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Show KANSAS GOVERNOR GETS IN BEHIND THE PRESIDENT TOPEKA, Kan., March 24.-Declar-ing that the United States can no longer endure the ruthless conduct of Germany in sinking American ships and in taking the lives of American citizens, citi-zens, Governor ArthuT Capper today, in a speech before the Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, urged Kansans to stand together and stand by President Wilson and congress in a national crisis. "I have talked against war, because I considered it a wrong against the masses, " said the governor. "But the conduct of Germany is so unjustifiable, so indefensible, so criminal, that all patriotic pa-triotic citizons feel our government can no longer condone it without loss of self-respect and respect for life and liberty, lib-erty, that is dearer than life itself. If we would maintain American honor and American traditions we must defend them and ourselves against these murderous mur-derous assaults on human life and human hu-man rights. What the situation calls for in this emergency is that we should stand by the president and his programme." |