the use by troops during the war of Masonic cards, whereby
they obtained in the enemy's hands better treatment than that meted out to the non‑Mason; the
German General Staff Order regarding Freemasonry and espionage should also be remembered;
as can be well imagined, it is most difficult to obtain positive evidence of the relations between
secret societies and international espionage, but the possibilities in this matter need no descrip-
tion.

In The Freemason of January 19, 1929, Lord Blythswood is reported to have said "I often think
that if more people joined Freemasonry, who are at present outside it, they would not have so
much misfortune to the world. Wilhelm II was the first of the German Emperors who was not a
Freemason. I often ask myself whether the map of Europe would not have been very different
to‑day to what it is, if the Kaiser had been a Freemason."

Friedrich Hasselbacher, in his book, "High Treason of the Military Lodges" (in German),
publishes photographs of Lodge meetings in Brussells and Liége showing German soldiers and
Belgian civilians holding masonic meetings and dinners—even the menus were reproduced,
showing that when the German civilians were short of food, the Masons dined well with the
enemy! Hasselbacher's book is an unanswerable and damning document; it reproduces in
facsimile a mass of letters and 'Field Post Cards' from Masons to their Lodges.

In one letter (p. 73), a Brother writes to his Grand Master suggesting that he get in touch with
English Masons via the Grand Lodge of Norway, in order to find out their "war aims"—and
Freemasonry is purely a charitable institution!

Furthermore, the Wiener Freimaurerzeitung of August, 1918, states that English soldier Masons
formed a lodge at Cologne, to which Germans were admitted. Another manifestation of this
international brotherhood state‑of‑mind is the League of Nations; we will first quote Brother
Lennhoff (Jew), a well-known masonic writer whose books have been translated into English,
in the Wiener Freimauererzeitung No. 6, 1927, he says:—"Certainly, up to a point the people
are correct who assume a connection between Freemasonry and the League of Nations. The
League of Nations as such is derived from Masonic ideas." It should be noted that President
Wilson was a Mason (there is ample evidence on page 268 of Wichtl's "Weltfreimaurerei"), and
that the leading statesmen (politicians) who were concerned were also Brothers—Lloyd George,
Clemenceau, Briand, Stresemann. It is not irrelevant to mention that Lloyd George's secretary
was the Jew, Sassoon; President Wilson's chief adviser, the Jew, House; Clemenceau's Secre-
tary, the Jew, Mandel‑Rothschild; also that the first act of the League of Nations was that Sir
Eric Drummond called on Rabbi Ginsburger to assure him that the guarding of the rights of
Jewry would be an important duty of the League (Der Israelit, No. 45, 1 November, 1920).

Considerable evidence would be brought forward to prove the Jewishness of the League of
Nations in its conception and in its aims; it will be sufficient here to quote Leon Motzkine in
"Les Juifs," September, 1933: "Of all the peoples, the Jewish people is without doubt that which
has shown the greatest joy, and the highest satisfaction in the formation of the League of Nations
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. . . it (the League) had as its mission not only the prevention of wars . . . but also to put an end
to the political, social, and moral misery of the Jews in all countries."

"Die Freimaurerei" by Platon, quotes the Swiss Masonic journal, Alpina, as stating:—"go to the
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. There you may read the immortal declaration of Human Rights
(the Treaty of Versailles). That is our work. Masonic symbols decorate the heading of the
document."

The Berliner Tageblatt (the Leading German‑Jewish newspaper of the pre‑Hitler era) in its
issue of 3rd June, 1927, admitted that, at the admission of Germany to the League of Nations,
Stresemann employed Masonic phraseology in his first speech, and actually gave certain signs
which were replied to by Briand.

The Swiss Masonic journal, Alpina (19, 1929) reports that the Grand Master of the Berne Lodge
"Zur Hoffnung," made a speech at the time of the funeral of Herr Stresemann, in which he
said:—"The aims of Freemasonry may be fulfilled when it produces in one century three such
men as Stresemann, Briand, and MacDonald."

Alpina, 31st May, 1917, reported that a Conference of the Masonic Jurisdiction of the Allied
Nations would be held at the Grand Orient of France, Paris, on 28th, 29th, 30th June, 1917. On
the agenda was:—"The object of this Congress will be to investigate the means of arriving at the
Constitution of the League of Nations." The meeting duly took place under the Master of the
Grande Loge de France, Peigné; and of the President of the Grand Orient, Corneau; when
provisional constitutions of the future League of Nations were drawn up, they were almost
identical with those adopted later. The full proceedings of the meetings have been published
under the title "Société des Nations Super‑Etat Maçonnique," by Leon de Ponçins, Edition
Beauchesne, 1936. It is true that Great Britain was not officially represented at the Congress, but
certain allied lodges were present which were recognised by [the] Grand Lodge of England, and
which could easily have acted as agents; see page 13.

"It is the duty of Universal Freemasonry to co‑operate absolutely with the League of Nations in
order that it may no longer have to submit to the interested influences of Governments."
Convent: Grand Orient, 1923 (from "Lightbearers of Darkness," London, 1930).

Freemasonry again came to the fore in the Red Revolution in Hungary under Bela Kun, Grand
Master of the Lodge, Haladas, at Debreczin. After the fall of the Terror, the Hungarian
Government closed the Lodges and seized the archives; the result of the investigation of those
is to be found in the book, "The Sins of Freemasonry," by Adorjan Barcsay. At this time, the
French Minister, Berthelot, asked the Leader of the Hungarian Peace Delegation, Count Ap-
ponyi, to reestablish Freemasonry: the same request came from the British representatives at
Vienna and Budapest (see Huber). The U.S.A. made the opening of the Lodges the chief demand
for a loan—but without success. The Red Commune at Munich again showed the same power
behind the scenes; the eleven Jewish leaders were all members of the same Munich Lodge.

