0 s ▁R iley ▁promoted ▁a ▁vig orous ▁anti - e volution ary ▁campaign ▁in ▁the ▁North west ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁R iley ' s ▁World ▁Christian ▁Fund ament als ▁Association ▁that ▁w ired ▁William ▁Jenn ings ▁Bry an ▁ur ging ▁him ▁to ▁act ▁as ▁coun sel ▁for ▁the ▁association ▁in ▁the ▁Sc op es ▁Tri al . ▁ ▁R iley ▁and ▁Bry an ▁tried ▁to ▁remove ▁all ▁teaching ▁of ▁evolution ▁from ▁public ▁schools . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁creation ists ▁in ▁their ▁movement , ▁T . ▁T . ▁Martin ▁claimed ▁that ▁German ▁soldiers ▁who ▁killed ▁Belg ian ▁and ▁French ▁children ▁by ▁giving ▁them ▁poison ed ▁c andy ▁were ▁ang els ▁compared ▁to ▁those ▁who ▁spread ▁evolution ▁ideas ▁in ▁schools . ▁ ▁R iley ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁" an ▁international ▁Jewish - B ols he vik - D ar win ist ▁consp i racy ▁to ▁promote ▁evolution ism ▁in ▁the ▁class room " ▁was ▁behind ▁the ▁changes ▁in ▁curr icul um ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁R iley ▁advoc ated ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁" Day - Age ▁Cre ation ism ". ▁ ▁The ▁main ▁ob jection ▁that ▁R iley ▁had ▁to ▁evolution ▁was : ▁ ▁Anti - S emit ism ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁R iley ' s ▁belief s ▁and ▁writ ings ▁were ▁anti - sem it ic . ▁He ▁wrote ▁and ▁spoke ▁extens ively ▁about ▁Jews , ▁especially ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁Commun ism , ▁crime ▁and ▁historical ▁social ▁influence . ▁He ▁promoted ▁the ▁ant is emit ic