Show HELD UP AS lAST REFUGE DF ar p V a t r Imperial Wizard Evans Expands Upon Purposes Purpose of Organization in His Kansas ansas City Address l KANSAS CITY Mo Ia Sept 24 Th Cu Klux Klan Ilan was held up as the last refuge refuge refuge-of of American patriotism pa pa- worthy warth of the name namo by I lri Wizard Hiram Kram Wesley Enns fn fn-addre fn addressing the Be ond Imperial Imperial imperial Im Im- of ot the order here hert 16 t ay c Klansmen Klansmen and wom n tare are verity verily the the salt of off the earth upon whom depends leperi s the future of or civil clyn th the imperial wizard declared de- de de declared e- e Ass Asserting rUng that tho the future of ot Am America rl a 4 and i 1 tho the white race race hangs In tho the balance balanco Mr air Evans Eans said that the blood which produces produces' human leadership must be protected from Inferior blood and from the competition com coin petition which sap saps saps' the vitality of ot leadership because It Jt makes tho the struggle for existence such a burden bur bur- I den that people stagger t g r und under It It YOU xou he ne tOld tola his nis Klan Juan auditors are of ot this superior blood You are more mor you mores ou are leaders in the only movement In n fl the world at present which exists solely to establish a a. civilization that will Insure these things thing I. I History has proved and Is proving ing dall the speakers declared that tha pl Nordic o and Saxon Anglo-Saxon peoples have hav reached a high level love o oC of Intelligence PURE AMERICANISM Turning to Immigration the Imperial Imperial Im Im- wizard said I Tho The undesirable hordes from other lands are driving to our sides I tho the millions who for one reason or another have ave been hesitating Attack upon the klan makes more cut ClIt the Issue of oJ Amerl- Amerl ng against Americans Ameri Amer- cans ans Are are sometimes slow but they are arc plodding and discerning discerning and and the they are honest Hence they will eventually C discover the klan and recognize It a an as the last refuge of ot American patriotism worthy of ot the name Un Unified at last with a a. purpose purpose that is definite and holy with a militant organization with the zeal zealand zealand and end ottra o and loyalty which mad maae Nordic and Anglo Saxon Anglo Saxon peoples the the- greatest on earth we weare are aro to stand as the the- French lIto stood d at Verdun and shout to the alien hordes Thou not pas pass KLAN MEETS DEMAND j Millions of ot Americans are In i arduous arduous quest of leadership leadership- toward better government adequate law enforcement the tho elevation of so society so- so clety and a o. more moro perfect national patriotism Tho klan alone alono supplies supplies sup sup- plies that Warning not to underestimate under under- estimate the tho strength of the opposition tion to tho tal forward march of the I klan lin Mr Evans said I When petty persecutions failed I our enemies resorted to direct ter ter- They started n a series of riots which has shed blood and disgraced disgraced dis dis- dis graced d our country throughout tho the spring and summer and It Is still sun In evidence perhaps evidence perhaps to remain for tor some time to come com eo Most of the tho attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks were vero planned and directed by bythe bythe bythe the same samo forces which were behind the tho early arly form of ot persecution Some I it must be acknowledged have been the product of ot racial Instincts hostile hoe hos tile to Americans and everything American Tho The imperial wIzard declared that the outside would eventually know that klansmen do not hate Roman RomanI Catholics I Jaws ws negroes or aliens The Tho klans klan's s fight he continued Is not with the people with systems and Instincts and princIples principles principles ples which run counter to Anglo- Anglo Saxon Instinct Americ and protestant protest protest- ant Christianity The klan does not exist to command people in their religious beliefs Our watch cry Is Back to the tho Constitution FAVORS NO CREED The Th Constitution of ot the United States tolerates creeds but It favors favors fa fa- vors VOlS none Hence Bence the only de demand demand demand de- de ra mand the klan makes of the Roman Catholic church Is that she cease meddling In American politics and f that she sho come down from her self self- erected pedestal of ot special privilege and t take ke her place alongside the Methodist Baptist and other I churches church s. s U L H To AHO alan lan believes Deneves in the me up up- up building of ot the American nation nation- founded as history emphatically declares de declares declares de- de clares upon the supremacy of the white race the tho genius of ot the tho Nordic and amI Saxon Anglo peoples and the free private Interpretation of ot Gods God's word The Th Lord has guided us and shaped shape the events In which we rejoice re rejoice re- re joice jolce said Imperial Wizard EvansHo Evans Ho He Hohas has held us under tinder his protection protection tion The fact fat that we have this di divine divine divino di- di vine vino guidance and protection should and must Increase our faith in the klan In its Us growth in grace and power In its mission In Its final completo complete victory |