A slight glimpse of what is behind the Irish "question" may be obtained from examination of the
Home Rule for Ireland Acts, 1914 and 1920; these preclude the Irish Parliaments from any
power to "abrogate or prejudicially affect any privilege or exemption of the Grand Lodge of
Freemasons in Ireland"—it is above the Law!

In "Latomia," a German Masonic journal, Vol. 12, July 1849, page 237, is the
following:—"We cannot help but greet socialism (Marxism) as an excellent comrade of
Freemasonry for ennobling mankind, for helping to further human welfare. Socialism and
Freemasonry, together with Communism, are sprung from the same source."

The Attitude of Grand Lodge of England

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WHILST it would be manifestly absurd to suggest that 90 per cent. of English Freemasons are
other than true to the Crown and Constitution, it is pertinent to stress the fact that in the face of
the admitted and well known subversive movements of the Continental Grand Orients as (of
which a few examples have been mentioned), the Grand Lodge of England has been ominously
silent. Search the pages of the daily papers; is there one word to be found from Grand Lodge or
from any leading Mason in his official capacity, protesting against this prostitution of the "Royal
Craft"? The answer is a clear‑cut NO! This silence is damning.

We will go further in this matter, and say that the only important political phenomenon of the
last half‑century—the growth of Socialism—was fertilised and bred in the hot-houses of the
Masonic Lodges of this country. It is true that the revolutionary cry of 1789—Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity—is not shouted from the Masonic house‑tops of Great Britain; yet we maintain
definitely that the state of mind produced by Freemasonry makes the initiate an easy prey to
socialistic ideas; this is undeniable. The leading Socialists of every country are to be found in
the ranks of Freemasonry or of Bnai Brith (Jewish Freemasonry); we will quote a few names
published some years ago by Heise:—

Great Britain. Macdonald, Henderson, Snowden.

Belgium. Vandervelde, Hymans.
Austria. Adler, Ellenbogen, Seitz.
Hungary. Bela Kun, Alpari, Szamueli.
Poland. Pilsudski.
U.S.A. Gompers.
Holland. Troelstra.
France. Thomas, Bougnet, Renaudel, Briand.
Denmark. Bang.
Sweden. Branting.
Russia. Tschitscherin, Lenin, Zinowiew, Trotski, Kerensky.

But your Freemason is not even an honest socialist; he may believe in the equality of man, but
in practice he is obliged to show a preference towards a "Brother"—a direct denial of such
equality.

Morals and Ethics of Freemasonry

BROTHER Ward says:—"We have undertaken a special obligation to help a brother Mason
over and above any outsider, and we are bound to do our best to discharge it." It is seldom that
this aspect of the matter is so clearly put; to make it clearer, we will give a few obvious examples
of the results of this in practice:—

1. If you are an employer, you will engage a Mason in preference to a non‑Mason; as Brother
Wilmshurst says in "The Masonic Initiation," p. 197: "It is a well known fact that commercial
houses to‑day find it advantageous for business purposes, to insist upon their more important
employees being members of the Order."

2. If you are a buyer in a business firm, you will buy from Mason travellers in preference to
those who are not of the fraternity.

3. If a Mason has committed an irregularity, either in business, public life, or of a private nature,
fellow‑Masons will do their best to hush it up. As the Freemason, 18th May, 1935, says "Next
to the duty of screening a Brother in distress, there ought to be no more sacred duty than that of
compassionating his faults."

4. If a Mason is guilty of an offence, and a fellow‑Mason is in a position to decide upon the

penalty, he will make it less than he would have done for a non‑Mason. Whilst we have
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confidence in the non‑Jewish Judges of this country as far as this matter is concerned, we cannot
always admit the same sense of security as regards local magistrates and administrators.

Non‑Masons! think this over; it may explain certain happenings in your daily life that have
always baffled you.

Tail Piece

IF the non‑Masonic reader of this pamphlet should discuss its contents with an acquaintance
who is a Freemason, he will encounter one of the following things:—

1. A stony look, and a complete refusal to be drawn into any discussion.

2. A point‑blank denial that this pamphlet contains a single word of truth: we can
only invite the reader to study the books quoted in the Bibliography, to investigate
the subject for himself, and to form his own opinion.

3. An honest admission that he had no idea that such things were so; in this case our
reader can be assured that his acquaintance is either a member of the lowest degree,
or takes no interest in the subject beyond paying his fees and enjoying certain
privileges.

4. Prevarication, in the sense that it will be maintained that the various statements
quoted herein have quite another meaning to that which they would normally appear
to have; in this case we would refer to the official statement of the National Socialist
Party in Germany, issued on August 24, 1934: "The Party has learnt . . . that the
words of Freemasons may be trusted its little as the assurances of the Jews. It has
learnt in both cases that the ideas intended have a different meaning to these
conveyed by the spoken word according to the normal usage of the German lan-
guage."
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THE NEW CHRISTIAN CRUSADE

CHURCH

CALLING THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN

At last the bible makes sense!

At last we know its meaning.

Its the book of the RACE

"For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the

Word of the Lord from Jerusalem"
(Isaiah 2:3).”